India-Singapore air exercises 2004
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shankercbe
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those f16s ..are they block 50's?
mysterious
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Nopes. They're F-16Cs which is about Block 40 I think. :smokingc:
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I can't tell visually, but according to f-16.net Singapore operates a fleet of 62 Block 52 Vipers, (C/D models) and only 8 F-16 A/B Block 15 OCU aircraft. It would seem likely to me that Singapore would deploy Block 52 aircraft to India, but as I said, I can't tell from these photo's. Cheers.
I think they're probably 52's. IIRC their OCU's are twins. I doubt that they would be sending twins to India.Aussie Digger said:
The other thing is the F-16 isn't one of their "specials". So they don't appear to have taken organic EW with them.
i doubt RSAF used any of its EW systems during the Exercise. this is the problem with these formal arranged Marriages , , beg your pardon Engagements!.
So does it matter if they were flying a 52 or 15 they would all fly the same way with the exception of some dissimilarities. IAF would probably had more flying time, flying against PAF F-16. i don't see how this would of helped IAF against PAF. i mean the War doctrines are different Pilots are different the EW, missiles and the locations are all different. this exercise was to satisfy a layman sitting at home sipping some morning tea while reading the paper. Granted IAF have gotten some valuable dissimilar Training Experience but i don't see how that would give them an edge over PAF, which was the original media point.
So does it matter if they were flying a 52 or 15 they would all fly the same way with the exception of some dissimilarities. IAF would probably had more flying time, flying against PAF F-16. i don't see how this would of helped IAF against PAF. i mean the War doctrines are different Pilots are different the EW, missiles and the locations are all different. this exercise was to satisfy a layman sitting at home sipping some morning tea while reading the paper. Granted IAF have gotten some valuable dissimilar Training Experience but i don't see how that would give them an edge over PAF, which was the original media point.
Ramjetmissile
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Just to rectify the mistake of naming RSAF as Royal Singapore Airforce
actually RSAF stands for The Republic Of Singapore Airforce
actually RSAF stands for The Republic Of Singapore Airforce