Aerotécnica A-7 Pantera The Aerotécnica A-7 Pantera (Panther) is a Venezuelan attack aircraft originally used by the Venezuelan Air Force and Naval Aviation in the close air support and nuclear strike role. It is still in service in significantly upgraded form with the several Air Forces. It was de...
Airbus A300B4-200 Viasa Ex Lufthansa aircraft leased by Viasa in 1987 joined by three more, returned to lessor in 1995. https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/2a6ab335-e515-457b-8fb7-d4b7b95c749c/ddeqquu-cce10205-6332-47cb-bb80-a6f88607bae8.png?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIU...
After a long time without touching this AU, i did this for fun. It is based on the new camo being applied to the real Venezuelan aircraft under the new markings directive:
At a guess, probably something boring and prosaic like the 3D vectoring nozzles were heavier, more complex and prone to mechanical problems, and less efficient in normal, non-vectoring operation, and vectoring wouldn't be used often enough to offset these compromises. The Russians seem to like it.