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LRS-B... The B-21

Old 6th Dec 2022, 00:58
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Good poop, Commando.

As with the F-22 reduction on the buy bid , I cannot see the U.S. congress going much above 100 Raiders. One of my acquaintances from way back in the Viper years became very high in the pecking order and he forecast between 250 amd 300 Raptors verus the 700+ bargained for. And only plane he and I saw since the early 60's that went above the original bid was the Viper. The 35 might be the second one, as unit price seems to be coming down and it seems to have mucho versatility.

One thing folks need to remember about the Bone was it was airborne artillery over the 'stan. Using JDAM's for CAS was a breakthru, but remember that the threat was non-existent.

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Old 6th Dec 2022, 19:39
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One thing folks need to remember about the Bone was it was airborne artillery over the 'stan. Using JDAM's for CAS was a breakthru, but remember that the threat was non-existent.
What do you mean by "the threat was non existent" there gums?
Most of the time (in my experience) the ground units usually didn't want a JDAM, they usually (but not always) wanted a different munition.
There was a limited number of A-10's in Bagram, so we didn't always have Warthogs to direct to the scene. Sometimes it was "you get a Bone or you get nothing"
(This was before Bones showed up with the smaller bombs)
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An interesting, detailed and thoughtful analysis on Australia acquiring the B-21.
https://www.aspi.org.au/report/impac...ions-australia
There have been howls of laughter online "...they wouldn't even give you the F-22, the B-21 is too sensitive airframe innovation wise to export, US law won't let them, the USAF hasn't even got it yet, it's too expensive..."
But I personally think AUKUS and geopolitics have changed everything.
Seven years ago the idea of Australia acquiring nuclear subs was laughed out of the room...
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Old 12th Dec 2022, 01:32
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But I personally think AUKUS and geopolitics have changed everything.
Seven years ago the idea of Australia acquiring nuclear subs was laughed out of the room...
Won't bet against you.
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"Seven years ago the idea of Australia acquiring nuclear subs was laughed out of the room..."

there are a number of posters here who will believe it when they see it - the costs will be an easy political target for many years
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Then you have not fully understood the recent change in the strategic environment Asturia56 and the bi-partisan acknowledgment of this in Australia.
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No but I recently spent several weeks in S Australia and not everyone I met was a fan of the AUKUS programme

Once the politicians can see a cost someone will run against it. Bi-partisanship is of course central to Australian politics as we all know
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A new pic…

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...Ed8_xUqUnfYacE
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https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...-in-new-images

During Air Force Chief of Staff Charles Q. Brown's speech at this year's Air & Space Forces Association's mega conference outside of Washington, D.C., the soon-to-be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs dropped two new images of the B-21 Raider. While the stealth bomber was rolled out in December of last year, it remains cloaked in secrecy. Brown, the top Air Force uniformed officer, didn't specifically reference the images in his presentation.

Up until today, only one angle of the full aircraft has been seen by the public — head-on — and in a very controlled environment at the bomber's unveiling. Aside from a close-up of the cockpit area at an angle, all imagery published since then has been from the same head-on perspective, although it has progressively shown the aircraft in more detail. Now we have our first quartering view of the flying-wing jet, which provides significant details about its design. A new head-on image also gives us a better idea of the bomber's actual size. Both images were taken at Northrop Grumman's facility at Plant 42 in Palmdale, California.










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https://www.defensenews.com/air/2023...ne-approaches/

B-21 ground tests proceed as bomber’s first flight deadline approaches
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Ground Taxi runs

https://theaviationist.com/2023/10/2...CDq38HGemQdrjo



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I have seen shapelier backsides ...
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Old 26th Oct 2023, 05:21
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Originally Posted by Lonewolf_50
I have seen shapelier backsides ...
I don’t see anything. 😏
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Originally Posted by Lonewolf_50
I have seen shapelier backsides ...
Was Captain Jack involved?
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Originally Posted by Lonewolf_50
I have seen shapelier backsides ...
Originally Posted by GlobalNav
I don’t see anything. 😏
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Was Captain Jack involved?
Would have preferred that image wasn't on the interweb. Would think that the photographer may get a rev-up in due course. It's one thing to have publicity photos, it is another to have candid ones, that one is far too revealing.



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Is it a twin?
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Originally Posted by fdr
Would have preferred that image wasn't on the interweb. Would think that the photographer may get a rev-up in due course. It's one thing to have publicity photos, it is another to have candid ones, that one is far too revealing.
Assuming the photographer was in a place he/she was allowed to be, it’s legal to take the picture. The burden is on the military/manufacturer to keep it away from prying eyes.

Reminds me of the “clandestine flight” to get images of the B2 on its rollout back in 1989.

https://aviationweek.com/defense-spa...ut-photo-scoop
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Laughingly or not you talk about rear end and taking photos, there are many aviation groups enthusiasts go on tours say RAF Lakenheath, and see either then F-15C Eagle or F-15E Strike Eagle in the HAS, the rule of thumb from the Public Affairs tour guide "take any photos up close, selfies but please do not take of the engines at the back or else".

Which is strange as any airshow the old Mildenhall Air Fete or RIAT, 9/10 you can walk behind one of Lakenheath's finest and see close up of the engines.

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Old 26th Oct 2023, 11:38
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That is inside their base, not outside the fence of a public airport.
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Originally Posted by Lonewolf_50
I have seen shapelier backsides ...
Originally Posted by West Coast
Assuming the photographer was in a place he/she was allowed to be, it’s legal to take the picture. The burden is on the military/manufacturer to keep it away from prying eyes.

Reminds me of the “clandestine flight” to get images of the B2 on its rollout back in 1989.

https://aviationweek.com/defense-spa...ut-photo-scoop
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That is inside their base, not outside the fence of a public airport.
the Plant 42 area or outside the N-G hangar itself.

Strictly speaking it is an airport, anyhow has anyone on here been to Plant 42 / Palmdale?

Anyone with a decent DSLR, say Cannon EOS7D and a long range lens (one of the ones which is 4 figure sum) and shoot it from the highway or somewhere public. I do not think the photographer is an employee of either USAF AFSC or N-G or anyone else there hell he has his own watermark signatory.

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