Angola meluncurkan pesawat patroli maritim Kodiak 100

Tangkapan layar dari video tersebut menunjukkan Kodiak 100 yang telah dimodifikasi menjadi pesawat pengintai untuk FAN. (Forças Armadas Angolanas)

Angkatan Bersenjata Angola (FAA) mengungkapkan pada tanggal 1 Februari bahwa mereka telah memperoleh pesawat utilitas Kodiak 100 yang telah dimodifikasi menjadi pesawat pengintai ketika mereka merilis video untuk menyoroti peran anggota awak perempuan.

Angola’s National Air Force (FAN) already had one Kodiak 100 that was unveiled in May 2021, when the FAA’s official magazine reported that the aircraft had been equipped to carry out cartographic surveys to produce digital maps for the Ministry of Interior’s Integrated Public Security Center (CISP). The aircraft was described as the first in a planned fleet of six that would be operated by the FAN’s new Special Air Patrol and Surveillance Unit.

This aircraft was previously photographed in Germany with the FAN serial R-756 and the temporary registration D-FSST. The German company SST Flugtechnik has photographs of D-FSST on its website to illustrate a project that involved installing a stabilised cartography scanner above a sliding hatch in the floor of the aircraft’s cabin.