The nearly $2.7 billion unfunded priorities list the Guard submitted to Congress asks for another $690 million to buy six more F-15EX Eagle IIs, and another $660 million for six more F-35A Joint Strike Fighters. The $1.35 billion price tag for the additional fighters makes up a little more than half of the National Guard’s unfunded priorities request.
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ispade f15ex (isti onaj sto su dobili katarci samo bez maws-a, dakle placen mu razvoj od strane katara i boing nema nikakve troskove) skuplji od f35 koji je ipak moderniji.
da ne pricam o tome, da je to dvosed kojeg ce terati jedan pilot jer ga boing cak ni menjati nije hteo (posto bi onda ispao jos skuplji zbog toga).
Amer imao problem sa gumom pri sletanju
Citat:An F-35A of USAF suffered a tire problem while landing at runway 2 of MCAS Iwakuni, Japan. The tire of Lightning II emitted smoke during the landing roll, and the fighter came to halt facing sideways to east near the departure end of the runway 2.
The runway was closed until the airplane was towed away.
Three commercial flights were cancelled.
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The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s total cost is expected to top $2 trillion over its entire life span given the U.S. military plans to fly it longer, inflation is rising, and the Pentagon’s efforts to rein in expenses are largely falling short, a government watchdog said Monday.
That price tag represents an increase from the $1.7 trillion lifetime cost the Government Accountability Office previously reported in September 2023. The revised estimate includes nearly $1.6 trillion in sustainment costs — a 44% increase from the $1.1 trillion sustainment price tag estimated in 2018 — and about $442 billion in acquisition costs, including development and procurement of the Lockheed Martin-made jet.
In the new report to lawmakers, GAO said the Defense Department now plans to fly the F-35 through 2088, 11 years longer than services most recently anticipated.
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Dopuna: 21 Apr 2024 13:39
Footage of a ROKAF F-35A dropping an inert GBU-12 on a moving target that is simulating a North Korean TEL.