Ecuador needs spare parts for A-29B aircraft

In April 2024, Ecuador announced plans to invest $56.8 million to recover most of its A-29 Super Tucano aircraft from storage. The United States is contributing $10 million to the recovery program.

On Tuesday, the U.S. Air Force released a Request for Information (RFI) document to gather details from qualified suppliers and vendors capable of providing spare parts for the aircraft.

“This RFI will assist the government in identifying vendors with the capabilities to meet our current and future requirements, leading to a potential Request For Proposal,” the Air Force said in the RFI.

Contractors capable of supplying spare parts are invited to respond to the RFI. The document provided the following parts list:

• OXYGEN REGULATORS APPLICABLE TO SUPER TUCANO AIRCRAFT
• TRANSCEIVER VHF COMM APPLICABLE TO SUPER TUCANO AIRCRAFT
• RUDDER TRIM TAB ACTUATOR APPLICABLE TO SUPER TUCANO AIRCRAFT
• TURBINE OIL APPLICABLE TO SUPER TUCANO AIRCRAFT
• HYDRAULIC FLUID APPLICABLE TO SUPER TUCANO AIRCRAFT
• TRIM TAB ACTUATOR AILERON, APPLICABLE TO SUPER TUCANO AIRCRAFT
• PMU APPLICABLE TO SUPER TUCANO AIRCRAFT
• DIRECTIONAL GYRO UNIT APPLICABLE TO SUPER TUCANO AIRCRAFT
• LEG ASSEMBLY, RH MLG
• LEG ASSEMBLY EQUIPPED, LH MLG
• (LT) MAIN DRAG STRUCT, ASSEMBLY MLG
• (RT) MAIN DRAG STRUCT, ASSEMBLY MLG
• LEG ASSEMBLY, NLG
• NLG DRAG STRUCT, MAIN ASSEMBLY
• NLG SIDE STRUCT, SECOND ASSEMBLY