Portugal sells surplus C212s to Uruguay

Portugal is to transfer to Uruguay two C212-300 Patrullero maritime surveillance aircraft formerly in service with the Portuguese Air Force (FAP). A contract for the transfer was signed in Lisbon on 18 December between Portuguese Secretary of State for National Defence, and her Uruguayan counterpart.
The contract signature follows a letter of intent issued on 24 July after Uruguay had expressed an interest in buying the aircraft in late 2013.
Both aircraft will be delivered to the Uruguayan Air Force (FAU) during the summer of 2015. The package includes spares, documentation, as well as maintenance services by the FAP, such as structural and systems inspections and associated testing. The fleet will be delivered in "as is" condition to Uruguay with the nose radar installed.
The two C212-300s will join three C212-200 Aviocar transports and a single C212-200MP maritime patrol aircraft currently in service with the FAU's No 3 Air Squadron at Carrasco.
Portugal officially withdrew the aircraft from service in December 2011, having received them in March 1994 from Spain's Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA), now part of Airbus Defence & Space. The aircraft were used in search and rescue tasks and as part of the country's maritime surveillance system.
This is the second transfer of surplus Portuguese platforms to Uruguay after the Portuguese Navy frigates NRP João Belo (F480) and NRP Sacadura Cabral (F483), along with Mk 44 torpedoes, were transferred to the Uruguayan Navy in April 2008 as part of a March 2008 deal worth EUR13 million.
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Uruguay considers plan to buy fighters from Ecuador

The Uruguayan Air Force (FAU) is considering a deal to acquire four Cessna A-37B Dragonfly combat aircraft from the Ecuadorian Air Force (FAE) as an interim measure because of the lack of a government decision on procuring a new fighter.
FAU has operated the A-37B Dragonfly as its main fighter since 1976. The service's six A-37B Dragonfly aircraft were augmented by two former US Air Force (USAF) O/A-37B aircraft in 1988 and six more in 1989.
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Uruguay eyes Chilean F-5Es again

The Uruguayan Air Force is again interested in buying a number of Chilean F-5E Tiger II fighters to fill a gap in high performance combat aircraft.
The only combat aircraft currently operated by Uruguay are small, subsonic Cessna A-37B Dragonfly ground attack platforms, and more capable aircraft are needed to support guard national airspace.
An attempt in 2009 to buy the Chilean aircraft failed due to a lack of funding.
The idea is to buy a batch of between four and six single-seat F-5Es; the Uruguayan Air Force would like to procure more of the aircraft but cannot because of funding limitations.
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URUGUAYULTIMO WESSEX MILITAR VOLANDO EN EL MUNDO/ URUGUAY:LAST 'WESSEX' MILATARY HELICOPTER FLYING IN THE WORLD

Aunque es un arma mayoritariamente provista de Eurocopter (seis Bö-105 y un Helibrás 355) más un BAe (y otro en reserva), dos Beech T-34C1, un Bell 47G3, un Beech B-200T, y un S-2G Tracker en reserva, el vuelo del postrero Westland Wessex castrense fue la tónica imperante el 7 de febrero, en ocasión de festejarse los 85 años de la creación de la Aviación Naval Uruguaya (ANU). Hoy, los aeronavales uruguayos, al igual que toda la aviación militar, ven sus recursos materiales acotados y desfasados, en momentos en los cuales el Uruguay reclama un incremento de su soberanía marítima referenciado a su plataforma continental, de unas 350 millas náuticas zona económica.
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Uruguayan Navy (ANU) consist of 6 Bö-105 and an Helibrás 355, two Beech T-34C1, 1 Bell 47G3, 1 Beech B-200T, and an S-2G Tracker, and a Westland Wessex that flew last Feb. 7, to commemorate 85 years of uruguayan navy. Both Uruguayan Navy and Uruguayan Air Force have scarce resources, in a momment that Uruaguay is claiming for increase its territorial waters to 350 miles.