What in the hell is an Iranian F-5 Phantom?

[JIMC5499]

Report: 2 Iranian pilots killed in F-5 Phantom fighter crash near Iraq border

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/04/21/report-2-iranian-pilots-killed-in-f-5-phantom-fighter-crash-near-iraq-border/#ixzz2RPDlzQN1​

Doesn't anybody bother to check for accuracy anymore?​

 

[Renegade One]

Report: 2 Iranian pilots killed in F-5 Phantom fighter crash near Iraq border...Doesn't anybody bother to check for accuracy anymore?

This one goes to 11...

 

[Schnugg]

Looks a lot like the F-14 Eagles they fly.

 

[SDNalgene]

No, this report is accurate. In an effort to get Phantoms airborne the Iranians were forced to use an F-5 as a rob bird, hence F-5 Phantom. Give the interns some credit. Just wait until you find yourself at the merge with the P-3 Tomcat...you're screwed, man!

 

[CAMike]

The Iranians engineers are apparently fairly resourceful. New ones can be expensive. "Bolt Ons" are cheaper in the long run.

 

[helolumpy]

Dennis Miller had a rant about how the News went from "getting it first and getting it right" to just getting it first and not worrying about accuracy.

I think it also went with the demise of journalists being actual journalists rather than being pretty faces reading teleprompters. Although I will admit, I'm very much looking forward to the Playboy "Girls of Fox News" Issue!!

 

[insanebikerboy]

New ones can be expensive. "Bolt Ons" are cheaper in the long run.

Pretty sure that's true in more ways than just for aircraft...

 

[jmcquate]

Closest I could think of

 

[Hozer]

whoa....slow down there...this is much more I-ran speed.

 

[JollyGood]

Here are two other great examples of Iranian engineering....

 

[pilot_man]

Funny how they photoshoped the light reflections from the indoor display of the F-313 onto the jet flying around the Iranian mountains. And to think that this is what we would be up against.

 

[BusyBee604]

The Iranians engineers are apparently fairly resourceful. New ones can be expensive. "Bolt Ons" are cheaper in the long run.

Hell. a fleet of these 'Stealth A-4 "Bughawks" wouldn't rupture the Mullah's treasury, and they are air-refuelable!

 

[SDNalgene]

I don't understand why the F-313 needs to be capable of inflight refueling? I thought it wasn't classified as an aircraft, but rather as a consumable part, meant for only a single brief use, kind of like a condom?

Oh, what's that? You say it's cardboard and clingwrap held together by hot glue and photoshopped over a picturesque mountain? This is my surprised face...

 

[hlg6016]

All that matters is that you cower in fear!

 

[JIMC5499]

All that matters is that you cower in fear!

Will convulsing with laughter work instead?