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F5S instrument panel
Head-up Display(HUD) of F5S STimes 04.04.1999
Square tells the pilot that it has locked its radar on enemy.
Circle--the calculated hitting point of bullets.
2. Spent S$6m to get $43m---story of F5S
quote:
: 04/04/1999 Strait Times Page: 23
Meet Bitching Betty - She sits in a plane, one of 40 F-5S aircraft
which have
been upgraded at about $6 million a plane. (Page 19)
"A formidable jet fighter" and "Bite of the Tiger"
.....................................
situational awareness," he said.
The upgraded radar can also detect a target up to 80
nautical miles away -
twice the distance than before, and track up to eight
targets.
"There's no need to see the target. We can just drop the bomb from
far away without being getting shot at," he added.
Major Jaspal Singh, RSAF's operations manager for the F-5S, added:
"Its major selling point is that the avionics are similar to the
F-16s and F-18s. It's
not just an F-5, it's a whole new plane."
Well, sort of. Acquired by the air force in 1979, the F-5Es as they
were
known then, were Singapore's first supersonic fighters.
.........................................
Now, the upgrading of the RSAF's entire Tiger fleet of about 40
planes has
been completed, at about $6 million a plane. This is a bargain
considering
that a brand new F-16 costs about US$25 (S$43) million.
The upgrading has given the F-5S an additional lifespan of 10 to 15
years
each.
As for sceptics who think that the upgrade results in only
superficial
changes, Mr Lim Tau Fuie, vice-president of avionics in STA, had
this to say:
"It's now a much more effective plane than what it used to
be.
"If there were no benefits, then other air forces like the Turkish
Air Force
wouldn't have gone for it."
BOMBS AWAY 'There's no need to see the target. We can just drop the
bomb from far away without getting shot at. And it should hit
within 50 feet of the target.' - Captain Adrian Teo. END of
quote
.You know why we have so much reserve !
2.Have u noticed we have smart bombs already in
1999!!
3..We have save S$37m in each plane after we did the
conversion instead of buying the new plan.The saving of
$1480m is more than enough to buy the first batch of
Apache.
