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AM.3 | |
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![]() AM.3CM Bosbok operated by the National Test Pilot School at the Mojave Spaceport | |
General information | |
Type | Observation aircraft |
Manufacturer | Aermacchi |
Primary users | South African Air Force |
History | |
Introduction date | 1973 |
First flight | 12 May 1967 |
Retired | 1992 |
The Aermacchi AM.3 was the result of a joint venture between Aermacchi and Aeritalia (then Aerfer Industrie Aerospaziali Meridionali) in response to an Italian Army requirement for an aircraft to replace the Cessna L-19, and was initially designated the MB-335.