Originally Posted by
AZFlyer
What I've always wondered is why it even needs a switch for that.
You want to be an attack jet? Point it towards the ground and drop the bomb.
You want to be a fighter jet? Point it towards another plane and release a missile!
I must be missing something.
Has to do with software modes. Lots of 'trons and way more complicated than you seem to think.
Actually I think in the early days they had to physically swap an avionics module on the deck to switch modes?