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Like its the EMB.91R before it, the twin-engined Y model was never going to reach a large export market, being primarilly built to meet domestic Brazillian demand. The only direct export customers for the Y were Bolivia (, Sri Lanka (10) and Portugal (62), however the latter left several behind in their former African colonies of Angola (23) and Mozambique (11). These African examples were used from 1974 until 1980 by the Anzanian backed leftist governments that followed in the wake of the Portuguese.

Mozambique inherited 11 EMB.91Y and 1 two-seat EMB.91T in 1974 and used them in dwindling numbers and intensity until 1980, when the last 2 airworthy airframes were destroyed in an attack by Tanzanian Jaguars. Apart from occassional COIN attacks against UN backed RENAMO insurgents, they were also used on photo-recce missions.

The most famous of these came on the 4th November, 1978, when 2 EMB.91Ys (515 and 522) crossed the border of UN member nation Malawli to photograph RENAMO bases. Flying at low level, the 2 aircraft penetrated UN airspace for several minutes and egressed without interception. The nearest UN fighters, 4 Mexican F-4Es, were unable to make contact as 2 were refueling on the boom of an Argentine KC-135 at the time and the other 2 were at the far end of their patrol orbit. According to Anzanian sources, this was not a case of good fortune, but rather of good timing due to excellent intelliegence and planning.

Description
Link: www.whatifmodellers.com/index.…

Like its the EMB.91R before it, the twin-engined Y model was never going to reach a large export market, being primarilly built to meet domestic Brazillian demand. The only direct export customers for the Y were Bolivia (, Sri Lanka (10) and Portugal (62), however the latter left several behind in their former African colonies of Angola (23) and Mozambique (11). These African examples were used from 1974 until 1980 by the Anzanian backed leftist governments that followed in the wake of the Portuguese.

Mozambique inherited 11 EMB.91Y and 1 two-seat EMB.91T in 1974 and used them in dwindling numbers and intensity until 1980, when the last 2 airworthy airframes were destroyed in an attack by Tanzanian Jaguars. Apart from occassional COIN attacks against UN backed RENAMO insurgents, they were also used on photo-recce missions.

The most famous of these came on the 4th November, 1978, when 2 EMB.91Ys (515 and 522) crossed the border of UN member nation Malawli to photograph RENAMO bases. Flying at low level, the 2 aircraft penetrated UN airspace for several minutes and egressed without interception. The nearest UN fighters, 4 Mexican F-4Es, were unable to make contact as 2 were refueling on the boom of an Argentine KC-135 at the time and the other 2 were at the far end of their patrol orbit. According to Anzanian sources, this was not a case of good fortune, but rather of good timing due to excellent intelliegence and planning.