Two FAB KC-390s deployed to Manaus for Amazon fire‑fighting missions
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Two Embraer KC-390 Millennium aircraft were dispatched from Anápolis to Manaus Air Base on Sunday 11, with FAB 2858 departing at 15:17 Brasília time (call sign ZEUS58) and FAB 2857 at 15:38 (call sign GORDO57), and were expected to arrive around 18:15; the operation is coordinated by the Comando de Operações Aeroespaciais (COMAE) and one aircraft will carry the MAFFS system, which can hold up to 3,000 gallons (≈12,000 L) of water or retardant and will be refuelled from a 22,000‑liter ground tank【1】.
Three air combat missions are planned for Monday 12, each lasting about two hours and expected to launch roughly 12,000 L of water per sortie, meaning that if all three sorties use the maximum load the total water release could reach about 36,000 L【2】.