the new radars bought from Israel must come soon!.

Yes texasshoe, they actually had a pre-training in Brazil before they arrived.

They are training the same technicians who do such a wonderful job on the OMSA buses to take care of these planes.

Typical and traditional way that the DR Government handle things:

------------ No planning well, No preparation well, No study well --------------

Later on, looking for nonsense excuses and blames this and that.

THINK,

I endorse your THOUGHTS!

It appears the Super Tucanos, as everthing else, are just for show they have no serious comitment to eradicate the NARCOS!

NOW this has to invesitgated, what an outrage:


Destituyen al general que apresó a El GringoManuel Emilio Mesa Beltré "El Gringo" fue enviado a una cárcel de extraditables por medida de seguridad

SD. La jefatura de la Policía destituyó al general Miguel de la Cruz Reyna como Coordinador del Programa Barrio Seguro, tres meses después de que una patrulla bajo su mando apresara al narcotraficante Manuel Emilio Mesa Beltré (a) El Gringo a quien se le incautó la suma de RD$5 millones.

The COPS that do their Jobs get canned, lets hear what the "Boy Scout" LIE-onel Fernandez has to say about THIS!


http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias_det.php?id=230170

Same as usual. Spend money that is borrowed with no regards for the Dominican people.
Leonel and his Cronies are just lining their pockets with money.

Comment. If the radar was so important to the operations of the Tucano's then why was it not ordered first.

it will ber another 2 years before this radar is installed and operational then the Tucano's will have been parted out for parts and a colonel will retire in a mansion in the Caymans.

It was 1789 flights! 3 lost at sea

it will ber another 2 years before this radar is installed and operational then the Tucano's will have been parted out for parts and a colonel will retire in a mansion in the Caymans.

Now, now, Jim, what historical evidence do you have that has the least remote possibility of occurring in the Dominican Republic?

What a waste of money. There were much better things to spend that money on. The metro was another perfect example of extreme wasteful spending. You can have the best technology for caching the drug smugglers but as long as the court systems and the enforcement are left in their corrupt state they currently are in it means nothing. That money should have been spent fixing the electrical problems the country has and for better medical and education for the poor. As I always say if we had better leadership and could fix our corruption problems the money saved and located could fix much of what is wrong with our country today. I can only hope for us one day to step in the right direction with proper leadership that has a plan and executes it to once and for all rid our island of corruption.

Those planes will have salt corrosion on them before they ever taxi out....sitting on the tarmac in a high humidity, salt water environment is hell on av-gear.

Just a heads up...the monkeys NASA put in space didn't really fly the rockets...where will LIE-onel hire his fly-chimps from?

This article is full of half truths ..only two of the eight planes have arrived and they did not come a month ago but simply last month ..about 14 December .The media reports have always stated that there has to be training for mechanics and pilots when the planes arrive and that they would work in tandem with radar .. These planes are the best available according to the defence pages and are used extensively for border control in Brazil. The payment has not been made .it is better for these planes to be here so pilots and mechanics can train on them than sitting on a tarmac in Brazil.

VeronicaDR
The key word in your statement is "executes". Now that is a word worth waiting for. Someone to come in and execute the culprits, preferably on the malecon.

so far about 150 of these planes are in use in latin america and I have not read of one criticism of the planes ... There has been no statement that the planes will be grounded until radars are all over the country ..simply cynical guess work . I have noted that in every site talking about the planes everyone is happy with the purchase ...Colombia has 25 already

For God’s sake, this is essentially the same technology Wilbur and Orville used at Kitty Hawk over hundred years ago, how much training can you need!

I don't believe there is anything wrong with using high technology where we can to help solve the meriad of problems we face. The negative comments we read so often are a reflection of the frustration at the waste and corruption that is so evident day in and day out. To borrow a line from Mark Anthony, "the evil that men do lives after them. The good is often interred with their bones". In othe words we see so much crap day in and day out and when something good happens we can't believe it and assume it must be crap too.

now I see that Chile has also bought many and they operational in Hawaii also ..all on border patrol ..I have looked at papers and many other sites but can not see any media reports ..in fact some simply quote Dominican Today ,,,which is probably the media source.

The radars were ordered during the same time frame as the Tucanos. In the world of Military purchases things can get strung out. Some deals happen quicker than others.

The Tucanos are being flown in training flights so they aren't just sitting in the hanger. They just aren't being used tactically yet. in drug interdiction.

Written by: josean, 9 Jan 2010 9:16 PM
For God’s sake, this is essentially the same technology Wilbur and Orville used at Kitty Hawk over hundred years ago, how much train can you need!

Spoken like a guy with 100's of hours behind the stick.............In Microsoft flight simulator.

http://www.ordemdebatalha.com/fab....cano_a29/super_tucano_cockpit.jpg

Put Joise in this cockpit and he would spend 3 hours trying to figure out where to pug in his i-Pod.

I may be100's of hours behind the stick.............but you on the other hand have the stick 100 hours in your behind Cubanito!

PS

Its STRUNG out, not strong out, Mr. Know it ALL, AKA, TRES PATINES!.

all very laughable, when the realities are considered. i fail to see tha point of catching criminals, when they can simply buy their way out of jail. the only guys who really do hard time here are those without money, and you do not need aircraft to apprehend Fausto. i know two English guys who were caught with drugs, illegal guns, and scales in their home. judiciously directed dollars has them walking the streets today, bragging about the efficacy of their contacts. use the tucanos to deliver the mail.

Can't intercept a Yola ...

Radar does not work...

Can they be coverted to a dual use: electrical generators and KIDDY RIDES at Aqua Splash Caribe?

For some no matter what this government does it will be ridiculed by some but for others we appreciate the efforts

What is to be expected for a RIDICULOUS Presidente, LIE-onel Fernandez, that leads a RIDICULOUS administration!

"others we" are fewer and fewer every day!

no fuel, no training....no flying.
a pr move only and waste of time money.
so what else is new ?

you idiots, who said there was no fuel, and no training, no flying, they are currently training stupid cunts, such a waist of sperm you are josean.

Its spelled fuel, Mr. God's gift to humanity!

Maybe there being packed ready for shipment to Venezuela ?

I got it, riosm, I got it!

ateo1992
are the steroids kicking in??

since 2005??? I would think that small planes were coming in before that

This has always been the way our Government does business: first, they purchase the planes, then they trained the pilots, then they trained the planes technicians, then they purchase the radars, then they trained the radar technicians, then they trained the radar technicians and pilots on how to communicate with each other. Meanwhile everyone involve in this fiasco is making money. This is only a small sample of how committed our government is in protecting it citizens and drug trafficking.

ateo, i am fully aware that Josean is a grown man, and is more than capable of defending himself. but, in the event that you should decide to hurl street level ad hominems in his direction, the least you should do is to attend a course in remedial spelling before exposing to the world that you are a semi literate neanderthal, with the manners of a goat. this is a forum intended for the exchange of ideas, among presumably intelligent people. ghetto antics, such as four letter expletives, are better left at your home. dismissed.