F-35 Joint Strike Fighter

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Marincima se svidja Paveway IV i Meteor a od jeseni nastavljaju testiranje za upotrebu na LHD

Citat:Under current plans, the USMC will buy 420 F-35s, including 353 short take-off and vertical landing F-35Bs and 67 carrier variant F-35Cs to replace its Boeing AV-8Bs, F/A-18s and Northrop Grumman EA-6Bs.

It will eventually have 14 active duty F-35B squadrons, four F-35Cs squadrons – which will be deployed on board the US Navy aircraft carriers – and two reserve F-35B squadrons. So far, the service has taken delivery of 45 F-35Bs and five F-35Cs.


Citat:This autumn, the USMC will deploy F-35Bs on the USS America for a third phase of embarked developmental testing (DT3), and in what will be another major milestone, VMFA-121 will relocates to MCAS Iwakuni in Japan next January, with 10 aircraft. The unit will be June 2017 have 16 F-35Bs, for potential deployment to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit in the Pacific on a landing helicopter deck vessel.

"It means they will be available to go ashore if any of the contingencies are triggered over there” Lieblin says. “The Deputy Plans (Aviation) of Operations is keen to put all 16 aircraft on to the LHD – essentially turning it into a carrier with a fifth-gen capability.”

https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/farnbor.....ns-427234/

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Od istog norveskog test pilota koji je pre koji mesec pricao o manevarbilnosti, ubrzanju, napadnim uglovima koje izvlaci... http://www.mycity-military.com/Avioni/F-35-Joint-S.....l#p1808826

F-35 protiv A-4 agresora u starom duhu TOP GUN-a

Citat:Air Combat in the F-35 – an update

In this post I’m giving a brief overview of my impressions after having flown several sorties over the past few weeks against A-4 Skyhawks. This post is intended as a supplement to my previous posts on modern air combat and stealth.

First thing first – is it relevant to train air combat against an old A-4? Can we draw any relevant lessons from this at all? After all, this is an aircraft that served during the Vietnam war!

I believe this kind of training is relevant for several reasons:

-The F-35’s sensors and “fusion” provides me as a pilot with good situational awareness. For an F-35 to simulate an opponent against another F-35, it has to restrict the effects of fusion and the various sensors. Even then it is difficult to “dumb down” the aircraft enough. It requires discipline to not be tempted to using information that an opponent in reality would not have access to.

-The A-4s we faced in these exercises had sensor performance along the lines of our own upgraded F-16s. They also carried jammers intended to disturb our radar.

-The pilots we faced were very experienced. We are talking 2000 hours plus in aircraft like the F-16, F-15E, F-15C and the F-22, with detailed knowledge of “fifth generation” tactics and weapons. When also cooperating closely with intercept controllers on the ground (GCI) they could adapt the training and offer us a reactive and challenging opponent. Note the word “reactive.”

-The A-4 is a small aircraft with a corresponding signature. Many potential opponents in the air are bigger and easier to find than the tiny A-4.

So what did I experience in my encounters with the A-4? I got to try out several different sets. (Everything from one-on-one “Basic Fighter Maneuvers” to one F-35 against two A-4s, two F-35s against two A-4s, two F-35s against four A-4s and three F-35s against four A-4s). I am left with some main impressions.

The individual sensors of the F-35, one for one, are good. I flew one sortie alone against two A-4s, and limited myself to using only the radar during these sets (no support from ground controllers, no Link-16, no data sharing from other formation members, no support from passive radar warning systems or IFF – Identification Friend or Foe). Nonetheless my radar detected the targets in time for me to optimize my intercept, deliver weapons at range, and if necessary, arrive undetected to the visual arena.

“Fusion” means both automatic control of the various sensors, and the combination of all different sensor data into one unified tactical picture. I believe “fusion” to be one of the most important aspects of the F-35. “Fusion” allows me to focus on the tactics, rather than detailed management of my sensors. In my encounters with the A-4s, “fusion” worked better than I have seen it before. It was reassuring to see how well it worked. The good «situational picture» that I saw provides us with several advantages; we can make smarter tactical decisions, and it takes less time before we can gain full “tactical value” from fresh pilots. (I had to smile a little when two of us in the F-35s effortlessly kept tabs on four opponents. That is no trivial thing in the F-16.)

The most important lesson for me personally was to see just how hard it was for the A-4s to find us, even with GCI support. We deliberately made high-risk tactical decisions to see just how far we could stretch our luck, and still remain undetected. At least for my part, this reinforced my confidence in the effectiveness of our tactics. I hope all my colleagues in the F-35 get to have the same experience as I have.

