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Do Iranian F-5Es have air-refueling capabilities?
Header pretty much says it all, I have seen Saudi F-5Es with the refueling probe, was wondering if the Iranian F-5Es
had/have that option also. Thanks Jim Barr |
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J Barr wrote:
Header pretty much says it all, I have seen Saudi F-5Es with the refueling probe, was wondering if the Iranian F-5Es had/have that option also. I recall a picture from World Air Power Journal that showed Iranian F-5Fs and F-5Es refueling from one of their Boeing 707 tankers. Stephen "FPilot" Bierce/IPMS #35922 {Sig Quotes Removed on Request} |
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Not sure this is definitive evidence of F-5F capability....
http://www.afwing.com/gallery/iran/4.jpg FWIW Mark "J Barr" wrote in message ... Header pretty much says it all, I have seen Saudi F-5Es with the refueling probe, was wondering if the Iranian F-5Es had/have that option also. Thanks Jim Barr |
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"J Barr" wrote in message ... Header pretty much says it all, I have seen Saudi F-5Es with the refueling probe, was wondering if the Iranian F-5Es had/have that option also. Jim, as delivered in the mid-1970s, the Iranian F-5E/Fs had no such installations (nor any other "sophisticated" equipment, like AGM-65s). The reason was that they were considered a "short term solution", and were planned to be sold out to other air forces, once the results of the USAF's LWF project would become known (and, this was how the matter developed in the end: after the USAF and NATO countries picked the F-16, the IIAF ordered it even before Israel; however, none were delivered due to the revolution in 1979). And so, the Iranian F-5s had to soldier on and a fight a long and bitter war against the Iraqis without any "nice to have" stuff aboard. In the mid-1990s, however, a number of them has got Iranian-built IFR-probes, _roughly_ similar to those on RSAF and some other Tiger IIs (plus quite some other interesting stuff). Tom Cooper Co-Author: Iran-Iraq War in the Air, 1980-1988: http://www.acig.org/pg1/content.php and, Iranian F-4 Phantom II Units in Combat: http://www.osprey-publishing.co.uk/t...hp/title=S6585 |
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Thanks for the information
Jim Tom Cooper wrote: "J Barr" wrote in message ... Header pretty much says it all, I have seen Saudi F-5Es with the refueling probe, was wondering if the Iranian F-5Es had/have that option also. Jim, as delivered in the mid-1970s, the Iranian F-5E/Fs had no such installations (nor any other "sophisticated" equipment, like AGM-65s). The reason was that they were considered a "short term solution", and were planned to be sold out to other air forces, once the results of the USAF's LWF project would become known (and, this was how the matter developed in the end: after the USAF and NATO countries picked the F-16, the IIAF ordered it even before Israel; however, none were delivered due to the revolution in 1979). And so, the Iranian F-5s had to soldier on and a fight a long and bitter war against the Iraqis without any "nice to have" stuff aboard. In the mid-1990s, however, a number of them has got Iranian-built IFR-probes, _roughly_ similar to those on RSAF and some other Tiger IIs (plus quite some other interesting stuff). Tom Cooper Co-Author: Iran-Iraq War in the Air, 1980-1988: http://www.acig.org/pg1/content.php and, Iranian F-4 Phantom II Units in Combat: http://www.osprey-publishing.co.uk/t...hp/title=S6585 |
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