Trainers and Light Attack Aircraft..

• SibeiSuayKia

  5 Nov 04, 03:26

  hi people, i have been reading up on trainers and light attack aircraft...
  can anyone brief me on what does these planes do?
  
  light attack..what exactly is it's role and weapons it carries?
  
  will it be deployed during a war or what?
  
  Will it be able to attack mainstream fighter jets like F-16/F-15??
  
• branzzz

  5 Nov 04, 05:40

  i'm wondering about the possible military use of the youth flying club's aerobatic ct-4es. considering that the yfc had a background which was a shadow 51 squadron in rsaf, i have a feeling these military owned civilian aircraft could be used for artillery spotting in times of war.
• branzzz

  5 Nov 04, 05:40

  i'm wondering about the possible military use of the youth flying club's aerobatic ct-4es. considering that the yfc had a background which was a shadow 51 squadron in rsaf, i have a feeling these military owned civilian aircraft could be used for artillery spotting in times of war.
• SpecOps87

  5 Nov 04, 08:18

  Yup,belief that they can be used as artillery spotting too.Besides,since they are relatively slow movers,they can also be used to assess damage after a aerial bomb run.
• SibeiSuayKia

  5 Nov 04, 11:04

  ummm but we got satellites...to assess aerial damage...
  
  as for pinpointing artileries...can use UAV..
• kopiosatu

  5 Nov 04, 11:06

  Originally posted by SibeiSuayKia:

  ummm but we got satellites...to assess aerial damage...
  
  as for pinpointing artileries...can use UAV..

  never heard of murphy's law?
• YI

  5 Nov 04, 18:31

  perhaps.. some of them can be pretty promising.. but i will place my bet on the tested.
• storywolf

  7 Nov 04, 00:19

  Originally posted by SibeiSuayKia:

  hi people, i have been reading up on trainers and light attack aircraft...
  can anyone brief me on what does these planes do?
  
  light attack..what exactly is it's role and weapons it carries?
  
  will it be deployed during a war or what?
  
  Will it be able to attack mainstream fighter jets like F-16/F-15??
  

  In peace time they serve as trainer, and war time they form the light attack aircraft. They are cheaper as very basic nagivation device, and engine is less powerful, which use less fuel , very cheap to maintain.
  
  They carry gun, rocket pods, simple missile, bombs, sidewinders .... etc. More of the basic stuff nothing advance as lack in aiming device.
  
  Deploy will alway be close support role. Limited by range, equipment and weapons.
  
  Yes most of these jets is able to carry sidewinders, so it can still pose a danger to mainstream fighters as it can fire sidewinders.
  
  One extremely good plane that is in this range is the Bae hawk 100 & 200. Which certainly blur the line between trainer and fighter aircraft.
  
  
• cheeze

  7 Nov 04, 21:56

  You'll never see the CT4 as a light attack i think.
  The engine not powerful enough to carry the load.
  Whats more there are no hardpoints under the wings for weapons, and no wiring watsoever.
  As for the Hawk 100, its basically a Lead-In fighter trainer for most airforces with limited combat capability, because of it not having a radar. But it can still point and shoot with its aim9 missiles or with the aden 30mm gunpod.
  As for the Hawk 200, its fully combat capable, its got a good radar too.
• SBS3624G

  10 Dec 04, 13:25

  Originally posted by SibeiSuayKia:

  hi people, i have been reading up on trainers and light attack aircraft...
  can anyone brief me on what does these planes do?
  
  light attack..what exactly is it's role and weapons it carries?
  
  will it be deployed during a war or what?
  
  Will it be able to attack mainstream fighter jets like F-16/F-15??
  

  You may do well to think of COin aircrafts like the Dragonfly and the Bronco. These aircrafts are designed for COin activites. It is however good to note that fast fighters may find it more difficult to attack such slow aircrafts as they are more agile due to their lower speed. But such aircrafts are quite vulnerable to ground fire, but their only hope is to fly low, where they will be shot at easier.