The Brazilian Air Force gets a second unit to equip the KC-390 fleet

Embraer signed a contract with the Brazilian Air Force (FB) to provide the MAFFS II. This will be the second device for FAB, which can be installed quickly on any KC-390 multi-board plane in the FAB fleet. With MAFFS II, the KC-390 provides publishing capacity of about 12,000 liters of water in 7 seconds, for each trip.

“The Mafs II system has shown a high reaction capacity in the emergency situations that occurred in many areas of Brazil. In total, the KC-390 equipped with the firefighting system has already decreased more than a million liters of water this year. Kanitz Demashino, commander of the Air Force.

“The KC-390 has proven its multiple uses in the critical tasks of the country, such as fighting fires in Bantanal, Amazon, and Sao Paulo in 2024. With the acquisition of the new Mafs II unit, Fab will double in meeting the country’s needs.” To defend Relecter and Security.

Since entering the Brazilian Air Force in 2019, the Portuguese Air Force in 2023, and the Hungarian Air Force in 2024, the plane showed 93 % of operating availability rates and the mission ended above 99 %, indicating exceptional productivity in its class. In addition to Brazil, Portugal and Hungary, C-390 was obtained by the Netherlands, Austria, the Czech Republic and South Korea. Recently, Sweden also confirmed the choice of the C-390, and Slovakia stated that the C-390 is referred to the best option to update the fleet of transport aircraft.

The Brazilian Air Force gets a second unit to prepare the KC-390 fleet first in the air cargo week.