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Eurocopter test flying Albanian Super Pumas

Issue No. 3 | February 01-15, 2012

Eurocopter is test flying and preparing to deliver the first AS532AL cougars to the Albanian Armed Forces. The first of five aircraft ordered, FA-630, has been flying from the company’s plant at Marignane near Marseille since late last year.

Albania ordered the helicopters under a €78.6 million contract in December 2009 and all five aircraft will be delivered by early 2013. The Cougars are the first new aircraft purchase made by the Albanian Ministry of Defence since the end of the Cold War.