The A-37 Dragonfly, the "Super Tweet"
T-37 "Tweets" were the primary trainers at Vance Air Force base for decades. Definitely had a sound of their own lol. T-1 and T-6 Texans replaced it. Had no idea they made an attack version lol.
Was it just my connection, or the video posted was buffering a LOT when it was linked?
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The Honduran Air Force was flying them out of Soto Cano (Palmerola at the time) when I was there in the 80s. I also saw them all the time at Williams AFB as they were used for UPT.
I was trained to work on the Tweet, but never got to see a Dragonfly. On the Tweet, if you had two techs to work on it, you could change the nose wheel without a jack. One guy leaning on the tail, and one pulling the wheel. And they used the same engine as the -60 power unit that the F-111D's that I worked on later used to turn over the engine for startup. I believe the F-4D's my ex worked on also used the -60, but didn't ever get to play with the F-4's except in class. At that time, they were my favorite jet. Then the A-10 came along... Though I never got to work on the airframe, just photographed tests of their weapons systems.
The USAF keeps trying to reinvent the CAS wheel , when they had some really good CAS planes like the Dragonfly which they got rid of cause they really hate the CAS mission . One of the few times Congress has been halfway useful has been preventing the USAF from getting rid of the A10 .
I didn’t see any buffering when I watched it.
I saw them flying CAS missions in RVN '71-'72. AF pilots as I recall. They came in close...
Of course I've heard of them. Know some folks who flew them in 'Nam. I worked on the T-37 for more years than I care to remember and saw, but never worked on, several A-37's. They traded the J-69 engine for the J-85 minus the afterburner.
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