Please change the topic title, it is not their first CN235MPA aircraft, but the their third (AMP-120 and AMP-121 were both delivered last year).
It is the first aircraft under the Merida Initiative though as the original title of the article says....
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/11/11/world/americas/mexico-minister-killed/index.html Mexico City (CNN) -- Mexico's interior minister, Jose Francisco Blake Mora, was killed in a helicopter crash Friday, the government said. The helicopter went down in the Xochimilco area south of Mexico City, governmen...
to continue the Hato story, here´s a few more pictures taken over the last half year; showing some of the variety in spots and aircraft (and weather ;-) at Curacao! I hope you enjoy! Venezuelan C-130H: http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6090/6089366137_9661d20b0e_b.jpg VQ-1 EP-3E: http://farm7.static.fl...
Well not really a show, but a major event it is: http://www.garnison-paris.terre.defense.gouv.fr/14juillet2011/les-coulisses/programme.htm http://www.garnison-paris.terre.defense.gouv.fr/14juillet2011/repetitions-tm/repetitions-troupes-motorisees.htm Around 80 aircraft and helicopters will take part...