BS-2B

Blackburn Buccaneer

- Low-level Attacker -

ORIGIN: (Real World)

Great Britian

GAMES FEATURED IN:

Ace Combat 2

OPERATORS:

Usean Rebel Forces

WEAPONS:

multiple LASM / Sea Eagle

REAL-LIFE BIO:

The Blackburn Buckaneer was a British attack aircraft serving with the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm. It was widely regarded as one of the finest low-level strike aircraft of its day. It saw war service in the 1991 Gulf War when examples were rushed to the area to provide a laser designation capability for British aircraft. it left FAA service with decommissioning of HMS ARK ROYAL in 1978, with the remaining exaples being tranferred to the RAF. The last squadrons were disabanded in 1993.

The Buccaneer was built to fulfil the Naval Staff Requirment NA 39 issued in 1953 for a carrier-borne strike aircraft with a long range capable of carrying a nuclear weapon below enemy radar and attacking ships or ports. Blackburn`s design, B103, won the tender. Due to secracy the aircraft was called BNA(Blackburn Naval Aircraft) or BANA(Blackburn Advanced Naval Aircraft) in documents leading to the obvius nickname of Bana Jet.

Source:

Blackburn Buccaneer: Historical Background