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[[Image:LightningStrike.jpg|thumb|right|Lightning Strike ground attack fighter{{Fn|2}}]]
The '''Lightning 'Strike'''' is a variant to the [[Lightning]] air superiority fighter which has been modified to fulfill a ground-attack role.{{Fn|1a}}
==Overview==
The main difference between the Strike variant and the original is its weapons loadout. While it retains the [[twin-linked]] [[Lascannon]]s mounted on the wing tips, the Strike removes the long-barreled ventral-mounted [[autocannon]] for two additional hardpoints, which carry either two [[Hellstrike Missile]]s or two [[Bomb]]s. It also retains the four wing hardpoints, allowing it to carry 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]].{{Fn|2}}
Lightning Strikes are used purely for dedicated ground attacks, primarily targeting enemy armor formations. During major operations in conjunction with the [[Imperial Guard]], a 'taxi rank' of Lightnings will circle the battlefield awaiting requests from Guard commanders for assistance. Once received, the Lightning Strike will then swoop down on the enemy target and destroy it before climbing back into the rank to await the next request.{{Fn|11a}}
{{Imperial Aircraft
|Type=Ground Attack Fighter{{Fn|1b}}
|Vehicle Name=Lightning Strike
|Forge World of Origin=[[Cypra-Mundi]]
==Navy wings known to contain Lightning Strikes==
*[[484th Imperial Navy Fighter Wing]] - Talon squadron
*[[1002nd Imperial Navy Fighter Wing]] - Red-hammer squadron
*[[2872nd Imperial Navy Fighter Wing]] - Thunderbird squadron
==Related Articles==
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume One - Imperial Guard and Imperial Navy]], **{{Endn|1a}}: pg. 216**{{Endn|1b}}: pg. 217
*{{Endn|2}}: [http://web.archive.org/web/20120427234418/http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Aeronautica-Imperialis/Imperial_Navy_Squadrons/AERONAUTICA-IMPERIALIS-LIGHTNING-STRIKE-FIGHTERS.html Lighting Strike] ''(Saved archive page, dated Apr 2012, last accessed 30 July 2015)''
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Imperial Armour - Apocalypse II]], pg. 25
