The F-35 thread, Mk II
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https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/i...ms-khibiny-ew/
https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/i...ms-khibiny-ew/
There's a thread about that already.
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The F-35 crash today has been confirmed as a USMC F-35B ... It needed a fuel stop!...
F-35 Down in Albuquerque
F-35 Down in Albuquerque
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
https://theaviationist.com/2024/05/3...-nuclear-role/
May 31st 2024 - The F-35s Will Take Over The Netherlands’ Nuclear Role Within NATO Starting Tomorrow
May 31st 2024 - The F-35s Will Take Over The Netherlands’ Nuclear Role Within NATO Starting Tomorrow
18 years from first flight and still not FMC. The design is now so old that the computer updates are effectively a mid life refit on an airplane that still is not sorted. It is sad how far the US Military and Industrial complex has fallen in its ability to provide fit for purpose kit to the USAF.
Are you aware of how many F-35s are currently operational?
18 years from first flight and still not FMC. The design is now so old that the computer updates are effectively a mid life refit on an airplane that still is not sorted. It is sad how far the US Military and Industrial complex has fallen in its ability to provide fit for purpose kit to the USAF.
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The computers/sensors of the pre- TR3 F-35 are still way more modern/powerful than 95% of the rest of fighter aircraft (and that is of the 'modern' Western ones).
TR3 will just massively increase the gap.
You can complain about maybe higher maintenance costs than advertised. Maybe somewhat lower availabilities (but that is difficult to judge because there are many variables) but complaining that F-35 is outdated while flying F-18C is -hmmmm- courageous.
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Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
TR3 will just massively increase the gap.
In a 25-page prepared testimony for the hearing, which closed shortly after it began, Schmidt said that a “Technical Baseline Review” of the F-35 “assessed that numerous Block 4 capabilities will not deliver until the 2030s due to technical complexity, software efficiency, human and financial resourcing, flight test capacity, lab quality and capacity, and a lack of defined requirements.”
Let’s frank - everyone is buying the F-35 because they believed the promises and, as a result, there isn’t a real alternative on the market as there was in the time of the F-15, F-16, F-18, Typhoon.
I don’t think anyone is going to make that mistake again. And, at a rumoured $500M a pop, NGAD isn’t really being eyed as a replacement.
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I don’t think anyone is going to make that mistake again. And, at a rumoured $500M a pop, NGAD isn’t really being eyed as a replacement.
I don't know if there will be open competition on the market with NGAD vs, Tempest vs. SCAF/FCAS. I could imagine especially at the beginning there might be tight restrictions especially with NGAD. USAF likes (understandably) to keep Air Dominance assured to itself.
If nobody can do better than F-35 or V-22, we might as well start learning Mandarin.
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Navy and Air Force fighters to train as a joint force in NAWCAD’s Joint Simulation Environment 02 Apr 2024
https://www.dvidshub.net/news/467560...on-environment
"...NAWCAD installed a division of four U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor cockpits into the Navy’s premier simulation test and training facility alongside its division of eight F-35 Lightning cockpits in January....
...The new addition of fifth-generation fighter simulators brings Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and allied partners into the hyper-realistic digital range that consists of cockpits, domed simulators with 4K projectors, and aircraft software to enable pilots to fly wartime scenarios in a near-exact virtual environment. Tactical groups training in NAWCAD’s JSE fly more sorties over one week than they do over a year on open-air ranges....
...The JSE was initially designed to support F-35 Lightning’s operational testing as there was no way to safely and adequately represent real-world conflict on an open-air range. Today, the DOD is scaling the Navy’s technology for additional digital range facilities supporting programs like F-35, F-22, and E-2D. In addition, the DOD has made training in the JSE a formal part of the Navy’s Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor Program—commonly known as TOPGUN...."
https://www.dvidshub.net/news/467560...on-environment
"...NAWCAD installed a division of four U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor cockpits into the Navy’s premier simulation test and training facility alongside its division of eight F-35 Lightning cockpits in January....
...The new addition of fifth-generation fighter simulators brings Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and allied partners into the hyper-realistic digital range that consists of cockpits, domed simulators with 4K projectors, and aircraft software to enable pilots to fly wartime scenarios in a near-exact virtual environment. Tactical groups training in NAWCAD’s JSE fly more sorties over one week than they do over a year on open-air ranges....
