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Advanced trainer /Light attack
Aermacchi MB-326 is a advanced trainer /Light attack originating in Italy. It was built by Aermacchi. Reported operators include Italian Air Force South African Air Force Brazilian Air Force Royal Australian Air Force.
Advanced trainer /Light attack
Italy
Aermacchi
Limited service
Italian Air Force South African Air Force Brazilian Air Force Royal Australian Air Force
~800
1961–1975
February 1962
10 December 1957
Aermacchi MB-339
2
10.65 m (34 ft 11 in)
10.85 m (35 ft 7 in) with tip-tanks
3.72 m (12 ft 2 in)
19.35 m 2 (208.3 sq ft)
root: NACA 64A114 ; tip: NACA 64A212
2,685 kg (5,919 lb)
4,577 kg (10,091 lb) full internal fuel, wing-tip and underwing tanks
internals and tip-tanks: 1,392 L (368 US gal; 306 imp gal); internal fuel, wing-tip and underwing tanks: 2,056 L (543 US gal; 452 imp gal)
1 × Bristol Siddeley Viper 20 turbojet engine, 15.2 kN (3,410 lbf) thrust
867 km/h (539 mph, 468 kn)
797 km/h (495 mph, 430 kn)
871 km/h (541 mph, 470 kn) / M0.82 maximum diving speed
1,850 km (1,150 mi, 1,000 nmi) Fuselage and tip-tanks with 113 L (30 US gal; 25 imp gal) reserve
2,445 km (1,519 mi, 1,320 nmi) Fuselage, under-wing and tip-tanks with 113 L (30 US gal; 25 imp gal) reserve
14,325 m (46,998 ft)
30.733 m/s (6,049.8 ft/min) at sea level
6,100 m (20,000 ft) in four minutes and ten seconds
412 m (1,352 ft) in ISA conditions; 506 m (1,660 ft) in ISA + 25 °C (77 °F) conditions
555 m (1,821 ft) in ISA conditions; 704 m (2,310 ft) in ISA + 25 °C (77 °F) conditions
631 m (2,070 ft) in ISA conditions at 3,175 kg (7,000 lb); 671 m (2,201 ft) in ISA + 25 °C (77 °F) conditions at 3,175 kg (7,000 lb)
(optional) 2x 7.7 mm (0.303 in) machine-guns in the forward fuselage / various pylon-mounted gun pods
6 with a capacity of Up to 4,000 lb (1,800 kg) total
(optional) 4x 6 kg (13 lb) or 7.5 kg (17 lb) rockets /various pylon-mounted rocket pods
(optional) 2x Nord AS.12 missiles
(optional) 4x 15 kg (33 lb) or 45 kg (99 lb)
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Aermacchi MB-326 equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
GabonAir Force exact named MB-326 Impala I* (4 CM-170 Magister in store) component holdings; active, operational-reserve and training equipment excluding equipment in store, except explicit status exclusions stated below. November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national total or combat-readiness measure. Source armament/capacity counts are excluded. The two MB-326 Impala I aircraft are the leading holdings; the parenthetical four stored CM-170 Magisters are a different design and are not included in any Impala count.
TogoReported count for Aermacchi MB-326 · EMB-326G. Service scope: Air Force; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): in service: 4. Origin: Italy. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2024), not the article revision. 2024 cited source edition. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
Italian Air Force South African Air Force Brazilian Air Force Royal Australian Air Force
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