Combat aircraft procurement with Air and Naval aviation

The national defense has developed all of its aircraft jointly with the US DOD, according to the Joint Defense Development Agreement. Vandal project aircraft were totally re-engined for entirely different propulsion system, and lengthened to accommodate heavier weapon loads, and higher capacity tanks for containing noble gas.

Conventional jet propelled aircraft were mostly derived from US DOD canceled aircraft.

		MHD	propulsion	Jet	propulsiuon
		Air Force	Navy	Air Force	Navy
Vandal A-12	attack, bomber	YES
Vandal SR-71	recon, bomber	YES
Vandal T-22	bomber, attack	YES
Vandal F-111	attack, bomber	YES	YES
Vandal XB-70	bomber	YES
Vandal F-104	fighter		YES
Vandal A-5A	fighter, attack		YES
F-4MGN Magnum	fighter, attack				YES
F-17F-Fiend	fighter				YES
F-23BGN-Fury	fighter			YES
F-29-Fang	fighter			YES

The MHD-plasma propulsion is used mainly in the heavier, longer bomber aircraft F-111, F-104 and A-5 are heavy attack planes, which can also serve as bombers, and are the only MHD aircraft procured by the Navy.

The Navy uses two conventionally powered craft in the general fighter role, F-4 Magnum and F-17F Fiend.

The Air Force acquired different aircraft with conventional propulsion, F-23 Fury and F-20 Fang. These aircraft are usually deployed overseas. The Air Force has stopped using these aircraft for home and coast patrol, relegating the duty to the purpose-built turboprop aircraft developed independently of the US DOD.

The Air Force does not have any conventionally powered bombers. All its bombers are MHD powered, and are deployed at home and in Belize, as part of a program to deter any threats from Cuba.