where will grounded A-5'S go?

[Dr. Strangelove]

scrap them tere will be no country which will buy them

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Well , most likely they will sit on junk yard

Correct procedure would be recover the Metal, and strip all the non metals and make a new JF17 thunder framework

 

[lmjiao]

Sell them back to China.
China is turning A-5s and J-6s into missiles.

 

[truthseeker2010]

isn't the title little misleading, shouldn't it be "retired" instead of "grounded".

 

[Chogy]

Wow, a lot of harsh replies.

It is entirely possible to turn a fighter jet into an unmanned drone or cruise missile. You can't increase the radius from 500 km to 5,000 km, but older jets can be used in a robotic form.

Almost the entire fleet of U.S. F-102 and F-106 aircraft have been destroyed as target drones for weapons testing. It sounds wasteful, but you need targets that can do mach 1.6 and behave like a fighter. Now, since we are almost out of F-106's, they are taking old F-4 Phantoms and using those. It pains to see them blown up, but it's necessary.

QF-102:

QF-4, a mach 2 drone:

One day, we will see QF-15's and QF-16's...

 

[TOPGUN]

Wow, a lot of harsh replies.

It is entirely possible to turn a fighter jet into an unmanned drone or cruise missile. You can't increase the radius from 500 km to 5,000 km, but older jets can be used in a robotic form.

Almost the entire fleet of U.S. F-102 and F-106 aircraft have been destroyed as target drones for weapons testing. It sounds wasteful, but you need targets that can do mach 1.6 and behave like a fighter. Now, since we are almost out of F-106's, they are taking old F-4 Phantoms and using those. It pains to see them blown up, but it's necessary.

QF-102:

QF-4, a mach 2 drone:

One day, we will see QF-15's and QF-16's...

True indeed i agree anyhow... Chogy just thinking out loud what are your opnions on the A-5 aircraft that PAF has now grounded ? do yo know knowledge of the aircraft ?

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Nah just melt them , and build body of new Thunder , and put on a pilot in em

 

[razgriz19]

Wow, a lot of harsh replies.

It is entirely possible to turn a fighter jet into an unmanned drone or cruise missile. You can't increase the radius from 500 km to 5,000 km, but older jets can be used in a robotic form.

Almost the entire fleet of U.S. F-102 and F-106 aircraft have been destroyed as target drones for weapons testing. It sounds wasteful, but you need targets that can do mach 1.6 and behave like a fighter. Now, since we are almost out of F-106's, they are taking old F-4 Phantoms and using those. It pains to see them blown up, but it's necessary.

QF-102:

QF-4, a mach 2 drone:

One day, we will see QF-15's and QF-16's...

i believe f-16s will be the first one!
there was a news couple of weeks ago about f-16s being turned into target drones

 

[razgriz19]

PAF will not invest more money in these aircrafts...

Mayanmar air force and Bangladesh air force still use A-5s, PAF should approach these airforces and sell them at bargaining prices!

 

[fatman17]

PAF will not invest more money in these aircrafts...

Mayanmar air force and Bangladesh air force still use A-5s, PAF should approach these airforces and sell them at bargaining prices!

donate them!!!

 

[AMCA]

that is where innovation comes in....titanium and aluminium has great potential

Try Diamond, it has even more.... Good luck with the tip I gave u... Who knows u can make it fly some day.

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

they will be mothballed....some MAY be offered to friendly air forces still using the platform; e.g. Bangladesh.

rest will stripped of internal parts, and place on display at some air bases and/or around the country as commemoration

 

[Alquadri]

i am a visionary and if that dosent makes sense then buy a brain

Bro you should sit in the National Command Authority...

 

[Ssg1956]

Give them to Taliban, so that we can tell each other "Bring em On!" heheh!!!!!

 

[Cool_Soldier]

IMP, We can use them for air-men training purpose.PAF is still using F6 so cant we use A5 for the same role.
Secondly, We can induct them in Army Aviation for battlefield bomber role.