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Originally Posted by Sanjuro
In 1985 I took part in an exercise called Brave Defender. This was largely an exercise of using non-combat assets (in my case the Bulldog training aircraft) to counter Soviet spetsnatz infiltrators around military bases in remote areas, leaving combat aircraft for frontline use.
Another implication was that, as the war went on, aircraft like the Bulldog might be the last things flying, especially as they could operate from almost anywhere, with limited engineering support.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Aviation_Bulldog |
I've always thought that by the year 2000 the most common Royal Air Force aircraft (in the UK at least) would be the Shorts Tucano, possibly with some sort of jury rigged underwing pylons to carry a basic weaponry load.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Tucano