The landing gear was reinforced for a higher TOW and operation on improvised runways.
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New wings were developed, with a thicker profile and less sweep, and non-jettisonable wing tip tanks as well as two more weapon hardpoints (for a total of six, plus one under the fuselage) added. Avionics includecd SAGEM ULISS 81 INS, a Thomson-CSF VE-110 HUD, a TMV630 laser rangefinder in a modified nose and a TRT AHV 9 radio altimeter, with all avionics linked through a digital databus. The new space was used for avionics and an internal Oerlikon 35mm cannon – a variant of the same cannon used in the Gepard anti aircraft tank, firing armour piercing shells with a muzzle velocity of 1,440 m/s (4,700 ft/s) and a range of 5.500m. The Alpha jet C version's prominent, pointed nose quickly gave it among its test pilots the nickname "Nasenbar" (Coati). It featured a new, single-seated nose section with an armoured cockpit in a much higher position than on the original two-seater. This plane was heavily modified, optimized for the ground attack role.
In 1986, Dornier developed a respective specialized version, called the Alpha Jet C (for "combat"). Such planes were bought by Cameroon and Egypt, but from the German Luftwaffe a specialized, more capable plane with a higher strike and survival potential was requested. Even though such "Alternate Close Support" versions of the Alpha Jet were available at that time, even though these were modified two-seaters. against hardened ground targets and attack helicopters like the Mi-24 would be needed. The different avionics fit made French and German Alpha Jets easy to tell apart, with French machines featuring a rounded-off nose and German machines featuring a sharp, pointed nose.Įven though the Alpha Jet A was suitable in the ground attack role and had even been tested in aerial combat against helicopters in 1979, the German Luftwaffe decided in the mid-80ies that – facing the Cold War threat from the east – a more powerful but still economic plane for the close attack role, esp. Manufacture of Alpha Jet subassemblies was divided between France and Germany, with plants in each country performing final assembly and checkout. The Luftwaffe obtained 175 machines up to 1983, with the type replacing the Fiat G91R/3. This version was designated the Alpha Jet A (the "A" standing for Appui Tactique or "Tactical Strike") or Alpha Jet Close Support variant. The first production German Alpha Jet performed its maiden flight on 12 April 1978, with deliveries beginning in March 1979. The Luftwaffe decided to use the Alpha Jet mainly in the light strike role, preferring to continue flight training in the United States on American trainer types instead of performing training in cloudy and crowded Germany. A joint development and production agreement was signed in July 1969 which indicated that the two nations would buy 200 machines, each assembled in their own country. The trainer was now subsonic, supersonic trainers having proven something of a dead end. A joint specification was produced in 1968. This left the original requirement unfulfilled and so the French began discussions with West Germany for collaboration. The result of this collaboration, the SEPECAT Jaguar, proved to be an excellent aircraft, but its definition had changed in the interim, and the type emerged as a full-sized, nuclear-capable strike fighter, which two-seat variants were used for operational conversion to the type, not for the general training. The British and French began a collaboration on development of what was supposed to be a supersonic jet aircraft in two versions: trainer and light attack aircraft. One of the results was the emergence of a new generation of jet trainers.
In the early 1960s, European air forces began to consider their requirements for the coming decades. BEWARE! Some background The Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet is a light attack jet and advanced trainer aircraft co-manufactured by Dornier of Germany and Dassault-Breguet of France. Nothing you see here is real, even though the conversion or the presented background story might be based historical facts. Flight scene over southern Germany, closing in on Manching in the setting summer sun.
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