The F-35 thread

[ToxicBunny]

What are you smoking? You said it couldn't fly in lightning, period, and then said it couldn't do so only up until 2022.

Now you are saying it can't again.

To be honest, I never claimed it couldn't even before 2022.. it was able to fly in lightning, but didn't have safety clearance to do so.

 

[Dave]

Czech Air Force order is now official

The Czech Republic Joins the F-35 Lightning II Global Team

The Czech Republic government signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) today making official its intent to procure 24 F-35 aircraft.

www.f35.com

The Czech Republic government signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) today making official its intent to procure 24 Lockheed Martin 5th Generation F-35 Lightning II aircraft.

Through the U.S. government Foreign Military Sale, the Czech Air Force will receive its first aircraft in 2031, which will be in the latest advanced Block 4 configuration.

 

[Blu82]

You get a F-35... you get a F-35... Everybody gets an F-35.

 

[Blu82]

Czech Air Force order is now official

The Czech Republic Joins the F-35 Lightning II Global Team

The Czech Republic government signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) today making official its intent to procure 24 F-35 aircraft.

www.f35.com

The Czech Republic government signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) today making official its intent to procure 24 Lockheed Martin 5th Generation F-35 Lightning II aircraft.

Through the U.S. government Foreign Military Sale, the Czech Air Force will receive its first aircraft in 2031, which will be in the latest advanced Block 4 configuration.

They are sending a lot of old Soviet equipment to Ukraine as part of this deal.

 

[WollieVerstege]

Czech Air Force order is now official

The Czech Republic Joins the F-35 Lightning II Global Team

The Czech Republic government signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) today making official its intent to procure 24 F-35 aircraft.

www.f35.com

The Czech Republic government signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) today making official its intent to procure 24 Lockheed Martin 5th Generation F-35 Lightning II aircraft.

Through the U.S. government Foreign Military Sale, the Czech Air Force will receive its first aircraft in 2031, which will be in the latest advanced Block 4 configuration.

Yet another win for sales man of the year: Vladimir Putin

 

[Blu82]

Who would have though that tne next US ace would be a Harrier pilot rather than a F-35, F-22 or F-15 pilot.

 

[Dave]

Who would have though that tne next US ace would be a Harrier pilot rather than a F-35, F-22 or F-15 pilot.

Gratuitous photo

 

[supersunbird]

Who would have though that tne next US ace would be a Harrier pilot rather than a F-35, F-22 or F-15 pilot.

Whatcha talkin bout Willis?

 

[Blu82]

Whatcha talkin bout Willis?

Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier Pilot Intercepted Seven Drones (Updated)

The U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B pilot reportedly made the interceptions while helping to blunt the Houthis' relentless drone attacks.

www.twz.com

I think the Navy and Air Force Pilots aren't since the pilot is a Marine.

 

[supersunbird]

Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier Pilot Intercepted Seven Drones (Updated)

The U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B pilot reportedly made the interceptions while helping to blunt the Houthis' relentless drone attacks.

www.twz.com

I think the Navy and Air Force Pilots aren't since the pilot is a Marine.

I wonder how much an AMRAAM costs vs the drones cost.

 

[WollieVerstege]

I wonder how much an AMRAAM costs vs the drones cost.

I think it is more a case of AMRAAM cost vs drone cost + what ever the drone would have hit.

 

[Blu82]

I think it is more a case of AMRAAM cost vs drone cost + what ever the drone would have hit.

The US has access to this system as well with a rocket cost at half of a Iranian Shaheed.

F-16 Downs Drone With Rocket for Cruise Missile Defense Test | Air & Space Forces Magazine

A USAF F-16 used an AGR-20A APKWS rocket queued by the Viper’s targeting pod to shoot down a targeting drone in a cruise missile defense demonstration.

www.airandspaceforces.com

 

[WollieVerstege]

The US has access to this system as well with a rocket cost at half of a Iranian Shaheed.

F-16 Downs Drone With Rocket for Cruise Missile Defense Test | Air & Space Forces Magazine

A USAF F-16 used an AGR-20A APKWS rocket queued by the Viper’s targeting pod to shoot down a targeting drone in a cruise missile defense demonstration.

www.airandspaceforces.com

O I fully agree that there are cheaper and better ways to shoot down drones and missiles. Just pointing out that the cost is not a 1:1 relationship, but 1:many.

 

[Dave]

UK F-35B’s on the deck of HMS Prince of Wales off Norway with quite a spectacular backdrop.

 

[Blu82]

Uhm OK never new they were still building pre-production models, all 1000 odd of them.

F-35 Cleared For Full-Rate Production 17 Years After Its First Flight

The F-35 has been cleared for full-rate production, although there are lingering issues with preparations for its critical Block 4 upgrade.

www.twz.com

 

[Dave]

Uhm OK never new they were still building pre-production models, all 1000 odd of them.

F-35 Cleared For Full-Rate Production 17 Years After Its First Flight

The F-35 has been cleared for full-rate production, although there are lingering issues with preparations for its critical Block 4 upgrade.

www.twz.com

Not pre-production, the program up till now has been LRIP, or low rate initial production.

Low rate initial production - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Blu82]

F-35A's Beleaguered 25mm Cannon Is Finally "Effective"

Accuracy and other issues have dogged the F-35A’s gun, which also have been major talking points in the debate about retiring the A-10.

www.twz.com

 

[Blu82]

The Israeli fleet of Lockheed Martin-built stealth fighters has achieved a 75% full-mission-capable rate and an 85% mission-capable rate despite a 565% jump in monthly average flight hours over a six-month period, said Maj. Gen. Donald Carpenter, the F-35 JPO’s head of logistics and sustainment.

U.S. F-35 Sustainment Lead Details Israel Fleet Ops Since October | Aviation Week

By moving to three shifts for nonstop operations, Israeli maintainers have allowed Israeli Air Force to continue flying F-35Is at a rate of 35-39 jets a day.

aviationweek.com

 

[Dave]

U.S. F-35 Sustainment Lead Details Israel Fleet Ops Since October | Aviation Week

By moving to three shifts for nonstop operations, Israeli maintainers have allowed Israeli Air Force to continue flying F-35Is at a rate of 35-39 jets a day.

aviationweek.com

The anti-f35 crowd won’t like that

 

[Blu82]

The anti-f35 crowd won’t like that

I don't like the F-35 since I believe they would've been better off with three air frames at day one.