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1) CONTROLS

• AG1: Dump rocket pods.
• AG2: Release anti-tank gun.
• AG3: Release port Mark 82 general purpose bomb.
• AG4: Release starboard Mark 82 general purpose bomb.
• AG5: Deploy landing chute.
• AG6: Activates the refuelling probe, VTOL up to rotate into position.
• AG7: Activate targeting pipper.
• AG8: Activates the navigation lights.

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2) USAGE NOTES

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This aircraft has a service ceiling of 55,000 feet. Exceeding this height will cause a loss in performance and difficulties in controlling the aircraft.

The images shown here are of the "A" variant as well as the "BG" variant.

Some weapons (the rocket pods and anti-tank gun) were made by Strikefighter04.

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3) WEAPONS

AIR-TO-GROUND

Mark 82

(500Ib unguided munition)
(Inner wing pylons)

• Select Air-to-Ground target mode
• Select Mark 82 type weapon
• Acquire target
• Fire weapon

Hydra 70

(Unguided short-range air-to-ground rocket)
(Outer wing pylons)

• Select Air-to-Ground target mode
• Select Hydra 70 type weapon
• Acquire target
• Fire weapon

GAU-12 Equalizer

(Dual-purpose five-barrel 25mm autocannon)
(Port-side fuselage)

• Select either target mode
• Select GAU-12 type weapon
• Activate gun pipper
• Acquire target
• Fire weapon

BK-37

(Single-barrel anti-tank autocannon)
(Ventral pylon)

• Select either Air-to-Ground mode
• Select BK-37 type weapon
• Activate gun pipper
• Acquire target
• Fire weapon

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4) AIRCRAFT OVERVIEW

The SMC Aerospace F-62BG Hemlock is a supersonic, twin-engined, specialized ground-attack aircraft developed for the Bulbasauri Air Force. It was developed during the early 2030s, focusing on all-weather ground-attack capability and making use of a wide variety of modern bombs and rockets, as well as some older technology such as the BK-37 anti-tank gun.

During the early 30s many archipelago air forces identified the need for a specialized interceptor aircraft, like the old F-106 Delta Darts or the MiG-31s, in order to effectively cope with the sudden swarming attacks so often made by numerous advanced terrorist factions. At the same time, the Saltwater Air Force, in co-operation with SMCA, was finalizing the F/A-56 Lightning IV, but initial test pilot's reports were quite below expectations and were criticizing of the aircraft’s high cost. As a response, in mid-1933, SMCA formed an industrial team-up with HuntersWD to examine the designing and production of a dedicated interceptor aircraft. The new project was heavily supported and financed by the (failing) Saltwater government and was based to an older 2020s program, named “Project NCI2”, to produce a new advanced light attack/trainer to replace the T-7 Scorpion. The “NCI2 project” was cancelled on cost grounds and instead a foreign aircraft, the AT-12B Vento, was purchased. However lessons learnt from the cancelled program were transferred into the design of a new interceptor.

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Upon export to the Bulbasauri Air Force, their government made a request to SMC Aerospace for a dedicated ground-attack variant. In a relatively short space of time, the company developed such an aircraft, based on the single-seat "B" variant of the interceptor Hemlock. Pylon capacity was increased from five to seven and the engines downrated for improved low-level performance.

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5) Design

The Hemlock BG is a twin-boom, twin-engined all-weather ground-attackee with a single crewman in a central nacelle. This layout gives the aircraft a comparative range advantage over other similar aircraft, allowing close air support missions to be carried out at much greater range than previously possible, especially when coupled with the aircraft's air-to-air refuelling capability. The two Rolls-Royce EJ400 turbofans provide 23,000Ibs of static thrust (31,000Ibs with afterburner), giving the Hemlock BG a top speed of 1600 mph at 45,000 feet.

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The Hemlock has a large AESA radar system, with a detection range of 200 miles at 50,000 feet and can track up to 60 targets at once, whilst engaging six of them. The F-62BG is armed with up to six air-to-ground missiles, bombs or rockets, and is certified to fire the Mark 82 GP bomb, Brimstone II, Paveway IV laser-guided bomb, Hydra 70 and AIM-9 Sidewinder. The use of the BK-37, which is a medium-calibre anti-tank gun, means that a single Hemlock can destroy large swaths of tanks and infantry in a single mission. Up to three may be carried externally. The Hemlock is also fitted with a GAU-12 Equalizer 25mm autocannon and has an integrated FLIR and laser designation system on the opposite side of the fuselage.

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The aircraft can be re-armed, repaired and refuelled with minimal equipment, and when combined with its outstanding take-off performance allows the Hemlock to operate from dispersed and unprepared sites, ranging from straight roads to small private airfields. This mission flexibility creates a close air support network that can follow behind the ground forces in rapid advances. Its retractable refuelling probe permits the Hemlock to use tanker aircraft without suffering the drag penalties of a fixed probe.

Eighteen F-62A Hemlocks were ordered by the Saltwater United Guard Corps, and later twenty-five more were purchased by the Bulbasauri Air Force. All aircraft are now night-vision goggle compatible and are expected to serve until at least 2055 Fifteen BG models have been delivered to the Bulbasauri Air Force in recent months.

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The F-62BG Hemlock is available for export at a price of $45 million per unit.

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