2009News

Tucanos to police DR airspace

Armed Forces Minister Lieutenant General Rafael Pena Antonio predicts that the Brazilian Super Tucano jets purchased by the Dominican government will reduce drug drops by 75%. The first two planes of the US$75 million purchase are scheduled to arrive today. “With these we are going to reduce, by at least 75% the entry of illegal airplanes into Dominican airspace,” he said, as reported in Hoy.