F-35 Joint Strike Fighter

[BON PLAN]

Poland plans to buy 32 F-35A fighters: minister
https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKCN1SY0NQ

with european funds..... as F16.
A shame these Polish.

 

[BON PLAN]

The additional 102 F-35s will be ordered from US factory.

It is what Trump said. As he said Mexico will pay for the wall....

There is an brand new assembly lign in Japan, I have a real doubt. Just wait...

 

[asianobserve]

with european funds..... as F16.
A shame these Polish.

Poland is doing EU a great service in investing in 5th gen F-35 than Euro canard drag queens.

 

[BON PLAN]

Poland is doing EU a great service in investing in 5th gen F-35 than Euro canard drag queens.

Poland is the dick succer of EU.

 

[vampyrbladez]

Poland is the dick succer of EU.

Relax bro, expect an order of 114 more Rafales now. If we buy, then other countries chip in some 50 orders as well. Count upgrades of F4 standard to old fleet and there is work till 2028+ after which the 5.5 generation Tempest type fighter will succeed EF2000 and Rafale.

 

[BON PLAN]

Relax bro, expect an order of 114 more Rafales now. If we buy, then other countries chip in some 50 orders as well. Count upgrades of F4 standard to old fleet and there is work till 2028+ after which the 5.5 generation Tempest type fighter will succeed EF2000 and Rafale.

Tempest is the English moke up...
The Germano French initiative is the SCAF.

 

[vampyrbladez]

Tempest is the English moke up...
The Germano French initiative is the SCAF.

So what. You and your cousins will eventually merge and create EF 2.0 and make a better plane.

 

[asianobserve]

Watch This Cockpit Video Of F-35 Demo Pilot Capt. Andrew “Dojo” Olson Performing Demo Routine Over Miami Beach
https://theaviationist.com/2019/05/...son-performing-demo-routine-over-miami-beach/

#F35DEMO

 

[asianobserve]

Here's the cockpit video of an F-35 flown in an airshow demo...

 

[BON PLAN]

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/could-us-ally-really-build-their-own-f-35-60512

The Rafale is much more agile than the F-35, with superior climb rate, sustained turn performance, and ability to super-cruise (maintain supersonic flight without using fuel-gulping afterburners) at Mach 1.4 while carrying weapons. The Rafale’s all-moving canards—a second set of small wings near the nose—give the Rafale excellent lift and low-altitude speed and performance, as you can see in this majestic airshow display.

The Rafale’s agility won’t help as much if it is engaged at long distances by enemy surface-to-air missiles and stealth jets. To compensate, the Rafale boasts an advanced Spectra electronic warfare system that supposedly can reduce the Rafale’s cross-section several times over—it is rumored by reflecting back signals using ‘active canceling.’ Spectra also incorporates powerful jammers and flare and chaff dispensers, provides 360-degree early-warning, and can even assist Rafale pilots in targeting weapons to retaliate against attackers.

Other key capabilities include sensor fusion of the Rafale’s RBE-2AA Active Electronically Scanned Array multi-mode radar, which can track numerous targets over 124 miles away, with its discrete OSF infrared-search and track system, which has an unusually long range of sixty-two miles. Rafale pilots also benefit from uncluttered instrumentation combining voice command with flat-panel touch screens.

 

[Defcon 1]

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/could-us-ally-really-build-their-own-f-35-60512

The Rafale is much more agile than the F-35, with superior climb rate, sustained turn performance, and ability to super-cruise (maintain supersonic flight without using fuel-gulping afterburners) at Mach 1.4 while carrying weapons. The Rafale’s all-moving canards—a second set of small wings near the nose—give the Rafale excellent lift and low-altitude speed and performance, as you can see in this majestic airshow display.

The Rafale’s agility won’t help as much if it is engaged at long distances by enemy surface-to-air missiles and stealth jets. To compensate, the Rafale boasts an advanced Spectra electronic warfare system that supposedly can reduce the Rafale’s cross-section several times over—it is rumored by reflecting back signals using ‘active canceling.’ Spectra also incorporates powerful jammers and flare and chaff dispensers, provides 360-degree early-warning, and can even assist Rafale pilots in targeting weapons to retaliate against attackers.

