SAFAL Ouragan
| SAFAL Ouragan | |
|---|---|
 Ouragan F.4/71 in 1976 during a demonstration flight | |
| General information | |
| Role | Prototype multirole fighter |
| National origin | Montesayette |
| Manufacturer | Société Aéronautique Falcifère, division of SIDMON |
| Service | |
| Number built | 2 |
| History | |
| First flight | 9 June 1974 |
| Last flight | 17 November 1986 |
| Variants | Kimaco Hurricane |
| Developed into | Kimaco Typhoon |
| Fate | Retired |
| Predecessors | Kimaco Fury |
The SAFAL Ouragan (Quebecshirite: Hurricane) is a Montesayettean prototype twin-engine, multirole light fighter designed by Société Aéronautique Falcifère, a division of Defense Industry Corporation of Montesayette, for the Montesayettean Air and Space Force (AAEM)'s Lightweight Fighter (LWF) technology evaluation program. Since the AAEM operates a "tiering" system for its national air defense network, the LWF program was launched to find a possible successor to the Furie, the AAEM's primary second-tier lightweight fighter at the time. A first-tier jet fighter has a higher performance and is more complex and difficult to maintain.
However, the LWF programme terminated in 1982 after the AAEM adopted the FX multirole light fighter. This was also derived from the Furie and is a more cost-effective alternative to the Ouragan. The FX was later renamed the Hurricane, and it remains AAEM's mainstay second-tier air defence fighter to this day. The Ouragan remained in service as a technology and development testbed until 1986, when it was retired. Despite losing out to its cheaper sister, the design was later used for developing the Kimaco Typhoon, an export-focused twin-engine, multirole light fighter. In addition, because of their almost identical design and physical layout, some believe that the Ouragan influenced the Maroto Botín FA-13 and its following variations.
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