Fiat G.91Y

The Fiat G.91Y, later called the Aeritalia G.91Y, is a ground attack and reconnaissance aircraft developed from the Fiat G.91T trainer by Fiat Aviazione. It replaced the single Orpheus turbojet with a pair of afterburning General Electric J85 engines giving roughly 60 percent more thrust, and gained lighter structure, extra fuel, leading edge slats and licence-built avionics. It first flew in December 1966, three pre-production aircraft followed, and it entered Italian Air Force service in 1968. The Italian Air Force was the only operator, with 65 flown until 1994 when the AMX replaced them, and an enhanced G.91YS evaluated by Switzerland brought no export order.