A 4 Skyhawk

last SG · 2008-09-09T20:19:17+00:00

Or we can pluck them off their stands at paya lebah AFB there...Don't think there's any question wif it's airworthness, but battle-wise, how much opposition/...

16/f/lonely SG

Not to mention that we are the 1st to add that ugly WSO cockpit behind the pilot The 2nd bubble isnt meant to be there. Not only the A4s, we zhng our F-5s like hell also

I think the F-20 Tigershark is cool.....like the A-4SU, its basically a zhng F-5 with 1 X F404, zhng the same way as the A-4SU. Laughing

crimsontactics SG

I think if SG have the space to keeps any planes, they should. The A4s could be used as trainers or ground attack planes if there should be a war.

Btw i don't think we can sell them out, at best just scrap their metal to reuse, what a waste.

stellazio SG

I think if SG have the space to keeps any planes, they should. The A4s could be used as trainers or ground attack planes if there should be a war.

Btw i don't think we can sell them out, at best just scrap their metal to reuse, what a waste.

we don't..thats why we couldnt even keep our old f16s and rfs..

crimsontactics SG

we don't..thats why we couldnt even keep our old f16s and rfs..

Then while can't do much but to scrape or sell them. Btw such planes shouldn't be too much of a lost.

16/f/lonely SG

We would if we have a Davis-Monthan Air Base. Laughing

crimsontactics SG

We would if we have a Davis-Monthan Air Base. Laughing

I think if we have 1/10 of it, we would be damn happy.

Sepecat SG

We cannot keep the A4s even of we want to because we do not have the pilots & it makes no sense.

Pilots are not like infantry. I think you can still handle and shoot an M16, SAR 21 , throw a grenade , operate a SAW, GPMG and carry out section & platoon tactics after a short refresher even when you are 40 yrs old. With pilots, you need to have flying hours on the airplane & it makes no sense to keep current on an obsolescent one.

spartan_6 SG

I dun think our A-4 r supersonic la

E A-4 r still use as lead-in fighter training, so most would have flown & know e A-4

turby SG

Yeah, A-4 is not supersonic.. its engines are non-afterburning.

Why would sg remobilize the A-4? our SM1 tanks are already old enough to be war relics.

Every airframe structure has a definate life or number of cycles. thats' why everything is logged to keep track of the hours. From flight hrs, to engine hours to just about everything.
In aviation, things are much stricter with lots and lots of safety factors and redundancy.

Furthermore, this aircraft is practically useless in modern warfare. Unless SG has an excess of pilots and want to send them on decoy suicide missions..

If anything, the F-5s should be the next to be obselete.

spartan_6 SG

Another way is 2 use them for deception

Blockhead SG

If I remember correctly, the A4SU can go supersonic, but only in a dive... in other words, it can't hit supersonic under its own power, but it can if hit supersonic if the conditions are right.

Please feel free to correct me, I could be mistaken.

Shotgun SG

I think it has a good chance of breaking the sound barrier flying level too... as long as its clean.

The problem with the A-4SUs were that their wings weren't meant handle that much thrust. Structural integrity of the old birds were a key issue.

spartan_6 SG

Hmm, i think wat u say is possiable

red_amoeba SG

i think the plausible reasons for the A4 still visible are:

a. they can be canablised for parts
b. they are being sold to some parties and they are being “prepared” like stripping off of avionics and others
c. they are still on the books in case there are delays in the delivery of the F15s
d. they are still on the books because they are not past their full depreciation period yet -i.e. they are past the FY and cannot be disposed off yet.

sgstars SG

i think we should give them to east timor in a quiet under the table friendship deal.

east timor supposedly has oil somewhere to the south of it's waters. makes a pretty good backup in case anything with iran is screwed

spartan_6 SG

I totally agree with u

red_amoeba SG

cannot lah..Indon will know and fark us big time. Already Indonstat is bad enuff liao.

sgstars SG

cannot lah..Indon will know and fark us big time. Already Indonstat is bad enuff liao.

like they didnt screw us over with the DCA thing and we screwed them over with the extradition act thing.

quietly la :) a few containers of "humanitarian supplies" couldnt hurt much

bloodsucker SG

Good idea to 'give' to Timor, but it will stay on for as long as until the rsaf can acquire the new jet trainers. And who knows how bloody long it will take...

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