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H-60 Tempest bomber

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H-60 Tempest bomber

Production information
Manufacturer	Slayn & Korpil^[1]
Model	H-60 Tempest bomber^[2]
Class	Bomber^[2]
Technical specifications
Maximum speed (atmosphere)	950 km/h^[1]
Hyperdrive system	None (after-market additions possible)^[1]
Armament	Laser cannons^[1] Concussion missile launcher^[1]
Crew	4^[1]
Passengers	none^[1]
Cargo capacity	110 kg^[1]
Consumables	2 weeks^[1]
Usage
Role(s)	Bomber^[2]
Era(s)	Rise of the Empire era^[2]
Affiliation	Galactic Republic^[1] Independents^[1] Alliance to Restore the Republic^[2]

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The H-60 Tempest bomber was a flying wing-style bomber that was a predecessor of the B-wing starfighter.^[1]

1 Characteristics
2 History
3 Behind the scenes
4 Appearances
5 Sources
6 Notes and references
- 6.1 In other languages

CharacteristicsEdit

The Tempest resembled a larger version of the later B-wing starfighter, but lacked its folding wings. There was also a different engine configuration than that of the B-wing, and other design variations, including a cockpit on each end which were detachable for maintenance and repairs.^[2]

The Spiral-class assault ship shared many design characteristics with the bomber, appearing to be almost the same design apart from being bigger and flying backwards in relation to the H-60's direction of flight.^[3]

HistoryEdit

The H-60 bomber was developed for the Republic Navy in the final decades of the Galactic Republic. Naval planners held a dislike for the resource-heavy and unusual twin-cockpit design and the bombers saw little use. Some were stored in Republic scrap yards to be used for spare parts. As the Galactic Empire came to power, bombers were sold off to independent parties in secret and saw some moderate success for several decades.^[1]

Although the design was too inflexible to compete with more modern fighters, the best parts of the H-60 were used in the design of the B-wing starfighter.^[1] Around 0 BBY, the H-60 was used by the Rebel Alliance, with some ships from Ord Bueri kept in reserve at their main base on Yavin IV.^[2]

Behind the scenesEdit

As seen in Dorling Kindersley factbooks, the look of the H-60 Tempest was inspired by early concept art depicting a much sleeker B-wing starfighter, made during the production of Return of the Jedi in the early 80s.