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There is an existing AT-802U entry for Jordan and UAE in the DB3K in three versions, or are you asking for something more specific or a copy for Egypt, Yemen and whichever faction is claiming to be the government in Libya this week? On that note Mercenary / PMC could be a new grouping to go with civil or pirates or terrorist? Wouldn't the USAF entry be hypothetical as it was a failed bid which didn't get past the trials against the AT-6 and Super Tucano? K quote:
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<type>ADD</type> <summary>Add AT-802U surveillance and light-attack propeller aircraft. IOC 2020</summary> <detail>WIKI data: In response to the United States Air Force's LAAR program and the growing requirement for light counter-insurgency aircraft, Air Tractor developed an armed model, the AT-802U, in 2008, with engine and cockpit armor, a bulletproof windscreen, self-sealing fuel tanks, and structural reinforcements for the carriage of 9,000 pounds (4,100 kg) of payload. A reinforced wing spar was certified for 12,000 hours of flight time, and the AT-802U was displayed in 2009 at the Paris Air Show. The AT-802 has also been used in counter-drug operations in the USSOUTHCOM AOR by the U.S. Department of State as a delivery vehicle for herbicides and defoliants over narcotics production facilities. Ten AT-802i were converted by IOMAX USA into an armed configuration with Roketsan Cirit 2.75" rockets and guided bombs [10] for the UAE Air Force. The UAE operated them until November 2015[10] when they were replaced by the first three of 24 Archangels on order from Iomax. The Archangel is based on a similar cropduster airframe, that of the Thrush Model 660, however to create the Archangel the basic Model 660 undergoes a much more extensive rebuild in the course of its militarization. Six of the UAE AT-802i were transferred to the Jordanian Air Force.[13] with a further three being transferred to the Yemeni Government Forces where they have been used in the 2015 Yemeni Civil War. Reports place Emirati aircraft in Libya flown by contract pilots. If an unarmed crop duster variant is also available we could use it in counter-drugs operations scenarios.</detail> <evidence> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Tractor_AT-802 https://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/air-tractor-at-802u-surveillance-and-light-attack-aircraft/ https://www.africanmilitaryblog.com/2018/01/egyptian-air-force-at-802-coin-aircraft-revealed https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.airwar.ru%2Fenc%2Fattack%2Farchangel.html https://quwa.org/2016/04/26/jordan-upgrading-air-tractors-precision-strike/ </evidence>
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