Liaison aircraft
Appearance
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Aliaison aircraft(also called anarmy cooperation aircraft) is a small, usually unarmedaircraftprimarily used by military forces for artillery observation or transporting commanders and messages.
Operation
[edit]The concept developed beforeWorld War IIand included also battlefieldreconnaissance,air ambulance,column control, light cargo delivery and similar duties. Able to operate from small, unimproved fields under primitive conditions, withSTOLcapabilities, most liaison aircraft were developed from, or were later used asgeneral aviationaircraft. Both fixed-wing aircraft andhelicopterscan perform liaison duties.
Use by country
[edit]Argentina
[edit]Bulgaria
[edit]Germany
[edit]Nazi period:
- Fieseler Fi 156Storch
- Messerschmitt Bf 108Taifun
- Focke-Wulf Fw 189Uhu
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Japan
[edit]Imperial period:
- Kokusai Ki-76(Imperial Japanese Army Air Force,1942–1945)
- Tachikawa Ki-36(Imperial Japanese Army Air Force,1938–1945)
Postwar period:
- LR-1(Japan Ground Self-Defense Force,1967–2016)
- LC-90(Japan Maritime Self Defense Force,1974–)
Poland
[edit]Portugal
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- Piper L-21 Super Cub(Portuguese Army,1952–1957 andPortuguese Air Force,1957–1976)
- Auster D.5/160(Portuguese Air Force, 1961–1974)
- Dornier Do 27(Portuguese Air Force, 1961–1979)
- Reims-Cessna FTB-337,(Portuguese Air Force, 1974–2007)
Soviet Union
[edit]- Polikarpov Po-2Kukuruznik ( "Crop Duster" )
Sweden
[edit]- Piper PA-18-150 Super CubasFlygplan 51,1958–1974
- Dornier Do 27asFlygplan 53,1962–1991
- Scottish Aviation BulldogasFlygplan 61C,1972–1989
Switzerland
[edit]United Kingdom
[edit]United States
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]External links
[edit]- als-cannonfield– The Alamo Liaison Squadron is a group dedicated to restoring and flying liaison aircraft.
- Lbirds– Website with resources, information, and models of US WWII liaison aircraft
- Lbirds– Forum open to discussion about liaison aircraft