Company:Airborne Tactical Advantage Company

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Airborne Tactical Advantage Company
TypePrivate
Founded1994
HeadquartersNewport News, Virginia, USA
Area served
United States
Servicescontracted air services and adversary air combat training
WebsiteATAC.com

Airborne Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC), is a government contractor based in Newport News, Virginia, United States . It operates Dassault Mirage F1, Mk-58 Hawker Hunter, Israeli F-21 Kfir, Douglas A-4 Skyhawk, and Aero L-39 Albatros military aircraft in tactical flight training roles for the United States Navy, United States Air Force , and Air National Guard.

Its main air operations base is at Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California.[1] It sends aircraft as far away as Naval Air Facility Atsugi in Japan.[2][3]

ATAC was acquired by Textron in 2016 and continues to operate as a subsidiary.[4]

Fleet

The ATAC air fleet includes the following aircraft[5]

Accidents and incidents

One IAI F-21 Kfir of ATAC in 2016.
8 July 2010
Douglas A-4 Skyhawk N132AT lost power during takeoff and crashed in a field near Naval Air Station Fallon. The pilot ejected safely. Investigations by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) were completed.[7]
6 March 2012
IAI Kfir N404AX crashed into a building near at Naval Air Station Fallon in inclement weather, killing the pilot. Investigations by the FAA and NTSB were completed.[8]
18 May 2012
Hawker Hunter N329AX crashed in a field on final approach to Naval Air Station Point Mugu, killing the pilot. Investigations by the FAA and NTSB have been completed.[9][10]
29 October 2014
Hawker Hunter N332AX crashed in a field near Naval Air Station Point Mugu, killing the pilot. Investigations by the FAA and NTSB have been completed.[11][12][13]
22 August 2017
Hawker Hunter crashed about 100 miles off the coast of San Diego, California . The pilot was able to eject and was recovered by a U.S. Navy helicopter from aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt.[14]
25 February 2021
Mirage F1B slid off the end of the runway at Tyndall Air Force Base . Both pilots were transported to the local hospital.[15]:
14 April 2021
Hawker Hunter N331AX suffered a runway excursion incident at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma.[16]
6 June 2022
Hawker Hunter N337AX crashed approximately 41 nautical miles off the coast of Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. The pilot was able to eject, suffering a spinal injury upon ejection. Investigations by the FAA and NTSB are in work.[17]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Airborne Tactical Advantage Company Wins Up to $47,080,902 Contract". Bloomberg BusinessWeek. http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=11420513. 
  2. ↑ ATAC Hawker Hunter F Mk.58 N322AX @ NAF Atsugi Retrieved 18 February 2017
  3. ↑ "Naval Air Facility (NAF) / Japan Maritime Self Defence Force (JMDSF) Atsugi". Airshow Action. 27 April 2013. Archived from the original on 2016-10-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20161025055211/http://www.airshowaction.com/japan13/atsugi_2/page1.html. Retrieved 6 October 2021. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Giangreco, Leigh (19 September 2017). "Textron unit acquires 63 Mirage F1s". https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/textron-unit-acquires-63-mirage-f1s-441254/. 
  5. ↑ Federal Aviation Administration. "US Civil Aircraft Registry, Query="ATAC"". Federal Aviation Administration. http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/. 
  6. ↑ Arnaud (18 July 2017). "L'enterprise américaine ATAC racchète 63 Mirage F1 Français !" (in French). http://www.avionslegendaires.net/2017/07/actu/lentreprise-americaine-atac-rachete-63-mirage-f1-francais/. 
  7. ↑ "WPR10LA339". National Transportation Safety Board. https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief2.aspx?ev_id=20100708X82843&ntsbno=WPR10LA339&akey=1&key=1. 
  8. ↑ "DCA12PA049". National Transportation Safety Board. https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief2.aspx?ev_id=20120307X13644&ntsbno=DCA12PA049&akey=1&key=1. 
  9. ↑ "DCA12PA076". National Transportation Safety Board. http://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/83685/pdf. 
  10. ↑ "Jet crashes in Southern California, killing pilot". CBS News. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57437445/jet-crashes-in-southern-california-killing-pilot/. 
  11. ↑ "WPR15GA030". National Transportation Safety Board. http://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/90331/pdf. 
  12. ↑ "'Top Gun' style military jet crashes outside Navy base in California, killing pilot". NYDailyNews. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/pilot-top-gun-style-military-jet-dies-calif-crash-article-1.1992415/. 
  13. ↑ "PILOT DIES IN MILITARY PLANE CRASH IN PORT HUENEME". ABC News. http://abc7.com/news/pilot-dies-in-military-plane-crash-in-port-hueneme/372327/. 
  14. ↑ "ATAC HAWKER HUNTER CRASHES OFF THE COAST OF SAN DIEGO". The Aviation Geek Club. https://theaviationgeekclub.com/atac-hawker-hunter-crashes-off-coast-san-diego/. 
  15. ↑ "Contract pilots in F1B Mirage suffer non-life-threatening injuries in Tyndall AFB crash". NavyTimes. https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-air-force/2021/02/26/two-pilots-injured-in-tyndall-air-force-base-crash/. 
  16. ↑ "Runway excursion Incident Hawker Hunter Mk 58 N331AX, 14 Apr 2021<". https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/249809. 
  17. ↑ "ERA22LA277". National Transportation Safety Board. https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/105301/pdf. 

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