...The JSE was initially designed to support F-35 Lightning’s operational testing as there was no way to safely and adequately represent real-world conflict on an open-air range. Today, the DOD is scaling the Navy’s technology for additional digital range facilities supporting programs like F-35, F-22, and E-2D. In addition, the DOD has made training in the JSE a formal part of the Navy’s Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor Program—commonly known as TOPGUN...."
https://navalaviationnews.navy.mil/P...AN_YIR2023.pdf (9Mb)
"A new training simulator at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) is stressing out F-35 Lightning II pilots in a good way....
...A smaller, “light” version of the JSE is currently deployed aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), and Greer said they are working to make it better and integrate it with other platforms in the airwing and have a JSE deployed with the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) next year.
“We’ve leveraged lessons learned and expertise gained in developing JSE to rapidly close the F-35 training gap for CVN-70,” Summers said. “Less than six months after funding showed up, we delivered that capability to support the F-35 squadron that is currently deployed.”
“The first F-35C squadron, [Strike Fighter Squadron] VFA-147, deployed two years ago and had no F-35 trainer at all. The minute that carrier pulled away from the dock, the skills of those F-35 pilots started [degrading] and gradually continued [degrading] throughout the deployment. That’s really bad for us, so we’re trying to do something about it,” Greer said."
The first 3 sentences of the Swiss website. To call out the trolls and I guess those who make a living out of trolling the F-35
Swiss F-35 - "The right fighter jet for Switzerland" (swiss-f35.ch)
The Federal Council has selected the F-35A as its new fighter aircraft.
Unfortunately, opponents of the army and those who prefer a different type of aircraft are trying to discredit the F-35A for political and other reasons. This website is intended to be a fact-based counterpoint to this.
Swiss F-35 - "The right fighter jet for Switzerland" (swiss-f35.ch)
The Federal Council has selected the F-35A as its new fighter aircraft.
Unfortunately, opponents of the army and those who prefer a different type of aircraft are trying to discredit the F-35A for political and other reasons. This website is intended to be a fact-based counterpoint to this.
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
https://www.twz.com/air/usaf-f-35s-a...-in-their-bays
USAF F-35s Are Officially Getting Joint Strike Cruise Missiles That Fit In Their Bays
Joint Strike Missiles will give Air Force F-35A new options for conducting stand-off strikes, especially in the maritime domain
USAF F-35s Are Officially Getting Joint Strike Cruise Missiles That Fit In Their Bays
Joint Strike Missiles will give Air Force F-35A new options for conducting stand-off strikes, especially in the maritime domain
Swiss F-35 - "The right fighter jet for Switzerland" (swiss-f35.ch)
Totally convincing, and not a sign of panic over national buyer's remorse, no sir, Oh, and right now "other reasons" would include the established fact that nobody at this point is quite sure what configuration will be delivered in 2028.
And from the front page: "Switzerland will continue to be able to independently and autonomously determine which data it will exchange with which partners or manufacturers." And they say the Swiss aren't known for humor! I'm sure that there are a few people here who might be able to put them straight on that, or maybe they can try that line out with the 350th Spectrum Warfare Group at Eglin.
And they managed to build that whole site for just over $1000, in Switzerland.
https://swiss-f35.ch/ueber-uns/sponsoren/
An economic miracle, indeed. And you can get a free set of stickers for your 100 CHF donation!
Totally convincing, and not a sign of panic over national buyer's remorse, no sir, Oh, and right now "other reasons" would include the established fact that nobody at this point is quite sure what configuration will be delivered in 2028.
And from the front page: "Switzerland will continue to be able to independently and autonomously determine which data it will exchange with which partners or manufacturers." And they say the Swiss aren't known for humor! I'm sure that there are a few people here who might be able to put them straight on that, or maybe they can try that line out with the 350th Spectrum Warfare Group at Eglin.
And they managed to build that whole site for just over $1000, in Switzerland.
https://swiss-f35.ch/ueber-uns/sponsoren/
An economic miracle, indeed. And you can get a free set of stickers for your 100 CHF donation!
I'm sure the cost of the website. Doesn't compare to what Bill Sweetman was being paid per word. For promoting the 6th gen Gripen. Weren't there also air fares and accommodation paid?
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