All one would need to do is go into every loadout they’ve made and add the countermeasure pods to the two special slots made for it. Surely that would just take a couple of minutes to do for each plane, depending on number of custom loadouts.
You are partially right, the USAF F-5s never used the AN/ALE-40 chaff/flare dispensers,but many international users did. For example the Dutch NF-5 Freedom Fighters. Take a look.
Can you pls show the evidence? If it is true the F-5C has no flares i agree it does need to be removed
F-4E has photos without flares.
Thus remove the F-4E’s flares by the same rules.
It was upgraded with then During it’s USAF Active Service. ur argument has no ground
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And there are plenty of other photos showing it with flares.
You will not find a single photo of an F-5C with flare dispensers. Why? Because the F-5C was retired from service before the ALE-40 flare dispenser even existed!
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Weird… I’m seeing F-5Cs up there with flares.
Amazing that 6 people liked an obviously wrong post.
Actualy those are F-5As
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Remove flares from F-5C, make it 10.3, problem solved.
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F-5C = F-5A with fuel pod.
@Malekitth
F-5C would go to 9.7: T-2.
Even the Mig-19PT is superior to the F-5C in dogfight performance, just lacks missiles.
More like lacks flares, because 9E is same as 9B in flight perfomance
9E is longer range no?
just no lol
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If the designation of the plane is not F-5C, then it is not an F-5C. Should be a simple thing to understand, no?
Some, but mostly trouble not in energy for 9B
Those are NF-5As which [checks notes] are not F-5Cs.
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So you want Mig-19S, T-2, Mig-23BN, Ariete, Milan, Su-7BMK, Mig-21SPSK and 21S, J35A, F-100D/A… all to be 10.3 as well?
At least the flareless F-5A equivalents.
@ShermyDragon @Flame2512
That’s not how physics works.
That’s also what’s known as a pedantic/semantic argument.
Cause your claims also mean F-15J isn’t an F-15C just cause it’s named differently.
I posted all the way at the beginning of this topic a picture of Norwegian F-5A (which to my knowledge is closest thing to USAF F-5C) with ALE-40 equipped
Its not an F-15C because the Electronics are different, and later they have further differences in configuration and stores availability and that they are assembled from parts kits in Japan under license.
The F-5C also has additional ceramic armor plates added and other minor wiring differences from the F-5A.
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