Farewell To The Fantan

[Kompromat]

Goodbye big boy & Thanks for your help in our defense we wont forget you !

I think PAF should give these birds to Engineering Universities that they can get their students to study it.

 

[truthseeker2010]

Goodbye big boy & Thanks for your help in our defense we wont forget you !

I think PAF should give these birds to Engineering Universities that they can get their students to study it.

I think they would end up as monuments and show pieces on famous public places as other past planes did.

 

[Luftwaffe]

We don't even many freed up spaces to put these planes as monuments with every ground or open space have many Ad Boards making whole Pakistan look ugly.

Good old A-5 has served Pakistan well.

 

[TOPGUN]

Fare well to A-5's a service well given... but what will happen to the stored ones?

 

[Imran Khan]

tahnks to him . i always wonder how it can carry nuke? as per some sources it can.

 

[Indus Falcon]

Just got the news that after some 20 years of service in three PAF Squadrons, the A-5 Fantan was officially retired from the service today.

Bye Bye Dear Fantan, you served us well. Hope you rest well!

 

[Windjammer]

tahnks to him . i always wonder how it can carry nuke? as per some sources it can.

Only a limited number of these aircrafts designated Q-5 were built for PLAAF to perform the nuclear strike role, however in the PAF, it served in tactical attack squadrons equipped with some specialized weapons.

 

[alikazmi007]

pls do tell me abt the missles in the pic

The middle pair is Matra Durandal, is used for cratering the runways.

 

[tanlixiang28776]

tahnks to him . i always wonder how it can carry nuke? as per some sources it can.

Yes it was a nuclear capable light bomber in PLAAF hands. For PAF I don't know.

 

[fatman17]

it was always rumoured that the A-5 was capable of carrying nukes and that the A-5 pilots trained for the 'toss method' of delivering a nuke device!

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Sionara .... FAN-TAN....

May be these planes should be donated - for other friendly nations for their research and development on engines etc and other parts of planes

 

[Donatello]

So 40 A5s have been retired...but we don't have 40 JF-17s yet? So there seems to be a net shortage of fighters in the North-West

 

[Windjammer]

So 40 A5s have been retired...but we don't have 40 JF-17s yet? So there seems to be a net shortage of fighters in the North-West

Although Sir Fatman is in a better position to comment on this, however in certain scenarios one aircraft can perform the task of three others.
For example, an A-5 could carry 4000 pounds of ordnance, where as the F-16 can perform the same task with a 12000 pound load, with reputed theoretical limit of 17000.

 

[acetophenol]

bye-bye dude! You were well as a threat!
Will they be sold to some other nations

 

[SBD-3]

Sionara .... FAN-TAN....

May be these planes should be donated - for other friendly nations for their research and development on engines etc and other parts of planes

lets just keep it to first part, I dont think anyone will be willing to research a half century old design. A-5 already had massive up gradation over Mig-19. Srilankans will be very happy to have this squadron of these Ground attack capable boys