Hindustan Marut HF-24 jet fighter-bomber

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The Hindustan Marut HF-24 jet fighter-bomber was India’s first indigenous jet combat aircraft, a supersonic-capable ground-attack and interceptor plane developed in the 1960s for the Indian Air Force.

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instanceOf Indian military aircraft ⓘ
ground-attack aircraft ⓘ
interceptor aircraft ⓘ
jet fighter-bomber ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
twin‑engine jet aircraft ⓘ
airframeConfiguration low-wing monoplane ⓘ
airIntakeConfiguration side-mounted intakes ⓘ
armamentFixed 4 × 30 mm Aden cannon ⓘ
combatRoleIn1971War ground-attack missions ⓘ
construction all-metal ⓘ
countryOfOrigin India ⓘ
crew 1 ⓘ
designBegan late 1950s ⓘ
designer Kurt Tank ⓘ
developmentGoal provide indigenous strike aircraft capability to Indian Air Force ⓘ
engineType turbojet ⓘ
firstFlight 1961 ⓘ
firstFlightDate 1961-06-17 ⓘ
hardpoints underwing and fuselage pylons for bombs and rockets ⓘ
introduced 1967 ⓘ
landingGear tricycle landing gear ⓘ
manufacturer Hindustan Aeronautics Limited ⓘ
maximumSpeed approximately Mach 0.9 at altitude ⓘ
museumDisplay HAL Heritage Centre and Aerospace Museum, Bengaluru ⓘ
Indian Air Force Museum, Palam ⓘ
notableFor first indigenous Indian jet combat aircraft ⓘ
numberBuilt 147 ⓘ
operator No. 10 Squadron Indian Air Force ⓘ
No. 220 Squadron Indian Air Force ⓘ
No. 31 Squadron Indian Air Force ⓘ
powerplant 2 × Bristol Siddeley Orpheus 703 turbojets ⓘ
primaryUser Indian Air Force ⓘ
programChallenge lack of suitable afterburning engine limited performance ⓘ
range approximately 800 km combat radius ⓘ
retired 1990 ⓘ
role fighter-bomber ⓘ
ground-attack ⓘ
interceptor ⓘ
serviceCeiling approximately 40,000 ft ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
successorInRole SEPECAT Jaguar in Indian Air Force service ⓘ
supersonicCapability designed for supersonic performance but operationally subsonic ⓘ
tailConfiguration conventional tail ⓘ
takeoffWeight approximately 10,000–11,000 kg maximum takeoff weight ⓘ
usedInConflict Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 ⓘ
wingType swept wing ⓘ

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Kurt Tank → designed → Hindustan Marut HF-24 jet fighter-bomber ⓘ
Kurt Tank → notableWork → Hindustan Marut HF-24 ⓘ
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Bristol Siddeley Orpheus → usedIn → Hindustan Aeronautics HF-24 Marut ⓘ
linked to: Hindustan Marut HF-24 jet fighter-bomber