V-19 test squadron

In 22 BBY, a test squadron of prototype V-19 Torrent starfighters was active within the Galactic Republic naval forces. Before the Clone Wars began against the Separatist Alliance, the Republic commissioned the Slayn & Korpil manufacturing company to produce a new model of starfighter, designed to supplement the navy's small arsenal of BTL-B Y-wing starfighter/bombers. After prolonged design processes, the time in which the Republic was still deploying Y-wings and aging starfighter models, the company produced and delivered a squadron of experimental V-19s for their contractors to flight test. As the war began on the planet Geonosis, the squadron saw field-testing in the engagement, deployed to great effect by its pilots. When the battle ended, the Republic ordered the fighters' immediate mass-production and utilized them extensively throughout the conflict.

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