Flying Tara

Locality Bomber Flying Tara
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Primary Weapons	Bomb
Secondary Weapons	Machine guns Turret (both unused) Air-to-ground missile
Factions	Rebel Army
Health	Medium
Game Appearances
First Game	Metal Slug
Last Game	Metal Slug: Awakening
Game(s)	Metal Slug Metal Slug 2 Metal Slug X Metal Slug 3 Metal Slug 3D Metal Slug 4 Metal Slug Defense Metal Slug Attack Metal Slug: Awakening
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Flying Tara is a Rebel Army bomber in Metal Slug series.

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A secondary airplane used by the Rebel's air force, the Flying Tara is mostly a variant of the Eaca-B, with better armament and maneuverability. They only carry a single heavy bomb with them, after throwing it, they fly to the background, and then return with another bomb (Metal Slug only). But in other games, they shoot the same missiles as the Eaca-B.

Upgrades and variants

	Flying Tara: The original version. In Metal Slug Attack they're called Flying Tara+ and drop bombs at marked targets.
	Flying Tara Ver.P.M.: A Ptolemaic variant that is much faster than its Rebel counterparts, but sacrifices durability and weapon strength in the process. Appears in mission 4 and 5 of Metal Slug 5.
	Aviation Tara: Flying Taras operated by Aviation Corps. members, painted with a slightly darker green paint and has a shark face decal painted in the front. They're called in by Naomi to bombard her enemies.
	Flying Tara Ver.P.M+: A purple variant of the original Ptolemaic version, possessing slightly better armor. They constantly fire missiles at the enemy, and return to base after firing to restock on more missiles before returning to the battlefield. Appears in Metal Slug Attack.
	Golden Flying Tara Ver.P.M.: A Golden Variant of the Ptolemaic Flying Tara that fires large Golden Missiles. Appears in Metal Slug Attack.
	"Recruitment Plane": A support variant of the flying tara that drops a recruitment pod at the talent center. Appears in Metal Slug: Commander.

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Trivia

• The Flying Tara, along with Eaca-B, are based on two WWII fighters: the Grumman TBM Avenger torpedo bomber and the Grumman F6F Hellcat, with its turret resembling the Boeing B-17 bomber.
• The Ptolematic variant slightly resembles the P-80 Shooting Star
• The Metal Slug Awakening Flying Tara model reutilizes the Ptolemaic variant tail.