Editing Bluehawk (Conventional Fighter)

{{InfoBoxConvFighter
| image = [[File:MSF-42 Bluehawk.jpg|200px]]
| Name = MSF-42 Bluehawk Combat Support Fighter
| Manufacturer = [[Majesty Metals and Manufacturing|Majesty Metals and Manufacturing]]
| Use = Fire Support Aircraft
| Tech Base = [[Inner Sphere]]
| Cost = ???
| Introduced = [[3019]]<ref>[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/3841/bluehawk-combat-support-fighter-msf-42 MUL online date for {{PAGENAME}}]</ref>
| Mass = 50 tons
| Engine (Type) = 250 Turbine
| Fuel = 160 - 3 ton
| Armament = <span></span>
* 2x [[LRM-10]]
* 3x [[Machine Gun]]
| comsys = Unspecified
| T&T = Unspecified
| Armor = Standard
| Crew = 1
| BV (1.0) = ???
| BV (2.0) = 441<ref name=HBPS>''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', pp. 200-201, "MSF-42 Bluehawk"</ref>
}}

==Description==
The '''MSF-42 Bluehawk''' is a conventional military aircraft that was produced by [[Majesty Metals and Manufacturing]] in the [[Magistracy of Canopus]].  The aircraft's conception is something of a corporate mystery, due to it being mechanically identical to the [[Outworlds Alliance|Outworlds Alliance's]] [[ASF-23 Protector]].<ref name=HBPS/> 

The Bluehawk is deployed as a conventional ground support aircraft, using its weaponry to support BattleMech, infantry, and armored forces.<ref name=HBPS/>  

Since its debut in [[3019]], the aircraft has seen service with its near-sister aircraft in planetary air militias across the Major [[Periphery]] States and the border worlds of the Federated Suns and Draconis Combine.<ref name=HBPS/>  

Some Air Forces have used the Bluehawk simultaneously with the Protector to confuse enemies with the two vehicles' similarities.<ref name=HBPS/>

==Weapons and Equipment==
For its primary role as a ground attack aircraft, the Bluehawk is armed with a pair of 10-tubed [[Long Range Missile]] launchers, one in each of its wings.  The launchers have been given two tons of ammunition to share. For close support the Bluehawk sports three nose-mounted machine guns with a half ton of ammunition.<ref name=HBPS/>

The aircraft is protected by three tons of [[standard armor]], and also includes three tons of fuel for its Turbine Engine.<ref name=HBPS/>

==Related Aircraft==
*[[ASF-23 Protector]]

==Notes==
* The exact image of the Bluehawk has never been specified. As of this writing, the aircraft's record sheet has only appeared in the ''[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]]''. The record sheet is an unusual joint record sheet which had the exact same stats as the [[Protector]].

==References==
<references />

==Bibliography==
* ''[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]]''
* ''[[Master Unit List]]''


[[Category:Conventional Fighters|Bluehawk]]