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 NERFINISHED
designedEra Cold War NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
firstFlight 1958
landingGear tricycle landing gear
laterCompany Hawker Siddeley Aviation NERFINISHED
laterProducer Hawker Siddeley NERFINISHED
manufacturer Blackburn Aircraft NERFINISHED
Hawker Siddeley NERFINISHED
notableFeature area-ruled fuselage
rotating bomb bay
originatingCompany Blackburn Aircraft NERFINISHED
originIndustry British aerospace industry
powerplant turbofan engines
primaryUsers Royal Air Force NERFINISHED
Royal Navy NERFINISHED
retiredFromRAF 1994
retiredFromRoyalNavy 1978
role conventional ground attack
maritime strike
nuclear strike
serviceBranch Fleet Air Arm NERFINISHED
serviceEntryYear 1962
tailConfiguration T-tail
typicalOperatingAltitude low altitude GENERATED
typicalOperatingSpeedRegime high subsonic GENERATED
usedBy South African Air Force NERFINISHED
usedInConflict Gulf War
wingConfiguration low-wing monoplane

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