The Navy's ship-borne aircraft mainly bombed the outskirts of Basra and the invading Iraqi forces in Kuwait. Only a few "Attack-5" aircraft with adequate operational radius flew to Baghdad, and they primarily targeted secondary objectives to minimize combat losses as much as possible.
The oldest tactical aircraft in service in the participating combat aircraft was the "Attack-5" of the Imperial Navy.
In fact, one could tell from the model number.
If the "Attack-8" carrier aircraft project had not been aborted prematurely, actually failing to meet weight reduction targets, the "Attack-5" would have been retired 20 years ago.
According to Navy planning, the "Attack-5" needs to battle on for at least another 10 years, waiting for the "Attack X" project to reach fruition before gracefully stepping back. As for the highly regarded "War-12," which replaces the "Attack-6" light attack aircraft, it is not yet qualified to replace heavy attack aircraft.
