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L 159 ALCA
	Czech Air Force L-159 ALCA
Role	Military Advanced Light Combat Aircraft
Manufacturer	Aero Vodochody
First flight	2 August 1997
Status	Operational
Primary user	Czech Air Force
Produced	72
Unit cost	US$13 million (2003), US$15 – 17 million
Developed from	Aero L-59 Super Albatros

Aero L 159 ALCA (Advanced Light Combat Aircraft) is a Czech-built multi-role combat aircraft. It is in service with the Czech Air Force.

[edit] Design and development

[edit] Operational history

The Austrian Air Force, Indonesian Air Force, Hungarian Air Force, Bolivian Air Force, Israeli Air Force and Spanish Air Force have expressed some interest in the aircraft.^[1]^[2]

[edit] Variants

[edit] L-159A

The L 159A is a single-seat light multi-role combat aircraft designed for a variety of air-to-air, air-to-ground and reconnaissance missions. The aircraft is equipped with a multi-mode Doppler Grifo-L radar (a variant of the Grifo-F x-band multi-mode, pulse-doppler radar),^[3] for all-weather, day and night operations. It can carry a wide range of NATO standard stores including air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles and laser guided bombs. The L-159A is in operational service with the Czech Air Force and in production.

[edit] L-159B

The L-159B is a two-seat derivative of the L159A primarily designed for Advanced and Operational/Lead-In Fighter Training. The L-159B configuration can also be tailored to customer specific requirements and adapted to needs of basic training as well as combat missions including air-to-Ground, patrol and reconnaissance missions.

Note: only one prototype (made by Aero Vodochody)

[edit] L-159T1

The L-159T1 is a two-seat trainer derivative used by Czech air Force. All L-159T1 are modified L-159A airframes taken from storage. First flight 8 March 2007.

[edit] Operators

Czech Republic

Czech Air Force - 24 L-159A and 4 L-159T1

[edit] Specifications (L-159A)

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General characteristics

Crew: one, pilot
Length: 12.72 m (41 ft 8 in)
Wingspan: 9.54 m (31 ft 3 in)
Height: 4.87 m (16 ft)
Empty weight: 4,350 kg (9,590 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 8,000 kg (17,637 lb)
Powerplant: 1× Honeywell/ITEC F124-GA-100 turbofan, 28 kN (6,280 lbf)

Performance

Maximum speed: 955 km/h
Range: 1,570 km (848 nm, 970 m)
Service ceiling: 13,200 m (43,300 ft)
Rate of climb: 68 m/s (9,950 ft/min)

Armament

Guns:ZVI Plamen PL-20 2×20mm gun pod
Hardpoints: 7, 3 under each wing and 1 under the fuselage holding up to 2340 kg (5,159 lb)
Missiles:

Air-to-air: AIM-9M Sidewinder, IRIS-T, AIM-132 ASRAAM
Air-to-surface: AGM-65 Maverick, AGM - HARM

Bombs: various laser-guided and unguided bombs GBU, CBU

Avionics
Grifo-F Radar

[edit] See also

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Related development

Comparable aircraft

[edit] References

^ Austrian Air Force may get L-159 ALCA
^ http://www.euro.cz/id/50rnzqq2lk/detail.jsp?id=12014
^ www.aiad.it/upload/aziende/azienda_110/grifi.pdf

[edit] External links

[0] Austrian Air Force may get L-159 ALCA

[1] ttp://www.euro.cz/id/50rnzqq2lk/detail.jsp?id=12014

[2] www.aiad.it/upload/aziende/azienda_110/grifi.pdf

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