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[[Image:LightningStrike.jpg|thumb|right|Lightning Strike ground attack fighter<sup>2</sup>]]
The '''Lightning Strike''' is a variant to the [[Lightning]] aircraftair superiority fighter which has been modified to fulfill a ground-attack role.
==HistoryOverview==The '''Lightning main difference between the Strike''' is a Ground Attack Fighter variant and varies from the original is its weapons loadout. While it retains the [[twin-linked]] [Lightning[Lascannon]] by removing s mounted on the wing tips, the Strike removes the long-barrelled barreled ventral-mounted [[Autocannonautocannon]] and replacing it with 2 extra for two additional hardpoints, which carry either two [[Hellstrike MissilesMissile]]s or two [[Bomb]]s. This makes It also retains the four wing hardpoints, allowing it more effective against large ground formations but sacrifices its air-to-air defencescarry four additional Hellstrikes or bombs, four [[Hellfury Missile]]s or six [[Skystrike Missile]]s. Like the Lightning it can also mount [[Imperial Aircraft Upgrades|additional equipment]].<sup>2</sup>
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==Navy wings known to contain Lightning Strikes==
*[[2872nd Imperial Navy Fighter Wing|Imperial 2872nd Navy Fighter Wing]] - Thunderbird squadron
*[[484th Imperial Navy Fighter Wing|Imperial 484th Navy Fighter Wing]] - Talon squadron
*[[1002nd Imperial Navy Fighter Wing|Imperial 1002nd Navy Fighter Wing]] - Red-hammer squadron
==Sources==
*<sup>1</sup>: [[Imperial Armour Volume One - Imperial Guard and Imperial Navy]], p. 216
*<sup>2</sup>: [http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Aeronautica-Imperialis/Imperial_Navy_Squadrons/AERONAUTICA-IMPERIALIS-LIGHTNING-STRIKE-FIGHTERS.html Lighting Strike]
*<sup>3</sup>: [[Imperial Armour - Apocalypse II]], p. 25
==Related Articles==
*[[List of Imperial Aircraft]]
*[[List of Imperial Navy Wings]]
