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{{Short description|French light attack fighter}} {{redirect|Alpha Jet}} <!-- This article is a part of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft]]. Please see [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft/page content]] for recommended layout. --> {{Infobox aircraft |name= Alpha Jet |image= File:Alpha Jet - RIAT 2007 (2544737153).jpg |caption= An Alpha Jet of the French Air Force |type= [[Attack aircraft|Light attack]] and [[trainer (aircraft)#Advanced training|advanced trainer aircraft]] |national_origin= France / West Germany |manufacturer= [[Dassault Aviation]]/[[Dornier Flugzeugwerke]] |designer= |first_flight= 26 October 1973 |introduction= 4 November 1977 |retired= |status= In service |primary_user= [[French Air and Space Force]] |more_users=[[Top Aces]]<br />[[Egyptian Air Force]]<br />[[Royal Thai Air Force]] |produced= 1973β1991 |number_built= 480 |unit cost= $4.5 million (1978)<ref name = "flight manuf 1978"/> |developed_from=<!-- the aircraft which formed the basis for the topic type --> |variants=<!-- variants OF the topic type --> }} The '''Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet''' is a [[attack aircraft|light attack]] [[jet aircraft|jet]] and advanced [[jet trainer]] co-manufactured by [[Dassault Aviation]] of France and [[Dornier Flugzeugwerke]] of Germany. It was developed specifically to perform trainer and light attack missions, as well as to perform these duties better than the first generation of jet trainers that preceded it. Following a competition, a design submitted by a team comprising [[Breguet Aviation]], Dassault Aviation, and Dornier Flugzeugwerke, initially designated as the ''TA501'', was selected and subsequently produced as the Alpha Jet. Both the [[French Air and Space Force]] and [[West German Air Force]] procured the Alpha Jet in large numbers, the former principally as a trainer aircraft and the latter choosing to use it as a light attack platform. As a result of post-[[Cold War]] military cutbacks, Germany elected to retire its own fleet of Alpha Jets in the 1990s and has re-sold many of these aircraft to both military and civilian operators. The Alpha Jet has been adopted by a number of air forces across the world and has also seen active combat use by some of these operators.
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