Buccaneer

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The Buccaneer is a British carrier-capable attack aircraft designed for low-level, high-speed strike missions, originally developed by Blackburn Aircraft and later produced by Hawker Siddeley.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf attack aircraft ⓘ
carrier-capable aircraft ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
aircraftConfiguration twin-engine ⓘ
aircraftType jet-powered aircraft ⓘ
airIntakeType side-mounted intakes ⓘ
armamentCapability anti-ship missiles ⓘ
conventional bombs ⓘ
nuclear weapons ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crew 2 ⓘ
crewPositions navigator ⓘ
pilot ⓘ
designedBy Blackburn Aircraft ⓘ
designedEra Cold War ⓘ
designedFor carrier operations ⓘ
high-speed strike missions ⓘ
low-level penetration ⓘ
low-level strike missions ⓘ
operation from aircraft carriers ⓘ
operations over sea ⓘ
designedToCounter Soviet naval forces ⓘ
linked to: Soviet Navy
firstFlight 1958 ⓘ
landingGear tricycle landing gear ⓘ
laterCompany Hawker Siddeley Aviation ⓘ
linked to: Hawker Siddeley
laterProducer Hawker Siddeley ⓘ
manufacturer Blackburn Aircraft ⓘ
Hawker Siddeley ⓘ
notableFeature area-ruled fuselage ⓘ
rotating bomb bay ⓘ
originatingCompany Blackburn Aircraft ⓘ
originIndustry British aerospace industry ⓘ
powerplant turbofan engines ⓘ
primaryUsers Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
retiredFromRAF 1994 ⓘ
retiredFromRoyalNavy 1978 ⓘ
role conventional ground attack ⓘ
maritime strike ⓘ
nuclear strike ⓘ
serviceBranch Fleet Air Arm ⓘ
serviceEntryYear 1962 ⓘ
tailConfiguration T-tail ⓘ
typicalOperatingAltitude low altitude ⓘ
typicalOperatingSpeedRegime high subsonic ⓘ
usedBy South African Air Force ⓘ
usedInConflict Gulf War ⓘ
wingConfiguration low-wing monoplane ⓘ

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