Academy 12431 1/72 Super Etendard "2011" Limited Edition Reproduction

The Dassault-Breguet Super Etendard is a French, single-engine, airborne fighter-attack aircraft, flown on October 28, 1974. The drive is provided by a single SNECMA Atar motor with a thrust of 4900 daN. The machine was created as a modernization of the Dassault Etendard IVM aircraft. Two versions of the Super Etendard were created: "M, which is a fighter-attack model, and" P "- a reconnaissance aircraft. Serial production of this machine was small: 71 were produced for the use of the French Navy, 14 were exported to Argentina, and 5 to Iraq. took part in the war for the Falklands, where they sunk the destroyer HMS Sheffield, HMS Atlantic Conveyor and seriously damaged HMS Glamorgan using AM-39 Exocet II missiles. 

Kit has engraved panel lines, basic cockpit, boxed-in wheel wells, detailed undercarriage, optional position speed brakes, filigree antennae and probes, optional extended refueling probe, 1100 gallon drop tank, R.550 Magic missiles (x2), AM39 Exocet missile and 2-piece optional position canopy.

Decals and Painting guide

• No. 55 of Flottille 11F during 2008
  
• No. 10 of Flottille 17F onboard the carrier Charles de Gaulle during Operation Harmattan (Libyan raid), 2011.