Probably we gave you what you could afford. Don’t blame others for having the least advanced Air Force in the entire western hemisphere made of obsolete 4th Gen fighters.
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
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LOL.
We just need some of your tankers to operate on every battle field.
You always try to mystify your friends. Next one is Australia with the so costly SSN.
I remember when some found the 12 french SSK costly. See the bill for 8 SSN, in maybe 20+ years.
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Scratch one flying turkey from the korean inventory 
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La force aérienne sud-coréenne retire de son inventaire un F-35A, trop endommagé pour être réparé - Zone Militaire
Au début du mois de mai, un F-22A Raptor accidenté en avril 2018 pour avoir raté son décollage a été remis en service après des réparations ayant duré
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Might as well buy a new aircraft
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yeaaahi nehi.... or vi hy....
Rassil Krishnan
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they can use the damaged plane for spare parts then. not all of it is lost.
Romania eyes 32 F-35s under $6.5 billion deal
A purchase would make Romania the third Eastern European country to operate the fifth-generation warplanes, after Poland and the Czech Republic.
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Belgium F35 will be delivered with at least 6 months delay.
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Les deux premiers F-35 seront livrés à la Belgique avec au moins six mois de retard
La construction des premiers avions de combat F-35 commandés par la Belgique a commencé l’été dernier. Actuellement,...
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The LM never ending story.... 
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Jackson’s squadron is testing a suite of hardware and software improvements, known as Technology Refresh 3, or TR-3, that will be the backbone for Block 4—the Pentagon’s effort to equip the F-35 for fights in the decades to come. New F-35s are being produced with TR-3 gear—but the Pentagon has stopped accepting them until the hardware can reliably run the current TR-2 software, a spokesman for the F-35 joint program office said.
F-35 test squadron works to wring out upgrade problems
Delays to the TR-3 upgrade have dozens of jets on hold.
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Jackson’s squadron is testing a suite of hardware and software improvements, known as Technology Refresh 3, or TR-3, that will be the backbone for Block 4—the Pentagon’s effort to equip the F-35 for fights in the decades to come. New F-35s are being produced with TR-3 gear—but the Pentagon has stopped accepting them until the hardware can reliably run the current TR-2 software, a spokesman for the F-35 joint program office said.
Cutting edge technology like F-35 has flaws and takes time to build glitch free. That’s why making Rafale doesn’t take much time.The LM never ending story....
F-35 test squadron works to wring out upgrade problems
Delays to the TR-3 upgrade have dozens of jets on hold.
Jackson’s squadron is testing a suite of hardware and software improvements, known as Technology Refresh 3, or TR-3, that will be the backbone for Block 4—the Pentagon’s effort to equip the F-35 for fights in the decades to come. New F-35s are being produced with TR-3 gear—but the Pentagon has stopped accepting them until the hardware can reliably run the current TR-2 software, a spokesman for the F-35 joint program office said.
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Raytheon to build 408 AIM-9X Block II infrared-guided air-to-air missiles for U.S. Navy, Air Force, allies | Military Aerospace
PATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md. – U.S. Navy aerial warfare experts are asking Raytheon Technologies Corp. to build 408 AIM-9X precision short-range infrared-guided air-to-air missiles for jet fighters and other combat aircraft under terms of a $317.4 million contract announced in December.
Officials of the Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md., are asking the Raytheon Missiles & Defense segment in Tucson, Ariz., to build lot 23 AIM-9X block II and block II-plus air-to-air missiles.
These anti-aircraft missiles are for the U.S. Air Force, Army, and foreign allies.
The order is for AIM-9X Block II and II-plus tactical missiles; captive air training missiles; missile containers; spare advanced optical target detectors; spare advanced optical target detector containers; guidance units; propulsion steering sections; guidance unit containers; spare block ii captive air training missile guidance units; tail caps; tail cap containers; tactical sectionalization kits; electrical units; dummy air test missiles; support equipment; general-purpose controllers; and non-recurring engineering.
Related: Air Force orders 308 advanced air-to-ground smart missiles with infrared sensors and inertial navigation
The AIM-9X is an infrared-guided heat-seeking missile that equips most jet fighters, fighter-bombers, and other offensive combat aircraft in the U.S. arsenal, and is for shooting down enemy aircraft close-by. The AIM-9X works by homing in on an enemy aircraft's hot engine exhaust. Variants of the AIM-9 Sidewinder have been deployed since the 1950s.
