Top 10 Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) | Light Attack Aircraft In The World

A Light combat aircraft is a light multirole jet military aircraft most coming from advanced trainers that have been modified or designed for engaging in light combat missions, either in a light strike or attack missions, reconnaissance, or interdiction roles while some keeping its trainer role. They are also slower than their bigger counterparts and most are only capable of subsonic speeds though some are capable of reaching Mach 1 . Although equipped with either guns or short-range air-to-air missiles it is usually for self-defense purpose or anti-hostile aircraft/helicopter missions not for air defense as lightweight fighters do, though some are capable of air to air combat or point air defense missions due to integrated or have variants capable of carrying powerful multi-mode radar systems, most LCAs don’t have such due to their small limited design or are less powerful. However, they can still be used to patrol the skies and implement border patrol or air policing. These aircraft are usually smaller and