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• The BAC 167 Strikemaster was a British jet-powered training and light attack aircraft.  It is essentially an armed version of the Jet Provost T Mk 5; the Strikemaster was modified with an up-rated engine, wing hard points, a strengthened airframe, new communication and navigation gear, up-rated ejection seats, a revised fuel system, and shortened landing gear. First flown in 1967, the aircraft was marketed as a light attack or counter-insurgency aircraft, but most large scale purchasers were air forces wanting an advanced trainer although Ecuador, Oman and Yemen have used their aircraft in combat.

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• BAC 167 Strikemaster Specifications

• General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Length: 33 ft 8 in
  • Wingspan: 36 ft 11 in
  • Height: 10 ft 2 in
  • Wing area: 214 ft²
  • Empty weight: 5,995 lb
  • Max takeoff weight: 11,500 lb
  • Powerplant: 1 × Rolls-Royce Viper Mk.535 turbojet, 3,410 lbf

   

• Performance

  • Maximum speed: 450 knots (520 mph)
  • Range: 780 nm (900 mi)
  • Service ceiling: 40,000 ft
  • Rate of climb: 5,250 ft/min

   

• Armament
  Guns: 2 × 7.62 mm NATO machine guns with 550 rounds each

  • Hardpoints: 8 (4 per wing) with a capacity of 3,000 lb (1,364 kg),with provisions to carry combinations of:bombs, machine gun pods, air-to-ground rocket pods, fuel drop tanks, and napalm tanks.

   

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