(BFM – F-35 against A-4, might not be fair. Still, the A-4 started as the offensive part every time. At the end of each set, I was pointing at the A-4. Every time.)

https://theaviationist.com/2016/07/11/f-35-pilot-e.....very-time/

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F-35B ide na Red Flag
Marine F-35Bs from Yuma in Gaint ‘Red Flag’ Exercise for First Time
http://timesofsandiego.com/military/2016/07/11/mar.....-exercies/

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Lockheed’s F-35 Could Be Deployed for Combat This Year If Needed

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-14/.....-if-needed

Citat:“The minute I declare initial operational capability, if the combatant commander calls me up and says they needed F-35s, I would send them.”

Carlisle added that he will send the stealth jets on no-notice deployments to Europe and the Pacific in the next 12 months.

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Uvek su korisceni stari avioni kao agresori, danas imas i ove privatne eskadrile.

Tajfunci ih isto koriste

http://www.globalaviationresource.com/v2/2015/09/2.....d-germany/

Kada je u pitanju bliska borba cesto ogranice jaci avion da ne moze da leti na vecim brzinama i da se drzi odredjene visine da budu "jednaki" po performansama. Instruktori sa na na T-38 znali da obore novajlije u F-22.



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Farnborough 2016

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Citat:A half-scale rendering shows an AIM-120 Amraam air-to-air missile on the door of an internal weapons bay. Nestled within the bay are four SDB (small diameter bomb) IIs, the second version of this weapon and the first in the world to offer a tri-mode seeker (GPS, MMW IR, and laser). A GBU-12 laser-guided 500-pound Paveway II bomb, and an AIM-9X air-to-air missile, are shown on external pylons.

Three of these four Raytheon weapons are being qualified now, but SDB II would not come until Block 4—although it is at the top of Lt. Gen. Davis’ wish list. The SDB I made by Boeing and offering only GPS guidance, will be available on F-35As next year. Boeing also provides the GPS-guided GBU-31 and GBU-32 bombs that are already being carried internally by F-35s. The former is a 2,000-pound weapon whereas the latter is 1,000 pounds. The F-35B has smaller internal weapons bays that can only accommodate the GBU-32 (and the GBU-12).

Three other F-35 weapons can be seen in the Raytheon display here. One is Raytheon UK’s Paveway IV dual-mode 500-pound bomb, going onto the UK’s F-35Bs. Another is Raytheon’s Joint Stand Off Weapon (JSOW), slated for the U.S. Navy’s F-35Cs. The third is the Norwegian Joint Strike Missile. The maker Kongsberg is teamed with Raytheon for its integration onto Norway’s F-35As.

Not part of Raytheon’s display is the rival short-range air-to-air missile to the AIM-9X. This is the MBDA Asraam, which is going on to the UK’s F-35Bs. The UK is also looking for integration of the MBDA Meteor BVRAAM and the MBDA Spear smart bomb—but not until Block 4.

http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/defense/2016-07-13/f-35-packs-punch

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Cena za USAF se normalizuje i pada sa kolicinom, ostaje da se vidi koliko moze da se spusti cena sata leta

Citat:According to comments by manufacturer Lockheed Martin's CEO to CNBC, planes bought in 2019 will be cheaper by a factor of nearly one half. CEO Marilyn Hewson told CNBC that with the first aircraft delivered, the defense giant is "on a path to be down to a price of $85 million per jet by 2019."

Citat:If there are no more surprises—and given the history of the F-35 program, that's a big if—a flyaway cost of $85 million per aircraft is great news. Early production F-35A fighters cost approximately $130 million. Currently the plane is at $109.88 million apiece.


Citat:One area where the F-35 is still expensive? The cost per hour to fly, which over the lifetime of the plane can amount to more than the plane itself. The F-35A still costs a whopping $42,169 per hour to fly. Assuming a plane flies 120 hours a year, over 20 years that comes out to $100 million. The Super Hornet costs about $17,000 an hour to fly, which comes out to $40 million.


http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a21776/f-35-cheaper/

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Kako kažu ukupna cena projekta F-35 je oko 1,5 bilijuna $ (1.500 milijardi $). Mada oficielne se kreću negde oko 300 milijardi $. Teško da se taj avion može prodavati po 85 milki. Osim ako su veči deo projekta subvencije američkih poreznih platiša odnosno primarne emisije FEDa, za koje LM nema potrebu da ih vrati. Inaće bi ih trebalo izraditi cca 15.000 komada da se to pokrije.

Ako avion išta valja teško da će ih prodati više od 5.000, ako ne valja onda oko 3.000 koliko će ih uzeti SAD i partneri iz projekta.