Blackburn Buccaneer S.2B Aircraft Data
Dedicated naval and shore-based attack aircraft.
The S.2B version of the Buccaneer was built for the RAF by Hawker-Siddley and modified from existing S.2A stock. The MoD's cancellation of the TSR-2 and the retirement of the Fleet Air Arm's carriers placed the Buccaneer in RAF service during 1969. RAF S.2B's could be armed with Martel air-to-surface missiles and carried bulged fuel tank in the modified bomb-bay. The RAF Buccaneer fleet served in the 1991 Gulf War, providing laser designation capability for Jaguar and Tornado aircraft. The last S.2B's were withdrawn from RAF service in 1994.
The S.2B version of the Buccaneer was built for the RAF by Hawker-Siddley and modified from existing S.2A stock. The MoD's cancellation of the TSR-2 and the retirement of the Fleet Air Arm's carriers placed the Buccaneer in RAF service during 1969. RAF S.2B's could be armed with Martel air-to-surface missiles and carried bulged fuel tank in the modified bomb-bay. The RAF Buccaneer fleet served in the 1991 Gulf War, providing laser designation capability for Jaguar and Tornado aircraft. The last S.2B's were withdrawn from RAF service in 1994.
- Country of Origin: United Kingdom
- First Flight: 11 February 1969
- Initial Service Date:
- No. Built: 49
- No. In Service: 0
- No. of Hardpoints: 4
- Crew: 2
Power:
2 x Rolls-Royce Spey RB-168-1A Mk.101 turbofans at 11,100 lbf
Weapons:
4 × Matra rocket pods with 18× SNEB 68 mm rockets each.
2 × AS-30L "Laser" air to ground missiles.
2 × AS-37 Martel air to ground missiles.
1 x AIM-9B Sidewinder air to air missile.
1 x AVQ-23E Pave Spike laser designator.
1 x WE177 tactical nuclear weapon.
No canon was carried internally or externally.
2 × AS-30L "Laser" air to ground missiles.
2 × AS-37 Martel air to ground missiles.
1 x AIM-9B Sidewinder air to air missile.
1 x AVQ-23E Pave Spike laser designator.
1 x WE177 tactical nuclear weapon.
No canon was carried internally or externally.
Dimensions:
| Length: | 63 ft. 5 in. |
| Wing Span: | 44 ft. |
| Wing Area: | 514.7 sq.ft |
| Height: | 16 ft. 3 in. |
| Empty Weight: | 30,000 lbs |
| Max. Weight: | 62,000 lbs |
| Max. Ordnance Load: | 16,000 lbs |
| Internal Fuel: | 12,552 lbs |
Performance:
| Max. Speed: | 667 mph |
| Service Ceiling: | 40,000 ft. |
| Normal Range: | 2,000 nm |
Operators:
United KingdomThe Royal Force was the only air arm to operate the Buccaneer S.2B.
The first Royal Air Force squadron to receive the Buccaneer S.2 became No.12 Squadron at RAF Honington.
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