Raymond Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 hiya just a quick question: were Aim -9s always carried on the wingtip mounts, or could they be carried on the wing mounts with the wingtip fuel tanks? and could AIM-9J/N/P be fitted? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 On Canadian F-5A's (CF-116) they could be CARRIED on the wing tips, in place of the fuel tanks. But for some silly reason could NOT be used in combat. Guess the plane was not wired for anything but air to ground. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pollie Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 hiyajust a quick question: were Aim -9s always carried on the wingtip mounts, or could they be carried on the wing mounts with the wingtip fuel tanks? and could AIM-9J/N/P be fitted? Not able to answer all your questions, but I do know the AIM-9J was carried. See: http://www.nf5.nl/images/aim9_01.JPG http://www.nf5.nl/images/aim9_02.JPG http://www.nf5.nl/images/aim9_03.JPG Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Raymond Posted July 20, 2007 Author Share Posted July 20, 2007 cheers for the photos Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nergol Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 It was very, *very* rare to actually see F-5As carry missiles on their wingtips - they almost always carried tip tanks instead. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Raymond Posted July 21, 2007 Author Share Posted July 21, 2007 so it woudl be better to put the missiles on the wings themselves? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nergol Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 Are you sure you want missiles at all? Which air force are you building it as? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Raymond Posted July 21, 2007 Author Share Posted July 21, 2007 ethiopian, Used aim-9Bs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Raymond Posted July 22, 2007 Author Share Posted July 22, 2007 ok so far ive found this! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nergol Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 Unfortunately I don't have my old "In Action" book lying around just now (I know it's in some box somewhere). Can you get your hands on one? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChernayaAkula Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 According to the "In action"-book Nergol mentioned, Ethiopian F-5As carried the tip-tanks. There's one pic of such a plane (663). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mmaker Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 Greek F-5A's also had wingtips AIM-9B,J and P-3. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steve jahn Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 No,they were only used on the wingtip rails.Generally if they had wingtip fuel tanks,they had bombs,fuel tanks,rocket launchers or napalm on the wings.The outboard wing pylon was wired for bullpup missiles. They could also carry latter versions of the Aim-9 on the tips as the launcher lugs were the same and the earlier missiles were actually upgraded with better systems and given a new suffix letter.However, the avionics were not always upgraded to work with the newer IR heads.Now you might be able to find some photo or artwork with aim-9's on every pylon but in operations it did not happen. Steve 46250-weapons tech. USAF Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Raymond Posted July 23, 2007 Author Share Posted July 23, 2007 hiya! thats the answer i was lookgin for , cheers!! :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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