L-23 Jastreb

L-23 Jastreb PAI L-23 Jastreb
Aircraft
L-23E Mod 2 conducting a training flight over central Kalbanija
Role		Multirole Fighter
National Origin		Socialist Federative Republic of Kalbanija New Kalban Republic
Production History
Designed
Unknown - 2141
Produced
2141 - ongoing
Designer		Balgred Aeronautical Institute Pecovia Aeronautical Institute
Unit Cost		28,204(√)
Number Built		>600
Service History
In Service
2042 - ongoing
Used By		New Kalban Republic
Aircraft Characteristics
Dry Mass		6.796t
Length		11.7m m
Width		8.4m m
Height		3.1m m
Propulsion		1x AL-31 Saturn Afterburning Jet Engine
Operational Range		Classified km
Crew		1
Sensor Systems		APG-77 Radar WIP - Datalink WIP - TPOD WIP - Missile Warning System
Armament		Twin Vulcan
Variants		First Generation: - L-23A - L-23B - L-23C Second Generation: - L-23D - L-23E Mod 1 Third Generation: - L-23E Mod 2 - L-23F - L-23G

The PAI L-23 Jastreb is a family of Kalban Multirole aircraft, capable of serving in Air Superiority, Ground Attack, and support roles. Original designs of the aircroft trace back to the Balgred Aeronautical Institute in the SFRK, with the blueprints being recovered and design completed by the Pecovia Aeronautical Insitute in the New Kalban Republic, following the Kalban Reunification. It has been fully redesigned 3 times, and undergone countless other major and minor upgrades.

Originally, the L-23 was a product of a highly classified program for the development of a new air superiority fighter in the SFRK. Following it's collapse and the start of the civli war, all documents about the fighter were hidden in vaults of the Balgred Institute, or destroyed. During the Reconstruction of Kalbanija, the workers examining the facilities of the institute, with Fortisian helpers, breached the vaults and uncovered the designs. Seeing great potential in the design, it was continued, with the goal being for it to serve as the first domestically produced fighter post reunification. The goal was achieved, and the aircraft performed satisfactorily. It was later redesigned in the 2140's, to make use of newer technologies and design proceses, resulting in the creation of the latest, third, generation of the aircraft.

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