Other key capabilities include sensor fusion of the Rafale’s RBE-2AA Active Electronically Scanned Array multi-mode radar, which can track numerous targets over 124 miles away, with its discrete OSF infrared-search and track system, which has an unusually long range of sixty-two miles. Rafale pilots also benefit from uncluttered instrumentation combining voice command with flat-panel touch screens.

Rafale doesn't have IRST anymore. The FSO only works in TV spectrum now, which is dependent upon weather.

 

[asianobserve]

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/could-us-ally-really-build-their-own-f-35-60512

The Rafale is much more agile than the F-35, with superior climb rate, sustained turn performance, and ability to super-cruise (maintain supersonic flight without using fuel-gulping afterburners) at Mach 1.4 while carrying weapons. The Rafale’s all-moving canards—a second set of small wings near the nose—give the Rafale excellent lift and low-altitude speed and performance, as you can see in this majestic airshow display.

The Rafale’s agility won’t help as much if it is engaged at long distances by enemy surface-to-air missiles and stealth jets. To compensate, the Rafale boasts an advanced Spectra electronic warfare system that supposedly can reduce the Rafale’s cross-section several times over—it is rumored by reflecting back signals using ‘active canceling.’ Spectra also incorporates powerful jammers and flare and chaff dispensers, provides 360-degree early-warning, and can even assist Rafale pilots in targeting weapons to retaliate against attackers.

Other key capabilities include sensor fusion of the Rafale’s RBE-2AA Active Electronically Scanned Array multi-mode radar, which can track numerous targets over 124 miles away, with its discrete OSF infrared-search and track system, which has an unusually long range of sixty-two miles. Rafale pilots also benefit from uncluttered instrumentation combining voice command with flat-panel touch screens.

National Interest is a rubbish internet publication. I can't understand why you keep posting articles from it here. It's an internet article mill producing a lot of articles that are not researched or properly backed up by evidence.

 

[bhramos]

Tokyo to end search for crashed F-35A

 

[asianobserve]

Lockheed: We Could Easily Sell Turkey’s F-35s to Other Customers
https://www.defenseone.com/politics...s-other-customers/157326/?oref=d-channelriver

 

[asianobserve]

Japanese Air Self-Defense Force expects to resume flight of its grounded F-35A fighters
https://defence-blog.com/news/japanese-air-self-defense-force-expects-to-resume-flight-of-grounded-f-35a-fighters.html

 

[asianobserve]

An interesting 360 degree video presentation on F-35

 

[BON PLAN]

Rafale doesn't have IRST anymore. The FSO only works in TV spectrum now, which is dependent upon weather.

False.
First OSF used 2 heads : a IR one and a TV one.

Actual OSF use only one near IR head.

Next gen OSF will have 2 heads again.

 

[BON PLAN]

Tokyo to end search for crashed F-35A

Very strange. And no explanation so far.

 

[vampyrbladez]

Rafale doesn't have IRST anymore. The FSO only works in TV spectrum now, which is dependent upon weather.

From the manufacturer's website :

The "front sector optronics" (FSO) system is a passive electro-optical sensor developed for the Rafale multirole fighter. Safran Electronics & Defense is responsible for the infrared search & track (IRST) and forward-looking infrared (FLIR) part of the FSO, while Thales provides the daytime video channel and laser rangefinder. Using those two optronic channels, the FSO provides day/night, long-range detection, recognition and identification of air, sea and land targets. The FSO does not emit any radiation and is insensitive to jamming. Fully integrated in the aircraft's nav-attack system, it provides tactical information and target engagement.
Its infrared capacities are essential during night flights, in particular for long-range target recognition.

https://www.safran-electronics-defense.com/aerospace/military-aircraft/optronics

Additional sources :

https://en.calameo.com/read/001187356c18a3c20bd23

 

[Immanuel]

Lockheed: We Could Easily Sell Turkey’s F-35s to Other Customers
https://www.defenseone.com/politics...s-other-customers/157326/?oref=d-channelriver

So wait, there are 100 F-35s at various levels of planned production and if Turkey gets dropped, there are a whole lot which can be hand in a space of under 4-5 years. I wonder which AF needs over a 100 fighters ideally yesterday...hmmm