IAI Paneter

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Its 1960, and with tensions brewing in the Middle East once again, Israel contracts Israeli Aircraft Industries to build a new fighter for their air force. The Israelis need a new fighter capable of engaging in turn fights with Egypt’s newly acquired MiG-21 soviet fighter aircraft. As tensions are already high, IAI knew they didn’t have much time. To make a fighter quickly, they turned to what they already had. Their assembly lines where already pumping out the IAI Nesher fighter-bomber, an aircraft designed based off of the French Mirage 5. The Israelis took a heavily modified Nesher airframe and added canards. This gave the aircraft much better turning characteristics, allowing it to compete with the MiG-21. The aircraft was named Paneter or, Panther in Hebrew.
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After the aircraft preformed exceptionally in the 6 days war, helping Israel secure its borders and establish dominance over its neighbors, the aircraft was looked at by the USAF. Seeing how well the aircraft did against the MiG-21, they were keen to see if it could solve their problems in Vietnam. In Vietnam, the USAF was having trouble with the soviet MiG-21, as it was much more maneuverable than their fighter aircraft. They wanted a smaller, nimbler fighter to counter it and they wanted it fast. This led them to look for already proven fighters from other countries and the Paneter was perfect.
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A stock aircraft called IAI Paneter. Built with 155 of the finest parts, its root part is strutCube.

Built in the SPH in KSP version 1.6.1.

Details

• Type: SPH
• Class: aircraft
• Part Count: 155
• Pure Stock