Those airplanes were perfect:
1) Cheap, 2) Could survive to the nuclear bombing of their airbase (inside tunnels)
3) Could take-off from the grass or a highway (without too much weight)
4) With modern Infrared imaging would not need the radar.
5) With GPS they won't need the Radar Altimeter of Panavia Tornados.
6) If they Israelis took them and installed Python IV and Python V missiles
with 7) Head mounted display &lauch.. perfect for low altitude
dogfight
CONS: Of NO use to bomb Libya!
REDTTURTLE 2 months ago
It's a waste that they're not around anymore. Surly, there must be some role that they could have filled in the modern battlefield? They could have been sold to augment smaller nation's Air Forces.
jonesy97 7 months ago
Those airplanes were perfect:
1) Cheap, 2) Could survive to the nuclear bombing of their airbase (inside tunnels)
3) Could take-off from the grass or a highway (without too much weight)
4) With modern Infrared imaging would not need the radar.
5) With GPS they won't need the Radar Altimeter of Panavia Tornados.
6) If they Israelis took them and installed Python IV and Python V missiles
with 7) Head mounted display &lauch.. perfect for low altitude
dogfight
CONS: Of NO use to bomb Libya!
REDTTURTLE 2 months ago
It's a waste that they're not around anymore. Surly, there must be some role that they could have filled in the modern battlefield? They could have been sold to augment smaller nation's Air Forces.
jonesy97 7 months ago