1/72 J-22 Orao

Description

This is an injection-plastic jet aircraft model kit.

Please note that the actual product specifications may be subject to change due to the manufacturer’s circumstances. Please understand this in advance.

Even now, more than a dozen of these aircraft are considered to be in service in the Serbian Air Force.

It was used in the Yugoslav civil war in the 1990s, and after the breakup of Yugoslavia, it was used in each of its successor states.

The aircraft resembles the Jaguar and Mitsubishi F-1 in plan view, and the Alpha Jet and Kawasaki T-4 in frontal view, and its flight capabilities, such as speed and loading capacity, are almost intermediate between them.

The aircraft was initially subsonic because the Viper engine installed was without an afterburner, but later a Viper engine with an afterburner was developed, and in 1983 the aircraft became supersonic.

Its first flight was in 1974, and production began in 1978.

The SOKO J-22 Olao was a light attack aircraft jointly developed by SOKO of Yugoslavia and IAR of Romania.

Painted mask stickers are included.

Cockpit and landing gear hangar are fully reproduced.

Multiple types of horizontal tail fins and exhaust parts can be selected for each production block.

Air bombs, rocket pods and tanks are included.

Air brake is a separate part and the canopy can be opened or closed.

Includes 6 decals including Yugoslav, Serbian, Republika Srpska, and Serbia and Montenegro armies.

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