UAE Air Force and plans to buy ground attack aircraftnote

The command of the UAE Air Force (UAEAF) is said to be going ahead with a project to buy ground attack aircraft. The following 360-word report sheds light on the recent consultations between Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and the UAEAF command on the project and tells what about the preferred aircraft: the Super Tucano from Embraer and the Scorpion from Textron AirLand. [Partly reproduced in Tactical Weekly (Issue No 22/16 – April 17, 2015)]