The Fairchild AU-23A Peacemaker was an American armed gunship, counter-insurgency, utility transport version of the Pilatus PC-6 Porter for the U.S. Air Force. 15 were built under license in the USA by Fairchild Industries, for use during the Vietnam War in the early 1970s, all aircraft were later sold to the Royal Thai Air Force.
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| - The Fairchild AU-23A Peacemaker was an American armed gunship, counter-insurgency, utility transport version of the Pilatus PC-6 Porter for the U.S. Air Force. 15 were built under license in the USA by Fairchild Industries, for use during the Vietnam War in the early 1970s, all aircraft were later sold to the Royal Thai Air Force.
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| - Armed gunship, counter-insurgency, utility transport
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| - at take-off power, 5,000 feet altitude, gross weight
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| - at maximum continuous power, combat cruise
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| - * Up to 1925 lbs. of external stores on five pylons
* XM197 20mm cannon, door-mounted
* XM93 7.62mm minigun
* XM59 .50-cal. machine gun and XMU-470 20mm fixed side-firing gun pods.
* SUU11 gun pods
* 2.75 inch rocket pods
* BDU33 with 25 lbs. bomblets
* MK81 250 lb bombs
* MK82 500 lb bombs
* BLU118 500 lb napalm canisters
* CBU55 500 lb cluster bomb units
* MK24 flares
* ADU272 canisters
* smoke grenades
* propaganda leaflet dispensers.
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| - The Fairchild AU-23A Peacemaker was an American armed gunship, counter-insurgency, utility transport version of the Pilatus PC-6 Porter for the U.S. Air Force. 15 were built under license in the USA by Fairchild Industries, for use during the Vietnam War in the early 1970s, all aircraft were later sold to the Royal Thai Air Force.
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