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| Name = MSF-42 Bluehawk Combat Support Fighter
 
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==Description==
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The '''MSF-42 Bluehawk''' is a conventional military aircraft that was produced by Majesty Metals and Manufacturing.  The aircraft was conception is something of a corporate mystery, due it being mechanically identical to [[Outworlds Alliance|Outworlds Alliance's]] [[ASF-23 Protector]].
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The Bluehawk is deployed as a conventional ground support aircraft, using its weaponry support ground forces against conventional opposition. 
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Since its premier in 3019, the aircraft seen service with its near-sister aircraft in planetary air militias across the Major Periphery States and the border worlds of the Federated Suns and Draconis Combine. 
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Some Air Forces have used both the Bluehawk with Protector to confuse enemy due to their similarities.
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==Armaments and Capacities==
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For its principle role as ground attack aircraft, the aircraft been given a pair of 10-tubed Long Range Missile launchers, one per each of its wings.  The launchers have been given two tons of ammunition share between themselves. For close-support, the Bluehawk sports three nose mounted machine guns with half ton ammunition.
  
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The MSF-42 Blue Hawk and the ASF-23 Protector conventional support fighters are a curiosity in the Periphery. Though produced by two diferent companies in two diferent realms, using two diferent manufacturing philosophies, both craft are virtually indistinguishable in performance - their diferences apparently beign only skin deep.It is thus hard to say wich one of the two producing realms - The Magistracy of Canpus for the Bluehawk and the Outworlds Alliance for the Protector - actually originated the design, or if they shared specifications at some point. Even the introduction dates yield little clue, as both fighters entered service in 3019. Officials in both producing companies (Majestracy Metals and United Outworlders Corporation, respectively) aren`t talking, though some have suggested that a secret backroom deal was made as the groundwork for a corporate alliance, if not a political one.
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The aircrafter is protected by three tons of standard battle armor, with 3 tons of fuel for its Turbine Engine.  
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Bluehawk and Protectors are both designed for atmospheric fire support, and thus are not built so much for speed as they are for weapons. Wing-mounted LRM-10s enabled these craft to saturate the battlefield with missiles, while close-in passes with the nose-mounted trio of machine guns can devastate conventional infantry in seconds. Bomb-laden fighters can bring havoc to the battlefield in short order, freeing up aerospace fighters for more dogfighting and DropShip interceptions.
 
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Since their debut, both the Bluehawk and the Protector have appeared in planetary air forces of the Magistracy of Canpus, Outworlds Alliance, Taurian Concordat and even some fringe regions of the Federated Suns and Draconis Combine. In many cases - particularly in the Concordat and Alliance, squadrons compromised of both fighters flying in tandem have been employed, taking advantage of their distinctly different appearance  to confound enemy identification.
 
  
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==Related Aircraft==
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*[[ASF-23 ''Protector'']]
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 10:34, 1 June 2010

MSF-42 Bluehawk.jpg
MSF-42 Bluehawk Combat Support Fighter
Production information
Manufacturer Majesty Metals and Manufacturing
Equipment Rating
Use Fire Support Aircraft
Tech Base Inner Sphere
Cost ???
Introduced 3019
Technical specifications
Mass 50 tons
Engine (Type) 250 Turbine
Fuel 160 - 3 ton
Armament 2x LRM-10

3x Machine Gun

Armor Standard
Crew 1
BV (1.0) ???
BV (2.0) 441


Description

The MSF-42 Bluehawk is a conventional military aircraft that was produced by Majesty Metals and Manufacturing. The aircraft was conception is something of a corporate mystery, due it being mechanically identical to Outworlds Alliance's ASF-23 Protector.

The Bluehawk is deployed as a conventional ground support aircraft, using its weaponry support ground forces against conventional opposition.

Since its premier in 3019, the aircraft seen service with its near-sister aircraft in planetary air militias across the Major Periphery States and the border worlds of the Federated Suns and Draconis Combine.

Some Air Forces have used both the Bluehawk with Protector to confuse enemy due to their similarities.

Armaments and Capacities

For its principle role as ground attack aircraft, the aircraft been given a pair of 10-tubed Long Range Missile launchers, one per each of its wings. The launchers have been given two tons of ammunition share between themselves. For close-support, the Bluehawk sports three nose mounted machine guns with half ton ammunition.

The aircrafter is protected by three tons of standard battle armor, with 3 tons of fuel for its Turbine Engine.

Related Aircraft

References

  • Handbook: Major Periphery States, pp. 200-201, "MSF-42 Bluehawk"


Bibliography

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