哥伦比亚空军就采购更多 T-6C Texan II 教练机进行谈判

哥伦比亚空军 (FAC) 正在与德事隆航空公司谈判购买更多 T-6C Texan II 教练机。

Colombia’s Air Force (FAC) is negotiating with Textron Aviation to acquire four additional T-6C Texan II trainers, Defense News reported on August 11, 2023.

据《防务新闻》2023 年 8 月 11 日报道，哥伦比亚空军 (FAC) 正在与德事隆航空公司谈判购买另外四架 T-6C Texan II 教练机。

The negotiations were confirmed by Brett Pierson, president and CEO of Textron Aviation Defense, on his social networks.

德事隆航空防务公司总裁兼首席执行官布雷特·皮尔森在其社交网络上证实了此次谈判。

“Great meeting today with Colombian Air Force discussing their future T-6C needs. The T-6C is a key enabler for advanced pilot training and light attack missions,” Pierson wrote on his Twitter account.

“今天与哥伦比亚空军举行了一次精彩的会议，讨论了他们未来的 T-6C 需求。 T-6C 是高级飞行员训练和轻型攻击任务的关键推动者，”皮尔森在他的推特账户上写道。

The potential deal, valued at $38 million, would increase the FAC’s fleet of T-6Cs to 10 aircraft. The service currently operates six T-6Cs, which are used for advanced pilot training.

这笔价值 3800 万美元的潜在交易将使 FAC 的 T-6C 机队数量增加到 10 架。该军种目前拥有六架 T-6C，用于高级飞行员培训。

The Beechcraft T-6C Texan II story in Colombia begins in 2020, when an order is placed for 8 of these aircraft, to replace the old Cessna T-37B ‘Tweet’ in their task of advanced pilot training.

哥伦比亚的 Beechcraft T-6C Texan II 故事始于 2020 年，当时订购了 8 架此类飞机，以取代旧的塞斯纳 T-37B“Tweet”，执行高级飞行员培训任务。

The first two T-6Cs arrived in Colombia in July 2021, and so far six units have already been received, which are the next step in the training of FAC pilots, after the modernized Embraer AT-27M Tucano.

首批两架 T-6C 于 2021 年 7 月抵达哥伦比亚，迄今为止已收到六架，这是继现代化巴西航空工业公司 AT-27M Tucano 之后 FAC 飞行员培训的下一步。

According to the sources, the armed aircraft would be used for tactical combat flight training with a secondary light attack role. They would also replace A-37B light attack aircraft and complement Colombia’s fleet of 24 Embraer AT-29 Super Tucano ground attack and counterinsurgency (COIN) Embraer AT-29s.

消息人士称，这架武装飞机将用于战术战斗飞行训练，并承担次要的轻型攻击任务。它们还将取代 A-37B 轻型攻击机，并补充哥伦比亚由 24 架巴西航空工业公司 AT-29 超级巨嘴鸟地面攻击和反叛乱 (COIN) 巴西航空工业公司 AT-29 组成的机队。

The Colombian Air Force also considered purchasing an advanced trainer/LIFT jet with light combat capability, having received offers from Leonardo for its M-346FA and KAI for the FA-50, but such a purchase will have to wait until the IAI Kfir fleet is replaced.

哥伦比亚空军还考虑购买具有轻型作战能力的先进教练机/LIFT 喷气式飞机，已收到莱昂纳多提供的 M-346FA 和 KAI 提供的 FA-50 的报价，但此类购买必须等到 IAI Kfir 机队建成后才可购买。更换。

See also: No Rafale, No Gripen: Colombian Air Force fails to close new fighter deal and Kfir fleet won’t have a replacement

另请参阅：没有阵风，没有鹰狮：哥伦比亚空军未能达成新战斗机协议，幼狮机队也没有替代品

Errata

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In the first version of this article, the erroneous version that the Colombian Air Force would be negotiating with Textron Aviation the eventual purchase of 24 T-6C Texan II, both for training purposes and for light attack missions, was reproduced. However, this information was denied by the press team of the company. So far, the FAC has acquired six T-6Cs.

在本文的第一个版本中，复制了哥伦比亚空军将与德事隆航空公司谈判最终购买 24 架 T-6C Texan II 的错误版本，用于训练目的和轻型攻击任务。不过，这一消息被该公司新闻团队否认。到目前为止，FAC 已采购了 6 架 T-6C。