doubleugly wrote:
air-air refuelling with the japanese was indeed possible in 1984:
As said before by many air to air refueling was not available at that time for the japanese F4's. Besides that IF it would be possible they were not allowed to cross there borders due to a law at that time (see previous post). I believe that law was changed during the first or second gulf war.doubleugly wrote:good morning to you all,
air-air refuelling with the japanese was indeed possible in 1984:
a quote from a book on the japanese f-4's: On 20 February 1982 the Jasdf announced an upgrade programme or SLEP of the F-4EJ to extend the multirole capabilities. Amongst radar modigifcations etc and the use of new missiles, it also included the altering of the aerial refuelling to allow to receipt of fuel in flight!So the Japanese could finally use the stored kits by Mitsubishi, who bought the additional hardware in the past to allow inflight-refuelling.
Hi Doubleugly,doubleugly wrote:scuderia,
TAM 1984 where the japanese participated in together with their german collegues, was in June/July I believe. so not the prototype but 434 seemed also to have been modified by that time.!
Indeed it is funny that beginning April is mentioned, where as the TAM took place later that year. This can't be without purpose. So what a small article in a small magazine can do after 25 years!!! Very funny.Paul van der Linden wrote:The German article with the picture says "fur ein Anfang April geplantes "Tactical Air Meet 1984" in Holland". TAM '84 was at Gilze Rijen from 23-6 till 5-7 so I would not be surprised that this is the clue for the best 1 April joke in history. Someone in Germany must be killing himself when he hears that their 1 April joke is still alive after 25 years!
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