Yeah, make peace not war man (it was rather obvious who ‘red’ was in these scenarios chuckle 😉

Yeah, not a lot of countries out there operating the C-5 Galaxy, the Stryker, and Ticonderoga-class cruisers.

Cheers,

Logan

I love the F-15SGs. Super-capable planes, too. Singapore can be proud. That’s one of the best fighters in the world, and I wouldn’t feel comfortable going against one in anything less than an F-22. Great radar, great sensors, great airframe, proven platform. A safe, but strong choice.

Cheers,

Logan

A number of aircraft were designed with probe only to get a boom receptacle while many others that never had a refueling method at all gained a boom receptacle. Both the 707 anf 747 families gained a boom receptacle where there was none to begin with. The F-105 was modified to accept boom, too.

I’m sure there are many other examples, as well.

Cheers,

Logan Hartke

More info:

There was no opposition in 2008, when an Fighter Fundamentals Pilot Training program for pilots of the United Arab Emirates was to be based at Fort Worth-Alliance airport (USA), training to be provided by Lockheed Martin Corp. Unfortunately this had no follow-up, setting the end (at least for the moment) of the operational career of these aircrafts.

http://home.eblcom.ch/f5enthusiast/AirForces/NorwayAF.html

Did you happen to get its tail number?

The Northrop F-5 Enthusiast Page

Cheers,

Logan

http://www.imageaviation.com/PhotoReports/2007/EoT/Report.htm

In July 1999, 336 had been tasked with supporting Kongsberg in testing a new Naval Strike Missile (NSM) for the Norweigan Navy. They needed a platform to carry the NSM seeker head and the F-5 was deemed to be suitable. The project was nicknamed ‘Eye of the Tiger’ (EoT) and the aircraft required several modifications. Most prominent was the adaption of an F-5 tip-tank to house the NSM avionics and seeker head and recording equipment being fiited in the rear cockpit of the F-5B. The aircraft simulate the missile profile and, as such, are required to fly at very low level over the sea. The original F-5 windshield was changed for one found in the Northrop T-38 which is more resistant to bird strikes, a real danger when flying low over the sea.

EoT will have their final deployment to the USA in October and the unit will disband in December 2007, ending almost 40 years of Norweigan F-5 operations. Norway are keen to sell the EoT F-5s and rumour suggests they have been sold to the US to form a pilot training school in Texas. The two 20mm cannons will be disabled and hardpoints will be modified to preclude the carrying of weapons.

Did it look like this?

Cheers,

Logan

Thanks for being helpful, Gerard, but I think they mean that they didn’t see any chance of this happening–that this is just wishful thinking on the part of EADS/Airbus, maybe in the hopes of soothing stockholders after KC-X. Not that they couldn’t see the article when they clicked on the link.

Cheers,

Logan

Both terms are relative, but not to each other. They don’t contradict each other at all. The F-22 is also both. Most deadly fighter in the skies…and most expensive.

My most effective coffee pot is also the most expensive one that I’ve ever purchased. In the long run, it’s even the most efficient…but it’s still expensive.

Cheers,

Logan