Soko J-22 Orao

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The Soko J-22 Orao is a Yugoslav-designed twin-engine subsonic ground-attack and reconnaissance aircraft developed jointly by Yugoslavia and Romania during the Cold War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ground-attack aircraft
military aircraft
reconnaissance aircraft
airframeConfiguration twin-engine jet
armamentCapability air-to-ground missiles
bombs
gun pods
unguided rockets
category tactical strike aircraft
construction all-metal
countryOfOrigin Romania
Yugoslavia
surface form: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
crew 1
crewVariant 2 (trainer version)
designedFor battlefield interdiction
low-level attack missions
tactical reconnaissance
designedIn Romania
Yugoslavia
developedInCollaborationWith Romania
Yugoslavia
engineType turbojet
era Cold War military aviation
firstFlight 1974
introduced late 1970s
manufacturer Industria Aeronautică Română
SOKO
maximumSpeedClass subsonic
nameMeaning Eagle (in Serbo-Croatian)
nationalProgram Yugoslav-Romanian joint aircraft program
notableFeature designed for operations from austere airfields
operator Bosnian Serb Air Force
Serbian Air Force and Air Defence
surface form: Serbian Air Force

Yugoslav Air Force
originRegion Balkans
powerplant Armstrong Siddeley Viper (turbojet engine)
surface form: Rolls-Royce Viper license-built turbojet
primaryRole close air support
tactical reconnaissance
programGoal indigenous ground-attack capability for Yugoslavia and Romania
propulsion twin-engine
RomanianDesignation IAR-93 Vultur
status in limited service in the 21st century
tailConfiguration conventional tail
takeoffAndLanding conventional
usedDuring Cold War
wingConfiguration high-mounted swept wing

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