AR-22A "Roaring Rex"

The AR-22A "Roaring Rex" is a powerful multirole aircraft prominently used by the United Earth Air Force as their main craft alongside its fighter variant the Assault Rex. It is often supported by several Vultures. It is featured in Mobile Gear Gundam Blues.

Technology & Combat Characteristics
The Dyna Air-22 A-type, codename Roaring Rex, is a multipurposed aircraft developed by United Earth's Air Force in tandem with the Martian Ring-based Dyna High Arms as the first mass production vehicle used by the UEAF not made by a planetside manufacturer. While most of the airframe was provided by Earth-based companies, Dyna supplied the Roaring Rex with two state-of-the-art PSG-114 Afterburner Turbofans which can clock a maximum speed of Mach 7.2. With an ExG Bodysuit (also provided by Dyna), such speeds can be reached without putting any strain on the human pilot.

The main body of the Roaring Rex is comprised of the nose, which resembles more of a sideways blade, with two 2-tube air intakes on the sides making up part of the leading edge of the craft along with the delta wings which stretch the Rex's wingspan to 19.7 meters across. The two engines are found separated on the Rex's back, with a small tail taking up some of the space inbetween. Two diagonal stabilizers are found on the outer sides of the engines, performing the dual roles of the aircraft's rudder and elevator. For higher control of the aircraft, the Rex's delta wings can open up and pivot out an extra wing component to convert into a forward-swept wing configuration. However, this comes at the cost of weaker armor in order to allow the transforming aspect of the wings.

The cockpit is the first to feature the standard fully-enclosed style with no glass canopy used by Mobile Gears, instead relying on a system of monitors hooked up to optical sensors around the airframe. This allows for a fully integrated combat system to be displayed across the entire cockpit rather than just one section at the front.

Trivia

 * The Roaring Rex is partially based on a combination of real life and fictional aircraft, such as the F-22 Raptor (indicated in the model number), the ADF-01 FALKEN and the X-02 Wyvern.