EA-57

EA-57
Role		Light Bomber
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Production History
Service History
Used By		Nuvalkan Airforce

the EA-57 was a light bomber produced by Tsar. Aviation in 2096 for the Air force of Nuvalka.

Design

The design of the EA-57 had a 2 seat cockpit and a large cargo bay going down the fuselage, which would hold the payload. The major flaws to it's design were low agility and underpowered engines. The bomber was limited to missions in which enemy interceptors were negligable or nonexistant.

The plane could carry up to 4 cruise missiles in the cargo bay, and 12 Hellfire air to ground missiles on the wing pylons, along with other equipment such as radar jammers and FLIR targeting cameras. It was also tested to carry air to air missiles, but this was ultimately never used due to the poor air to air performance. The EA-57 was tested to have another engine, but the air-frame would have to be widened to accommodate 3 engines.

EA-57 Had a large payload capacity, however the low maneuverability and speed only allowed it to be used after air superiority was fully secured.

History and Conflict

The only conflict the EA-57 was involved in was Nuvalka's involvement in Wuste which would spark the Mushroom War later on. In this conflict, they deployed mushroom spores. As a result, none were taken down. Although they never saw real combat, they were used in Nuvalkan propaganda during the Mushroom War. Ten of the aircraft were kept after the war and seized by the Sahrland-Bastia commonwealth to restart Tsaregorodtsev Aviation. Eight were scrapped, with the last two being used as a testbed for experimental technologies.