Originally Posted by
2Planks
Justthisonce. I believe the 5as were fitted with tip tanks sometime in the late 80s. I went through training with tankless 5as. Handy for the air defence phase above cloud as fixing was much quicker.
There's always been a question about what the correct designation for the 6 FTS tanked JPs was. I've seen the term T5B used for the aircraft fitted with Mod 1791 (tanks and the nose strakes removed) but I was led to believe this was unofficial.
T5A was the designation given to aircraft fitted with the improved avionics in the late 70s (some sources say this also removed the ability to carry tip tanks, which had been available but not used.)