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In the US Air Force the naming convention for ground attack aircraft is a prefix "A-", followed by a number, e.g. A-10, bomber aircraft are prefixed with “B-”, e.g. B-52, and fighter aircraft with “F-”, e.g. F-35. [3] This list is limited to fixed-wing aircraft that have been built, and does not include abandoned concepts or fictional ...
Special Operations attack version. Modified OH-6A to carry weapons and operate as a light attack aircraft for the 160th SOAR(A). EH-6E Special Operations electronic warfare, command-post version. MH-6E Improved attack helicopter used by US Army special forces units, and stealthy light attack and transport helicopter for US Army special forces ...
The PZL-230 Skorpion (scorpion) was a proposed Polish low-cost attack aircraft.It was being developed by Polish manufacturer PZL Warszawa-Okecie in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Fairchild Aircraft Used in the Vietnam War by the USAF and RVNAF. [18] 1971 Unknown Unknown Northrop YA-9: Attack aircraft Northrop Corporation: Developed for the United States Air Force A-X program. However, the YA-9 was dropped in favor of the A-10. [19] 1972 [19] N/A 2 Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II: Close air support attack aircraft ...
It is primarily used as a small transport aircraft by Air Force Special Operations Command. UV-18B Twin Otter: Canada: utility transport 3 [5] STOL capable aircraft.It is primarily used as a training aircraft for parachute troops at the military academy. VC-25: United States Presidential transport: 2 [7] Helicopter; HH-60 Pave Hawk: United ...
The British Aerospace P.1233-1 Saba (Small Agile Battlefield Aircraft) was a project of a British anti-helicopter and close air support attack aircraft, designed by British Aerospace. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Specifications
The OH-6A helicopters used for transporting personnel became the MH-6 aircraft of the Light Assault Company and the armed OH-6As became the AH-6 aircraft of the Light Attack Company. On 1 October 1986, to help meet the increasing demands for support, the 1-245th Aviation Battalion from the Oklahoma National Guard, which had 25 AH-6 and 23 UH-1 ...
The ultimate development of the cannon-armed light attack aircraft was the small production run in 1944 of the Henschel Hs 129B-3, armed with a modified PAK 40 75 mm anti-tank gun. This weapon, the Bordkanone BK 7,5, was the most powerful forward-firing weapon fitted to a production military aircraft during World War II.