The AIM-9X is among the latest versions of the AIM-9 missile family. It entered service in 2003 on the Navy F/A-18C Hornet fighter-bomber and on the U.S. Air Force F-15C jet fighter. It has an imaging infrared focal plane array seeker with 90-degree off-boresight capability for accuracy.
The missile is compatible with helmet-mounted displays such as the U.S. Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System, and features 3-D thrust-vectoring control for increased turn capability. The AIM-9X also includes an internal cooling system.
This contract involves the latest versions of the AIM-9X, called the AIM-9X Block II and AIM-9X Block II-plus. This newest version has lock-on after launch capability for use with the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter and the F-22 Raptor advanced tactical fighter.
Related: Army asks Raytheon to build infrared-guided Stinger anti-aircraft missile in $624.6 million order
The AIM-9X Block II-plus features specialized external materials to enhance aircraft survivability for the F-35. Until another version of the AIM-9X is developed that will fit inside the F-35's enclosed weapons bay, the AIM-9X Block II-plus has stealthy coatings and structures to help reduce the missile's radar cross-section when the F-35 carries these missiles externally.
On this contract Raytheon will do the work in Tucson, Ariz; North Logan, Utah; Linthicum Heights, Md.; Minneapolis; Murrieta, Calif.; Saint Albans, Vt.; Ann Arbor, Mich.; Warrington, Pa., and other U.S. locations, and should be finished by August 2026.
PATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md. – U.S. Navy aerial warfare experts are asking Raytheon Technologies Corp. to build 408 AIM-9X precision short-range infrared-guided air-to-air missiles for jet fighters and other combat aircraft under terms of a $317.4 million contract announced in December.
Officials of the Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md., are asking the Raytheon Missiles & Defense segment in Tucson, Ariz., to build lot 23 AIM-9X block II and block II-plus air-to-air missiles.
These anti-aircraft missiles are for the U.S. Air Force, Army, and foreign allies.
The order is for AIM-9X Block II and II-plus tactical missiles; captive air training missiles; missile containers; spare advanced optical target detectors; spare advanced optical target detector containers; guidance units; propulsion steering sections; guidance unit containers; spare block ii captive air training missile guidance units; tail caps; tail cap containers; tactical sectionalization kits; electrical units; dummy air test missiles; support equipment; general-purpose controllers; and non-recurring engineering.
Related: Air Force orders 308 advanced air-to-ground smart missiles with infrared sensors and inertial navigation
The AIM-9X is an infrared-guided heat-seeking missile that equips most jet fighters, fighter-bombers, and other offensive combat aircraft in the U.S. arsenal, and is for shooting down enemy aircraft close-by. The AIM-9X works by homing in on an enemy aircraft's hot engine exhaust. Variants of the AIM-9 Sidewinder have been deployed since the 1950s.
The AIM-9X is among the latest versions of the AIM-9 missile family. It entered service in 2003 on the Navy F/A-18C Hornet fighter-bomber and on the U.S. Air Force F-15C jet fighter. It has an imaging infrared focal plane array seeker with 90-degree off-boresight capability for accuracy.
The missile is compatible with helmet-mounted displays such as the U.S. Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System, and features 3-D thrust-vectoring control for increased turn capability. The AIM-9X also includes an internal cooling system.
This contract involves the latest versions of the AIM-9X, called the AIM-9X Block II and AIM-9X Block II-plus. This newest version has lock-on after launch capability for use with the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter and the F-22 Raptor advanced tactical fighter.
Related: Army asks Raytheon to build infrared-guided Stinger anti-aircraft missile in $624.6 million order
The AIM-9X Block II-plus features specialized external materials to enhance aircraft survivability for the F-35. Until another version of the AIM-9X is developed that will fit inside the F-35's enclosed weapons bay, the AIM-9X Block II-plus has stealthy coatings and structures to help reduce the missile's radar cross-section when the F-35 carries these missiles externally.
On this contract Raytheon will do the work in Tucson, Ariz; North Logan, Utah; Linthicum Heights, Md.; Minneapolis; Murrieta, Calif.; Saint Albans, Vt.; Ann Arbor, Mich.; Warrington, Pa., and other U.S. locations, and should be finished by August 2026.
“Lockheed has said that it could, with additional resources, push production above 220 aircraft per year….”
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F-35 Production Challenged to Keep Up with Demand | Air & Space Forces Magazine
More international orders raise the question of whether the U.S. should increase F-35 production capacity, planned to reach 156 per year.
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