F-35 Joint Strike Fighter

[BON PLAN]

F-35 has completed more than 100,000 hours from comprehensive tests without crashes or fatalities. The F-35 program only lost a single F-35B (that caught an engine fire on the tarmac) in its entire testing program.

for a plane unable to take more than 7G (and in fact less), not so impressiv.

 

[BON PLAN]

In the meantime the Israelis have already employed their F-35As in combat over Syria and perhaps over Iran while the USMC has already flown its F-35Bs over the Horn of Africa on surveilance missions. The USMC is said to be on the verge of using F-35Bs for combat mission over Afghanistan.

F35 over syria.... over the syrian sea? over beyrouth is more likely.
F35 over Iran : complete disinformation.

 

[BON PLAN]

In the meantime the Dutch are planning of increasing their F-35 order by up to 50 units more.

from a initial 85 target.....
and it's for the moment just an idea of the army chief....

 

[asianobserve]

Lockheed F-35 jet used by U.S. in combat for first time: official

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...-combat-for-first-time-official-idUSKCN1M72BT

 

[BON PLAN]

Lockheed F-35 jet used by U.S. in combat for first time: official

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...-combat-for-first-time-official-idUSKCN1M72BT

LOL

extract "The United States used an F-35 jet against a Taliban target in Afghanistan earlier on Thursday, marking the first U.S. combat use of the stealthy plane, a U.S. official said.
official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the F-35B jet took off from the USS Essex amphibious assault ship in the Arabian Sea."

What kind of combat? Except Terrorists in pick up there are no ennemy of USA in that region.

Is it a victory to fire a bomb on a Toyota ? (if the flying duck can do it. The Toyota must be on a halt because F35 can't fired on a moving target so far)

 

[lcafanboy]

LOL

extract "The United States used an F-35 jet against a Taliban target in Afghanistan earlier on Thursday, marking the first U.S. combat use of the stealthy plane, a U.S. official said.
official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the F-35B jet took off from the USS Essex amphibious assault ship in the Arabian Sea."

What kind of combat? Except Terrorists in pick up there are no ennemy of USA in that region.

Is it a victory to fire a bomb on a Toyota ? (if the flying duck can do it. The Toyota must be on a halt because F35 can't fired on a moving target so far)

So, this trillion dollar Turkey can fight gang of stone pelting or at most AK 47 carrying terrorists. Great capabilities for a trillion dollar....

However fighting modern fighters like rafales, su30mki is a completely different ball game.

If they are so confident of this Turkey why not use it against Russian fighters which are kicking ass of US and its allies in middle East....:biggrin2:

 

[asianobserve]

Price of Air Force's F-35 dips below $90M for first time

In this latest purchase, the 11th batch, the price of each F-35A is $89.2 million, down from $94.3 million in the 10th batch.

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/408942-price-of-air-forces-f-35-dips-below-90m-for-first-time

 

[BON PLAN]

Price of Air Force's F-35 dips below $90M for first time



https://thehill.com/policy/defense/408942-price-of-air-forces-f-35-dips-below-90m-for-first-time

With or without R2D2 upgrade? With or without ALIS support (maybe it's like an internet box : you have to pay every month to have access to the service? )
Costly for a just IOC fighter, no?
Costly for a plane just able to release bomb on a no moving pick up, no?

 

[BON PLAN]

OUPS !!!

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/24707...nning-moves-to-scrap-their-f-35-stealth-jets/

Donald Trump casts future of Britain’s two new aircraft carriers into serious doubt by beginning moves to scrap their F-35 stealth jets

The President-elect may announce he wants to scrap the warplanes in favour of a cheaper alternative

 

[BON PLAN]

First F35 to crash....

Pilot is alive

1 destroy on groud by engine fire, now another in the air. Bad news for the fat duck.

Breaking: Military plane crash near Beaufort air station https://amp-heraldsun-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/amp.heraldsun.com/news/state/south-carolina/article219182290.html?usqp=mq331AQCCAE%3D&amp_js_v=0.1#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=Van %1%24s&ampshare=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.heraldsun.com%2Fnews%2Fstate%2Fsouth-carolina%2Farticle219182290.html

 

[BON PLAN]

F-35 has completed more than 100,000 hours from comprehensive tests without crashes or fatalities. The F-35 program only lost a single F-35B (that caught an engine fire on the tarmac) in its entire testing program.

LOL

Maybe the pilot was trying to reach 7.5 G ?

 

[bhramos]

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[bhramos]

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[BON PLAN]

Because the pilot is alive, I'M HAPPY !!!!

that will close some mouths for a while....

https://www.washingtonpost.com/gdpr-consent/?destination=/world/national-security/f-35-crashes-for-the-first-time-in-the-jets-17-year-history-pilot-ejects-safely/2018/09/28/9faaeff4-c341-11e8-8f06-009b39c3f6dd_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.1490e71f6883&noredirect=on&utm_term=.6fdb36b64a36

 

[BON PLAN]

In April, a Marine F-35B was forced to make an emergency landing at Cherry Point, North Carolina, after the aircraft began leaking fuel.

https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/ne...ashed-near-marine-corps-air-station-beaufort/

he he he.... not so secure the flying duck !

 

[BON PLAN]

F-35B crashes

https://www.janes.com/article/83447/lockheed-martin-pentagon-ink-f-35-lot-11-contract-f-35b-crashes

 

[BON PLAN]

From a US Blog.

Too nice.

BEAUFORT, S.C. — The Pentagon is hailing the first successful crash of an F-35 fighter in South Carolina, sources confirmed today.

Though officials cautioned that they were still hoping for a successful crash under combat conditions, the downing of an F-35 out of Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort is yet another historic feat for the $115 million aircraft, officials said.

The pilot ejected and was being evaluated by medical personnel and the F-35 program office for insight into whether officials could credit the pilot or Lockheed Martin for the aircraft hitting its most recent milestone. The crash came just one day after a different F-35B conducted its first combat strike in Afghanistan against an important enemy weapons cache of AK-47’s and RPG’s, costing the Pentagon only about $150,000 in spent munitions and aircraft flight hours.

“Just as the F-35 secretly outperformed the A-10 in a close air support role in the past, this aircraft has shown it is far better suited at crashing than the F-16,” said Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson.

The crash was considered by the Marine Corps as a “total loss” of the aircraft. Military analysts have also used that language to describe the F-35 program’s budget.

The Pentagon intends to buy more than 2,400 of the jets at a cost of the military budgets of China and Russia combined, or $406 billion.

 

[asianobserve]

Marine Corps F-35 Pilot Released from Hospital After Plane Crash

https://www.military.com/daily-news...ilot-released-hospital-after-plane-crash.html

 

[asianobserve]

F-35B land on HMS Queen Elizabeth for first time

 

[StealthFlanker]

As already said, don't take the other for idiots. I'm, among other things, engineer (and not in delicatessen )
I perfectly know what mean PESA and AESA. And probably since far more time than you as I'm 52.

I wouldn't have taken you for an idiot if you didn't repeat the same nonsense over and over and over again even though these stuffs are clearly explained to you many times, and given your childish attitude i highly doubt that you are 52 years old

for a plane unable to take more than 7G (and in fact less), not so impressiv.

F-35A have been tested to 9.9G so G-load depend on version, beside as i have taught you various times, maximum rated G-load isn't indicator of agility