For wealthy warlords, they choose to pick up aircraft to support their ground forces as well.
1 AIRCRAFT
Purpose[]
The MF-1B is a highly mobile VTOL-capable multirole fighter that is a modernization of the pre-GNC F-35B Lightning II.
Capacity[]
None.
Sensors[]
The MF-1B is equipped with a nose-mounted SARA X-band AESA for detection, tracking and firing on targets. It also has a 360-degree Infrared detection array and two LADAR arrays on the underside of its wingtips.
Anti-Surface Weaponry[]
GAU-22/A (1)[]
The GAU-22/A Equalizer is a 25mm 4-barrel Gatling cannon. It is mounted in an under-body teardrop mount, and contains 400 AP rounds to dump on a ground target or an enemy aircraft.
AGM-140 (2)[]
The AGM-140 is a standoff strike bomb developed by the NAU just before WW3. Built off of the 454kg Mk. 83 general purpose bomb, the AGM-140 packs in a rocket motor, inertial guidance and a potent fin group to allow it to accurately strike a ground target 40 kilometers away.
Anti-Aircraft Weaponry[]
GAU-22/A (1)[]
The GAU-22/A Equalizer is a 25mm 4-barrel Gatling cannon. It is mounted in an under-body teardrop mount, and contains 400 AP rounds to dump on a ground target or an enemy aircraft.
AIM-9Z (2)[]
The Evolved Sidewinder is an advanced short-range air-to-air missile developed by the NAU just before WW3 began. The missile packs in a better IR seeker, a Box-Office controled vector thuster, and a dual-grain rocket motor. This makes it able to make 60-G maneuvers and hit a target 45km away.
AIM-88 (2)[]
The infamous “Eighty-Eight” of WW3, the AIM-88 was the pinnacle of NAU AAM design. Packing not explosives but a tungsten kill-cap, the missile is capable of hitting Mach 6 and strike a target 200km away, thanks to its rocket-boosted ramjet motor.
Anti-Submarine Weaponry[]
None.
Upgrades[]
Weaponry[]
Dart MRAAM (4)[]
For the richest warlords, their MF-1Bs can get some modern air-to-air firepower. The Dart Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile is the modern folding-fin version of the AIM-120 AMRAAM. Packing a rocket-boosted ramjet motor, inertial and terminal radar guidance, a vector thruster, and a 50lb pre-fragmented warhead, the Dart MRAAM is capable of hustling through the air at Mach 7, and strike a target 200 kilometers away. Replaces two AIM-88s.
Protection[]
Passive[]
Aluminum-Kevlar[]
The MF-1B has some Aluminum-Kevlar weave. The multiple redundant layers of the weave protect it from small-arms fire up to the 12.7mm AP caliber. It is also shaped to reduce its RCS.
Active[]
In terms of active protection, the MF-1B carries an EW station, a DFRM jammer, and a basic chaff-and-flares countermeasure set.
Locomotion[]
The MF-1B is powered by an F-135-800 advanced turbofan, an Oceanic development of the original F-135 used by the F-35 JSF. Although old, the engine is tried-and-tested, relatively inexpensive to manufacture, and provides excellent thrust. They produce increased thrust, giving it more lift power and allowing the MF-1B to get into the air faster than a Lightning II. The MF-1B can fly a Mach 1.6 and carries enough fuel for 800 kilometers.