Some withdrawn K85 COIN aircraft are to be returned to service in the Clone Air Force, mostly to push the number in service back above the symbolic 3000 number but also to help release jet fighters like the K40 for other duties on some secondary planets.
Twenty are likely to be restored, all will be fairly old mid-period Brownings. New production K85NTs has ceased for the Air Force though continues for the Navy. Work continues on the 5th generation all-electric K85QA which will enter service (and replace all Brownings prior to the NT) in the next decade.
