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L-159 ALCA
Czech Air Force L-159 taxiing
Type	Military Advanced Light Combat Aircraft
Manufacturer	Aero Vodochody
Maiden flight	August 2, 1997
Status	Operational
Primary user	Czech Air Force
Produced	72
Unit cost	8 million USD
Developed from	Aero L-59 Super Albatros

Aero L-159 ALCA (Advanced Light Combat Aircraft) is a Czech-built multi-role combat aircraft. It is used by the Czech Air Force (71 aircraft, 1 lost in an accident).

Contents 1 Variants 1.1 L-159A 1.2 L-159B 1.3 L-159T1 2 Operators 2.1 Current Operators 3 Specifications (L-159A) 4 Related content 5 References

The L-159A is a single-seat light multi-role combat aircraft designed for a variety of Air-to-Air, Air-to-Ground and Reconnaissance missions. The aircraft is equipped with a multi-mode Doppler Grifo-F radar^[1] for all-weather, day and night operations and it can carry a wide range of NATO standard stores including air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles and laser guided bombs. The L-159A is in operational service with the Czech Air Force and in production.

The L-159B is a two-seat derivative of the L159A primarily designed for Advanced and Operational/Lead-In Fighter Training. The L-159B configuration can also be tailored to customer specific requirements and adapted to needs of basic training as well as combat missions including Air-to-Ground, Patrol and Reconnaissance missions.

The L-159B is a two-seat derivative of the L-159A designed primarily for the Czech Air Force as a lower-cost upgrade option. L-159T1 planes are a modification of previously used, single-seat Czech Air Force L-159As, into a two-seat training plane. Most of the original L-159A plane is reused in L-159T1. While the airframe is replaced, the wings, tail, nose, undercarriage and engine are reused from L-159A in this upgrade for the Czech Air Force.

•  Czech Republic: Czech Air Force - 20x L-159A / L-159B & 4x L-159T1[1]
•  Indonesia: Indonesian Air Force - In 2008 Will order 16x L-159A/B to replace their F-5 and OV-10 Bronco^{[citation needed]}

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General characteristics

• Crew: one, pilot
• Length: 12.72 m (41 ft 8 in)
• Wingspan: 9.54 m (31 ft 3 in)
• Height: 4.87 m (16 ft)
• Empty weight: 4,350 kg (9,590 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 8,000 kg (17,637 lb)
• Powerplant: 1× Honeywell / ITEC F124-GA-100 , 28 kN (6,280 lbf)
• * Auxiliary power unit: SAFIR 5F

Performance

• Maximum speed: 935 km/h (505 knots, 577 mph)
• Range: 1,570 km (848 nm, 970 m)
• Service ceiling: 13,200 m (43,300 ft)
• Rate of climb: 48 m/s (9,450 ft/min)
• Extended Range : 2,530 km (1560 mi) with additional fuel tanks
• Take-off roll: 440 m (1,445 ft)
• Landing roll: 725 m (2,380 ft)

Avionics

Grifo-F Radar

Related development

• Aero L-39 Albatros
• Aero L-59 Albatros

Comparable aircraft

• Aermacchi MB-339
• ATG Javelin
• BAe Hawk
• CASA 101
• Dassault Dornier Alpha Jet
• Kawasaki T-4
• Soko G-2 Galeb
• Soko G-4 Super Galeb
• PZL I-22 Iryda

Designation sequence

L-29 - L-39 - L-59 - L-60 - L-159

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