FF-380 Buzzard

FF-380 Buzzard

FF-380 Buzzard
Aircraft type	Turboprop fixed wing gunship
Place of origin	Sanama
Introduced	1680 AN
Number built	25+
Designed	1679 AN
Manufacturer	Brightworks
Crew	Officers: 5 (pilot, copilot, navigator, fire control officer, electronic warfare officer) Enlisted: 8 (flight engineer, TV operator, infrared detection set operator, loadmaster, four aerial gunners)
Length	29.8 m
Wingspan	40.4 m
Height	11.8 m
Empty weight	55,520 kg
Max. takeoff weight	70,307 kg
Powerplant	4 x Brightworks turboprop engines
Maximum speed	480 km/h
Range	4,100 km
Service ceiling	12,000 m
Roles	Gunship
Armament (standard version)	2x SAI 20 mm rotary cannon 1x SAI 40 mm cannon 1x SAI 105 mm howitzer
Avionics	Mission systems Simines multimode attack radar Simines infrared detection set Simines multispectral sensor system Countermeasures Simines radar warning receiver SAI missile approach warning system Electronic warfare countermeasures Laser-based directional infrared countermeasure Chaff/flare dispenser

The FF-380 Buzzard is a somewhat unoriginally named gunship turboprop airplane produced by Sanaman aircraft manufacturer Brightworks based on the CF-380 Atlas.

Sixteen examples of the type, maintained in the service of the Benacian Union Defence Force as the P-3 Bailiff, acquired a degree of infamy for their role in supporting so-called bandit hunting operations and the conducting of reprisals or collective punishments against non-compliant rural bailiwicks in the realm of Elluenuueq.

Operators

•  Aviation Forces of the Benacian Union: 12 (ordered 1685 AN for the Black Legions, delivered (1688 AN–1690 AN)
•  Sanama: 4 (ordered 1686 AN, delivered 1688 AN)

Former operators

• ESB-Jagdverbände: 1 (1686 AN), lost during Sathrati Emergency
• /  Jaysh al-Sathrati: 7 (8 ordered 1686 AN, delivered 1688 AN–1690 AN. 1 lost to enemy action 1690 AN, remainder lost during Sathrati Emergency)