The K45A was already considered the best fighter around (though the DDS F-10SEP has closed the gap) but its capabilities are easily surpassed by the new version. The K45C is a complete redesign of the type with a mission adaptive wing, active inertia cancelling, active EW and many other cutting edge technologies.
- Its mostly symbolic but the fact the K85 COIN fleet has now dipped below 3000 aircraft after the latest withdrawals has raised some Clone eyebrows (figuratively of course as Clones don't have eyebrows!) New Brownings will not be built until the all-electric K85QA early in the next decade. By then the K85 fleet is projected to dip to around 2700. It remains the core warplane in Clone service, called upon to deliver warheads onto insurgent forehead on an almost weekly basis.
