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Hey B25's , Hercs and other sundry aircraft not designed for naval ops have performed on decks i just don't think there would be much usable afterwords . Stretched F5's maybe Joe would be able to answer that better then me he worked on them I just watched them.Okay guys let's quite pussyfootin' around. Someone say, BS already.
Okay guys let's quite pussyfootin' around. Someone say, BS already.
Okay guys let's quite pussyfootin' around. Someone say, BS already.
Okay, you're probably right; to be honest, my source never actually said any F-5's landed on carriers, just that "South Vietnamese fighters and other small planes also landed on American carriers", so it could have been A-37's or O-2's or who knows what. The source for these claims is a book called "Cruel April: The Fall of Saigon", by Olivier Todd.
Also, if someone is fairly intent on landing their a/c on a carrier, there's not much you can do to stop them short of shooting them down; and I don't think the Americans ever seriously considered shooting down their South Vietnamese allies, whether they were violating operational procedures or not.
In Top Gun, A-4 and F-5s were used to represent Mig-17 and Mig-21s respectively (according to wikipedia). In the AF, F-5s were used until replaced by F-16s and were quite effective.Actually, IIRC, most of the Aggressor pilots preferred the A-4 "Scooter", due to it's higher role rate and smaller silhouette (though I believe it had a lower thrust-to-weight ratio than the F-5).
To get back on track...A very, very tough choice. But in the end
F-15.
I asked myself if I had only 3 billion dollars to spend on fighter jets, and I had to choose only one type to spend that money on, which one would I buy? Then the answer became obvious.
The same question was asked during the late 50s. It will depend where and when. After military planners thought that air to air combat was obsolete there have been hundreds if not thousands of air to air engagements. From Vietnam to the Middle East. Today the potential for two countries to be engaged in air to air combat is just as high as it was in pre WW2, the only difference is you wont have hundreds of aircraft in the air all at once slugging it out.I wonder if there will ever again be such a thing as air to air combat.