Airborne Tactical Advantage Company Explained

Airborne Tactical Advantage Company
Type:Private
Foundation:1994
Location:Newport News, Virginia, USA
Area Served:United States
Services:contracted air services and adversary air combat training
Homepage:ATAC.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

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]

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    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Airborne Tactical Advantage Company Wins Up to $47,080,902 Contract. https://archive.today/20150127121627/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=11420513. dead. 27 January 2015. Bloomberg BusinessWeek . 20 July 2012.
    2. https://www.flickr.com/photos/k_ichiro_1120/8623913344 ATAC Hawker Hunter F Mk.58 N322AX @ NAF Atsugi
    3. Web site: Naval Air Facility (NAF) / Japan Maritime Self Defence Force (JMDSF) Atsugi . 27 April 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161025055211/http://www.airshowaction.com/japan13/atsugi_2/page1.html . 2016-10-25 . 6 October 2021 . Airshow Action .
    4. Web site: Giangreco. Leigh. Textron unit acquires 63 Mirage F1s. FlightGlobal. 22 September 2017. https://archive.today/20170922183032/https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/textron-unit-acquires-63-mirage-f1s-441254/. 2017-09-22. 19 September 2017. live.
    5. Web site: Federal Aviation Administration. US Civil Aircraft Registry, Query="ATAC". Federal Aviation Administration. 20 January 2015.
    6. Web site: French. Arnaud. L'enterprise américaine ATAC racchète 63 Mirage F1 Français !. Avions Legendaires. 22 September 2017. https://archive.today/20170922183513/http://www.avionslegendaires.net/2017/07/actu/lentreprise-americaine-atac-rachete-63-mirage-f1-francais/. 2017-09-22. 18 July 2017. live.
    7. Web site: WPR10LA339. National Transportation Safety Board. 20 January 2015.
    8. Web site: DCA12PA049. National Transportation Safety Board. 20 January 2015.
    9. Web site: DCA12PA076. National Transportation Safety Board. 20 January 2015.
    10. Web site: Jet crashes in Southern California, killing pilot. CBS News. 18 August 2012.
    11. Web site: WPR15GA030. National Transportation Safety Board. 2 December 2020.
    12. Web site: 'Top Gun' style military jet crashes outside Navy base in California, killing pilot. NYDailyNews. 20 January 2015.
    13. Web site: PILOT DIES IN MILITARY PLANE CRASH IN PORT HUENEME. ABC News. 20 January 2015.
    14. Web site: ATAC HAWKER HUNTER CRASHES OFF THE COAST OF SAN DIEGO. The Aviation Geek Club. 10 July 2018.
    15. Web site: Contract pilots in F1B Mirage suffer non-life-threatening injuries in Tyndall AFB crash. NavyTimes. 23 April 2021.
    16. Web site: Runway excursion Incident Hawker Hunter Mk 58 N331AX, 14 Apr 2021< .
    17. Web site: ERA22LA277 . 8 August 2022 . National Transportation Safety Board .

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