Cessna A-37 Dragonfly

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The Cessna A-37 Dragonfly, or Super Tweet, is an American light attack aircraft developed from the T-37 Tweet basic trainer in the 1960s and 1970s by Cessna of Wichita, Kansas. The A-37 was introduced during the Vietnam War and remained in peacetime service afterward.

Variants[edit | edit source]

  • YAT-37D: Two former T-37C trainer prototypes converted for counter-insurgency operations with two J-85-GE engines and six underwing pylons as prototypes for the A-37 series, redesignated YA-37A.
    • YA-37A: Two YAT-37D prototypes redesignated.
  • A-37A: (Cessna Model 318D) T-37B rebuilt with two J-85-GE-5 engines, a 7.62 mm Minigun in nose and eight underwing stores pylons, 39 conversions.
  • A-37B: (Cessna Model 318E) Production version with two J-85-GE-17A engines, provision for inflight refuelling, increased fuel capacity and strengthened airframe, 577 built.
  • OA-37B: The OA-37B Dragonfly was an armed observation aircraft developed during the Vietnam War.

Users[edit | edit source]

  • Chile
    • Chilean Air Force
  • Colombia
    • Colombian Air Force
  • Dominican Republic
    • Dominican Air Force
  • Ecuador
    • Ecuadorian Air Force
  • El Salvador
    • Salvadoran Air Force
  • Guatemala
    • Guatemalan Air Force
  • Honduras
    • Honduran Air Force
  • Republic of Korea
    • Republic of Korea Air Force
  • Peru
    • Peruvian Air Force
  • Thailand
    • Royal Thai Air Force
  • United States
    • United States Air Force
  • Uruguay
    • Uruguayan Air Force
  • Vietnam
    • Vietnam People's Air Force

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