Quote Originally Posted by EL Chicane
On the other hand, supersonic ba talaga yang F-5 ? :question:

Para kasing maghihiwalay yung mga piyesa niya sa hitsura pa lang.
wag mo ismolin ang F-5A. if you watched the movie Top Gun (and an earlier movie "Red Eye"??? forgot the title), the fighters that were ranged against the F14's and F4's (in the earlier movie) were either A4's or F-5A's. sabi nga sa Top Gun, they have the same dog fighting capabilities as the MIG28.

the reason they are being retired is that the govt has no money to maintain them, not because they are ineffective. Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand still has plenty of (well maintained) F5's in their fleet. pag nasa singapore shipyard nga kami ang lagi namin nakikita na ginagamit nila sa exercises mga F5's, very rarely do we see F16's (maybe they are in another airfield?).

supersonic? the only time na ginagamit ang supersonic speed is if you are running away from an anti aircraft missile. kahit na F15 pa sakay mo kung tinira ka ng missile i doubt it if supersonic speed makes much difference. kaya nga nag-switch ng aircraft design ng US (from mach 2.5 F15's to mach 1.8 Joint Strike Fighter), emphasizing more on stealth and low thermal signature. subok na kasi kahit ano bilis ng fighter plane mas mabilis pa din ang missile. pag nag-lock na yung missile goodbye ka na. pag di ka nakita nung missile, due to stealthyness or low thermal sig, ligtas ka. proven na ng F117-A, subsonic pero kahit isa wala pa na-shoot down.

kung may pera lang ako bili ako isa nyan!