UAE Air Force, plans to buy more MPAsnote

The General Staff of the UAE Armed Forces is said to be going ahead with a project to buy maritime patrol aircraft (MPAs) to patrol coastal areas outside the UAE, notably along the coasts of Aden and the Horn of Africa. The following 370-word report sheds more light on the subject and tells how many MPAs the project suggests buying and what about the preferred types. [Partly reproduced in TR Weekly Issue No 23/47 – Nov. 18, 2016]