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From 1973 until 1979, Peru acquired a total of 36 Cessna A-37B Dragonfly light strikers. All were camouflaged in sand (FS30277) and field drab (FS30118) on top surfaces and sides – applied to a standardised camouflage pattern, but with significant differences from aircraft to aircraft – and light gull gray (FS36375) on undersurfaces. The radomes covering the navigational system, and the area around the intake were painted in black. The serial was applied below the flash on the fin and repeated on the upper surface of the right wing, while the roundels were applied on the top surface of the left wing and the bottom surface of the right wing. This example, serial number 118, was flown by Lieutenant Raúl Calle during the air combat with the pair of Ecuadorean A-37Bs on 28 January 1981. It is shown as armed with a LAU-3A pod for 2.75in unguided rockets. Inset is shown the crest of GA.7. (Artwork by Tom Cooper)

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Cessna A-37B Dragonfly
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