Talk:CF-116 Freedom Fighter
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[edit] Armament
I removed the Maverick, Sparrow and AMRAAM capability from the CF-5's armaments listing. The CF-5 was a very basic machine and did not even carry radar (most of the time it carried the recon camera nose); hence it could not have fired the Sparrow or AMRAAM, which are beyond-visual-range radar-guided missiles. I doubt it could have fired the Maverick as this capability was added with the F-5E Tiger II, which Canada did not fly. Canada did not operate the Maverick until CF-18's were upgraded to fire it, and Canada to date has never used the AMRAAM. The CF-18 can fire both the Sidewinder and Sparrow, however. I thought of adding the Bullpup since the early F-5's could fire it but I've never seen a Canadian CF-5 with the Bullpup.--MarshallStack 17:11, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
