Article: P-45 Kolona-Class Pursuit Craft

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Name: Kolona
Class: P-45 Pursuit Fighter
Affiliation: UC Military and local Police forces
Important Notes: Accredited with being on of the fasted aircraft available, and holds the air/space speed record for air-space hybrids.

A Pandora Palace District Police Air Unit (PDPAU) Kolona fighter during an exercise. The composite that makes up the second half of the frame, in this case yellow, denotes it's area of operation.

This single seater, hyper-sonic fighter is one of the UC's most recent and powerful dogfighting crafts. Capable of pushing past Mach 17 in the atmosphere, and greater speeds in space. The P-45 is armed with two railgun cannons and a single, high energy chemical laser for space dogfights.
The Kolona's main drawback is its price, due to the super-alloys and composites that make up its frame. The military has built and deployed 560 for space superiority. 485 have been distributed to top law enforcement offices as high-speed pursuit craft. The Palace District on Pandora have currently the most models (24).

PERFORMANCE AND STATISTICS:

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Name: MiG-15 Z
Class: Atmospheric Fighters
Affiliation: Rebels and Civilians
Important Notes: A modified version of the Russian fighter, the MiG-15Z model is rugged and low maintenance.

[Chronos]

Name: F-4 Phantom "S"
Class: Fighter
Affiliation: Police, private
Important Notes: Very fast fighter plane.


The F-4 Phantom S is a two-seater heavily modified F-4 with robust rocket engines. The F-4's strength come in its durability and speed. It's speed almost rivals that of modern, stock fighter planes.

They are commonly deployed by rim world police forces and contractors, though some are in use by the poorer districts Police forces on Pandora.

The are designed for atmospheric flight, but its rocket engines allow it some space capabilities.

Armed with a 22 mm machine gun and 6 guided missiles.

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