History

With Russia acting a 'Lil sus, The USAF Navy put out a Naval Plane Request through several companies, those of which included Grumman, Northrop, and Vought. The FAC also received the request, but took a long time to develop a naval fighter due to experimenting with jet technology. 1978 The prototype XF/A-55 was rolled out of the hangar. The design was a standard wing set, with the usual main wing, and T-tail to avoid jet blast from destroying the tail section. Powered by two General Electric F-100 GE 400 jet engines, the plane could fly up to Mach 2.19. Although similar to the F-14 in Turn, Carrier capability, weight, and a 2 mph/1 knot difference in Stall. The F/A-55 is smaller and less complicated than its larger cousin. It came with a flaw. Due to how small it was, fuel was an issue. To get the most out of the plane fuel tanks were fitted into every nook and cranny in the fuselage, which meant one incendiary round would set it on fire, and even if the self-sealing fuel tanks do their bit the plane would have to go through a massive overhaul, increasing repair costs. These planes were only given to Special pilots and Rio's with at least 20 Kills and have to undergo rigorous training, to pilot this. By 1991 FAC closed production after deeming the plane "Too stressful to build," And by 1993 all F/A-55 were retired, only 10 of them survived to this day with only one proven airworthy...

Controls

AG1: After Burner
AG2: Drop External Fuel Tanks
AG3: Eject (Open Canopy first)
AG4: Arm SRAMS
AG5 + Trim Up: Open Canopy
AG5 + VTOL Down: Fold Wings
AG6: Strobes, and Navigation, Turn Off when Sneaking through unwanted territory
AG6 + Landing Gear Down: Landing lights, and Landing Authorization lights (underneath wings beside inlet, to let friendly carrier know)
AG7: Arresting Hook and Landing Assist.
AG8: Open

Armament

*12x Boom 12.5's (Halved Boom 25's)
*35mm Mk44 Bush Master II Auto Cannon: Rounds 360 Each, MPLD-T, HEI, HEI, HEI
*20mm M39 Cannon: Rounds 480 Each, AP-I-T, HE-I, HE-I, HE-I
*2x M2 Browning 50 Cal Machine Gun
*2x Guardian Missiles
*4x FAC custom made licensed built Stalker Short-Range-Air to Air-Missile

F/A-55 Challenger Specification

Stall speed: 130mph
Top speed: 1667mph @10,000 ft (Mach 2.19)
Critical speed: 2020mph @1,000ft (Mach 2.65)

Details:
Arresting hook.
Landing Authentication Lights.
Refueling Hole Behind Cockpit.
First Cockpit

Stalker SRAM Specification in Metric

Burn Time: 4 seconds = 1.2km/(1 mile?)
Lock Range: 4.5km - 250m
Turn Radius: 90 degrees per second
Proximity fuse: 20m-10m
Explosion scale: 0.4 (enough to take a small chunk, but could cause no damage)
(It shouldn't be overpowered unlike Warthunder SRAM)

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