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Was Harpoon ever integrated into A-7 Corsair II?
Was Harpoon ever integrated into A-7 Corsair II? I've never seen a
picture of A-7 with Harpoon. And I'd appreciate if anyone could post a link to the McDonnell Douglas PR photo showing a late production F-4E carrying four Harpoons - probably dummies - under its wing. |
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Was Harpoon ever integrated into A-7 Corsair II?
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Was Harpoon ever integrated into A-7 Corsair II? I've never seen a picture of A-7 with Harpoon. The specification page at GlobalSecurity.org (http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...m-84-specs.htm) shows the Harpoon equipping the A-6, F/A-18, S-3, P-3, and B-52H. The Boeing specification page (http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/...arpoonspec.htm) shows the F-16 and RAF Nimrod in addition to those listed above. No reference to the A-7 in U.S. service. | George Ruch | "Is there life in Clovis after Clovis Man?" |
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Was Harpoon ever integrated into A-7 Corsair II?
I have also never seen an A-7 with a Harpoon.
Maybe it is somehow connected with the technical issues - to launch Harpoon, you would have to have a radar with an appropriate air-to-surface range (an this one on A-7 did not look to have too good range...) But more probably, it must be a matter of division of labour in the Air Wing - where anti-ship missions were belonging mostly to A-6E (or S-3) rather than to A-7E, which was used mainly as a light attack aircraft, with some emphasis on SEAD missions. I really doubt if F-4 could ever launch Harpoons... Just my humble opinion... Best regards, Jacek |
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Was Harpoon ever integrated into A-7 Corsair II?
"KDR" wrote in message oups.com... wrote: I have also never seen an A-7 with a Harpoon. Maybe it is somehow connected with the technical issues - to launch Harpoon, you would have to have a radar with an appropriate air-to-surface range (an this one on A-7 did not look to have too good range...) But more probably, it must be a matter of division of labour in the Air Wing - where anti-ship missions were belonging mostly to A-6E (or S-3) rather than to A-7E, which was used mainly as a light attack aircraft, with some emphasis on SEAD missions. I really doubt if F-4 could ever launch Harpoons... Just my humble opinion... Best regards, Jacek Thanks for the reply. The division of labour sounds plausible. At least one source indicates the A-7 is a Harpoon carrier, though not in USN service. The Greeks have A-7's still in service, and it is concievable that they could have such a capability. www.aerospaceweb.org/aircraft/attack/a7/ The Thais are also users of both the A-7 and the AGM-84. A number of sources claim that at least the Israelis modified their F-4E's to carry and launch Harpoon (and with many other F-4 users being out there over the past few years, you have to wonder which other nations may have similarly adapted their Phantoms). Being as the F-4 has proven capable of carrying the AGM-142, one has to wonder why it would be impossible for it to launch the AGM-84... Brooks |
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