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Alpha Jet A/E (Modern)

By: Italeri

Type: Scale Model

Product Line: Model Kits - Aircraft/Helicopters (1/48) (Italeri)

Last Stocked on 8/6/2024

Product Info

Title
Alpha Jet A/E (Modern)
Publisher
Sub-category
Publish Year
2019
Dimensions
13.5x9.5x2"
NKG Part #
2147878309
MFG. Part #
ITA2796
Type
Scale Model

Description

The Alpha Jet advanced trainer is the result of a collaboration project between the French and German aviation industry. Developed by Dassault Aviation and Dornier Flugzeug-Werke, the most relevant features were the swept wing layout, the twin-engine solution with the adoption of SNECMA turbofans able to provide a max speed of 1,000 Km/h. and the tandem two-seat cabin. It was a compact and highly maneuverable plane ideal to perform its main role of advanced trainer. However it was also used as light ground attack plane. The Alpha Jet could be armed with a 27 mm. (or 30 mm.) gun in a centerline pod and thanks to its four hard points it could load and use air-to-air and air-to-surface weapons. It entered in service at the end of the 1970s and is still used by numerous military air forces. The French Armée de l’Air is using the Alpha Jet to equip the official display team Patrouille de France.

Models are supplied unpainted and some assembly may be required.