F81 is a family of single engine high wing multirole fighter aircraft developed in 1982 as a respond of Indonesian Aerospace Bureau to fulfill Indonesian Navy new aircraft carrier,the newly designed plane was meant to be the first carrier based plane built in Indonesia,development started in 1979 with the protoype finished in 1981 under the designation of F81(P),unlike previous planes the F81 has a prototype that never entered military service,the fully combat capable F81 entered service a year later and since its intended for the Navy,it received the designation F81N,the Air Force also placed interest and ordered 12 unit under several designation,this includes F81A as the basic variant,F81R,F81M and EF81,the plane also were used by France's Navy as a replacement or a stopgap for their Super Etendard strike fighter,the plane received designation F81FN in France