Airborne Tactical Advantage Company

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Airborne Tactical Advantage Company
Company type Private
Founded1994
Headquarters Newport News, Virginia, USA
Area served
United States
Servicescontracted air services and adversary air combat training
Website 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.

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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. F-21 KFIR aircraft taxis on the flight line aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort.jpg
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]

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