Soko J-20 Kraguj
The Soko J-20 Kraguj was a small, single-seat, piston-engine light attack aircraft built in socialist Yugoslavia specifically for counter-insurgency and close-support duties too modest to require the country's jets. Its simple, rugged airframe could operate from short rough strips near the front line, carrying light bombs, rockets, and machine-gun pods under its wings. Named after the Serbian town of Kragujevac, it saw real combat during the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s, flown by several of the successor air forces against one another after federal Yugoslavia broke apart, a rare case of a modest Cold War-era design fighting in earnest decades after it entered service.
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A small Yugoslav single-seat piston light-attack aircraft for rough strips, later fighting on opposing sides in the wars that broke up Yugoslavia.
Specifications
| Length | 7.9 m (26 ft) |
|---|---|
| Wingspan | 10.6 m (35 ft) |
| Height | 3 m (10 ft) |
| Persons on board | 1 |
| Maximum take-off weight | 1.6 t |
| Range | 430 NM (796 km) |
| Service ceiling | 13,000 ft (3,962 m) |
| Optimum ceiling | 10,000 ft (3,048 m) |
| Rate of climb | 1,500 ft/min (7.6 m/s) |
| Take-off distance | 120 m (394 ft) |
| Fuel capacity | 240 l |
Curated by CatchFlights from manufacturer documents, ICAO Doc 8643 and reference works; values are left out where no source could confirm them. Sources are listed on our credits page.
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