Vietnamese Zyalam base came two light aircraft basic patrol NC212i MSA, built for the Vietnamese Air Force Indonesian association of PT Dirgantara Indonesia (Ftdi), informs resource Baodatviet.
Aircraft have onboard №№ 8991 and 8992, and, likely, It will be part of the 918 th Air Brigade.
The contract for the supply of three aircraft was signed in 2016 year. The third vehicle to be transferred to Vietnam by the end of the year. earlier it was reported, that the aircraft ordered for the Coast Guard, but arrived NC212i MSA have the Air Force coloring (coloring Coast Guard blue and white).
According to the resource, aircraft equipment remains the same, and is intended for air water space exploration. The publication suggests, that the new machines will be the link between the continental part of the country and its islands.
According to the portal, NC212i is a localized version of the popular Spanish transporter CASA C-212 Aviocar. In Spain they were terminated. According to the agreement of the 2012 , all the rights for the construction of aircraft transferred Indonesian PTDI.
reported, that the first aircraft was built in NC212i 2014 year for the Thai Armed Forces, then five aircraft ordered Philippines.
Based on NC212i Filipino engineers have developed a new aircraft - N219. It is characterized by the increased and more capacious fuselage. The first flight model took to the air in August 2017 of the year.
