Un Ayres (Thrush) V1A Vigilante con una barquilla provista de una ametralladora, en plena misión experimental.
«The prototype, first flown in May 1989, performed night surveillance trials along the Texas and Arizona borders on behalf of the US Border Patrol, successfully detecting groups of illegal inmigrants».
«Intended for marketing primarily in Latin America and North Africa… Stores may include 500-lb (227 kg) bombs, 2.75 (70 mm) rockets, gun pods containing weapons ranging in calibre from 7.62 mm to 20 mm, and a variety of antiarmour missiles, sea mines and torpedoes»(1).
(1) Donald & Lake: Encyclopedia of World Military Aircraft
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Ecosistemas: 1946-2018 La aviación de los países no alineados
