Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08BOGOTA2074
2008-06-09 18:14:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Bogota
Cable title:
BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT CHECK ON LICENSE
how-toVZCZCXYZ0018 RR RUEHWEB DE RUEHBO #2074 1611814 ZNR UUUUU ZZH R 091814Z JUN 08 FM AMEMBASSY BOGOTA TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 3094 INFO RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA 8228 RUEHRI/AMCONSUL RIO DE JANEIRO 0126 RUEHSO/AMCONSUL SAO PAULO 2327
UNCLAS BOGOTA 002074
SIPDIS
FOR PM/DTCC-BLUE LANTERN COORDINATOR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETTC KOMC ECON CO
SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT CHECK ON LICENSE
050059746
REF: STATE 58815
UNCLAS BOGOTA 002074
SIPDIS
FOR PM/DTCC-BLUE LANTERN COORDINATOR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETTC KOMC ECON CO
SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT CHECK ON LICENSE
050059746
REF: STATE 58815
1. In response to reftel, Econoff initiated efforts with
MilGroup Officer to confirm the purchase by the Colombian Air
Force (CAF) of 2 Wheel Assemblies, part number 3-1588. Post
specifically sought to confirm the items incorporation into
Super Tucano aircraft manufactured by Foreign Consignee
Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica of Brazil or use as
spare parts for said aircraft.
2. On June 9, Econoff and MilGroup Officer met with Colonel
Jaime Ivan Reyes Rincon, Director of Logistics Procurement
for the CAF, and Lt. Colonel Armin Oswaldo Gomez Guzman,
Subdirector of Acquisitions for the CAF. Reyes and Gomez
confirmed that the CAF had ordered the subject Wheel
Assemblies as part of a larger, USD 2.384 million contract
with Embraer for spare parts for Super Tucano aircraft.
BROWNFIELD
SIPDIS
FOR PM/DTCC-BLUE LANTERN COORDINATOR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETTC KOMC ECON CO
SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT CHECK ON LICENSE
050059746
REF: STATE 58815
1. In response to reftel, Econoff initiated efforts with
MilGroup Officer to confirm the purchase by the Colombian Air
Force (CAF) of 2 Wheel Assemblies, part number 3-1588. Post
specifically sought to confirm the items incorporation into
Super Tucano aircraft manufactured by Foreign Consignee
Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica of Brazil or use as
spare parts for said aircraft.
2. On June 9, Econoff and MilGroup Officer met with Colonel
Jaime Ivan Reyes Rincon, Director of Logistics Procurement
for the CAF, and Lt. Colonel Armin Oswaldo Gomez Guzman,
Subdirector of Acquisitions for the CAF. Reyes and Gomez
confirmed that the CAF had ordered the subject Wheel
Assemblies as part of a larger, USD 2.384 million contract
with Embraer for spare parts for Super Tucano aircraft.
BROWNFIELD