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Forum: Military Aviation

13th Jan 2019, 17:54

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F-35 Cancelled, then what ?

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Posted By Jackonicko

I'm perfectly calm, thanks, and don't have any...

I'm perfectly calm, thanks, and don't have any hatred of Russia or the Russians, though I think that your President is a corrupt, foolish, boastful and dangerous charlatan, and that Russia deserves a...

Forum: Military Aviation

13th Jan 2019, 13:42

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F-35 Cancelled, then what ?

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Posted By Jackonicko

Peer-peer is often shorthand for peer or...

Peer-peer is often shorthand for peer or near-peer, and we've quite properly chosen to treat a number of adversaries as near-peer since 1983, including Yugoslavia/Serbia and Iraq.

And in those 36...

Forum: Military Aviation

12th Jan 2019, 21:00

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F-35 Cancelled, then what ?

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Posted By Jackonicko

While PWIV is a dual mode I'm not sure that all...

While PWIV is a dual mode I'm not sure that all of the laser guidance modes are available with F-35/EOTS. In particular the capability against moving targets. I think this issue was outlined in the...

Forum: Military Aviation

12th Jan 2019, 18:12

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F-35 Cancelled, then what ?

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Posted By Jackonicko

You may notice in the papers and online news...

You may notice in the papers and online news sites that some of those present were clearly under the impression that GW had implied that the IOC declaration had opened the way to deploying the...

Forum: Military Aviation

12th Jan 2019, 12:59

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F-35 Cancelled, then what ?

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Posted By Jackonicko

There's a few things about GW that I don't much...

There's a few things about GW that I don't much like, but I can't fault him for his genuine boyish enthusiasm, nor, indeed, for his absolute commitment to fighting tooth and nail for defence.

Forum: Military Aviation

12th Jan 2019, 12:24

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F-35 Cancelled, then what ?

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Posted By Jackonicko

I was at the IOC declaration announcement on...

I was at the IOC declaration announcement on Thursday, Airsound, and it was most illuminating! One heard some interesting exchanges. I particularly liked this one.

Journo: I’d really congratulate...

Forum: Military Aviation

30th Aug 2018, 16:52

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F-35 Cancelled, then what ?

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Posted By Jackonicko

They started flying again yesterday. Three pairs...

They started flying again yesterday. Three pairs have been seen overhead Docking yesterday and today.

Forum: Military Aviation

23rd Aug 2018, 17:12

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F-35 Cancelled, then what ?

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Posted By Jackonicko

Frosty: Well….. We know (thanks...

Frosty:

Well…..

We know (thanks to the Eastern Daily Press and Wing Commander Butcher, OC 617, that the first four jets did not turn a wheel between their arrival on 6 June and Thursday 28...

Forum: Military Aviation

22nd Aug 2018, 21:37

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F-35 Cancelled, then what ?

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Posted By Jackonicko

That’ll be it. Noted for its quietness the F-35....

That’ll be it. Noted for its quietness the F-35. Silly me

Forum: Military Aviation

22nd Aug 2018, 16:34

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F-35 Cancelled, then what ?

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Posted By Jackonicko

The nine F-35Bs delivered to Marham don’t seem to...

The nine F-35Bs delivered to Marham don’t seem to have flown much - a few airshow flypasts and not much more. And yet they’re supposed to be working up to IOC by the year end. It can’t be that...

Forum: Military Aviation

20th Jun 2018, 11:36

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F-35 Cancelled, then what ?

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Posted By Jackonicko

2,000-lb JDAM? Does the UK have any? And do...

2,000-lb JDAM? Does the UK have any? And do 2,000-lb class weapons fit in the F-35B's internal bays?

Forum: Military Aviation

20th Jun 2018, 11:27

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F-35 Cancelled, then what ?

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Posted By Jackonicko

I think that your 'guesses' are definitely...

I think that your 'guesses' are definitely correct - that configuration is not stealthy, and the range of the F-35B without AAR in any configuration is relatively modest…..

Forum: Military Aviation

19th Jun 2018, 14:55

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F-35 Cancelled, then what ?

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Posted By Jackonicko

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbull...

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/2000x1600/f_35b_ski_us_navy_8f657f1694e66f07d7189f1493075a097c9f928e.jpg

This picture raised a few questions in my mind

What...

Forum: Military Aviation

18th Jun 2018, 19:16

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Posted By Jackonicko

Or indeed at...

Or indeed at aerospaceanalysis/posts/906982352841257 on Facebook…..

Forum: Military Aviation

18th Jun 2018, 19:13

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F-35 Cancelled, then what ?

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Posted By Jackonicko

Well he may not have posted on PPRuNe, AFAIK,...

Well he may not have posted on PPRuNe, AFAIK, but…..

The Pentagon's own Director of OT&E - a retired USAF Major General, a respected and highly experienced TP has said:

"The operational...

Forum: Military Aviation

28th Jul 2015, 12:54

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F-35 Cancelled, then what ?

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Posted By Jackonicko

Tourist, The point has been made perfectly...

Tourist,

The point has been made perfectly by others:

“There are those that know and then there are those that talk out of their hoop.”

You demonstrably do have something “against the...

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