Halkavia J-57 Tornado
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| Halkavia J-57 Tornando | |
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| Atmoran J-57 Tornado during Operation Noble Eagle in 2014. | |
| Role | Multirole fighter |
| National origin | Atmora/Castarcia |
| Manufacturer | Halkavia Aerospace B.V. |
| First flight | 27 March 1994 |
| Introduction | 17 December 1997 |
| Status | In service |
| Primary user | Royal Atmoran Air Force Royal Mizuhese Air Force Imperial Air Force |
| Produced | 1994–present |
| Number built | 1,842 |
| Variants | Halkavia Tornado EGR |
The Halkavia J-57 Tornado is a multinational twin-engine, canard delta wing, multirole fighter.
Operators
- Royal Atmoran Air Force
- Nr. 1 Groep Vliegtuigen
- Nr. 7 Groep Vliegtuigen
- Nr. 23 Groep Vliegtuigen
- Nr. 37 Groep Vliegtuigen
- Nr. 39 Groep Vliegtuigen
- Nr. 47 Groep Vliegtuigen
- Nr. 63 Groep Vliegtuigen
- Nr. 253 Groep Vlieguigen Opleidingen
- Royal Mizuhese Air Force has 160 J-57Bs and 50 J-57Cs in active service
- No. 9 Air Group
- No. 1 Squadron
- No. 7 Squadron
- No. 76 Squadron
- No. 78 Squadron
- No. 162 Squadron
- No. 167 Squadron
- No. 168 Squadron
- Air Development and Test Group
- No. 463 Squadron
- No. 9 Air Group
Specifications
General characteristics
- Crew: 1 or 2
- Length: 15.96 m (52 ft 4 in)
- Wingspan: 10.95 m (35 ft 11 in)
- Height: 5.28 m (17 ft 4 in)
- Wing area: 51.2 m2 (551 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 11,000 kg (24,251 lb)
- Gross weight: 16,000 kg (35,274 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 23,500 kg (51,809 lb)
- Fuel capacity: 4,996
- Powerplant: 2 × Sijmens & Haselier S960 afterburning turbofan engines, 60 kN (13,000 lbf) thrust each dry, 90 kN (20,000 lbf) with afterburner
Performance
- Maximum speed: 2,125 km/h (1,320 mph; 1,147 kn)
- Range: 2,900 km (1,802 mi; 1,566 nmi)
- Combat range: 1,389 km (863 mi; 750 nmi)
- Ferry range: 3,790 km (2,355 mi; 2,046 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 19,812 m (65,000 ft)
- g limits: +9 / -3
- Rate of climb: 316 m/s (62,200 ft/min)
- Wing loading: 312 kg/m2 (64 lb/sq ft)
- Thrust/weight: 1.15
Armament
- Guns: 1 x 20mm Fokker-Leimberger RSvK-47 with 500 rounds
- Hardpoints: 13 (8 × under-wing; and 5 × fuselage stations) with a capacity of 9,000 kg (20,000 lb),with provisions to carry combinations of:
- Missiles:
- Air-to-air missiles:
- Air-to-surface missiles:
- Bombs:
- AGM-82
- AGM-86
- Hamer II/III
- Hamer IV
- GBM-56 Stormstaking
- KBM-62
- KBM-68
- KBM-74
- SBM-23
- Missiles:
- Others:
- Up to 3 × drop tanks for ferry flight or extended range/loitering time
- Conformal fuel tanks on Tranche 3 or later
Avionics
- Castarcian Electric Red Fox RM-78
- Halkavia PIRATE
- Castarcian Electric Repulse
- Rosenholz DA-9 Archer
See also
Related development
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