Američke vazduhoplovne snage

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You choose: 283 A-10Cs, 350 F-16As, or 62 B-1Bs
http://www.jameshasik.com/weblog/
Citat:Thus, let’s presume that we’re back to cutting an aircraft fleet, and the question is the forecast of the most stressing scenario. Here’s my nutshell estimate:
•Those 283 A-10Cs would be most useful against the Russians.
•Those 62 B-1Bs would be most useful against the Chinese.
•Those 350 F-16s would be excess to requirements in both cases.
Does this mean that the F-16Cs ought to be on the block? As Rob Farley recently noted, fighter aircraft are almost capital ships, expensive to build, and slow coming off the line. Would the earlier F-16s not be useful in war reserve, to replace losses which couldn’t be made up from the factory on short notice? The USAF has a desert full of those, of course, but reconstituting a B-1B or A-10C fleet from scratch would be a taller order, if indeed such planes were eventually missed.

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More American fighter planes heading East: U.S. F-16s to be deployed to Romania

http://theaviationist.com/2014/04/07/more-f16s-to-romania/

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Citat:Flanked by pilots and proponents of the A-10 attack aircraft, Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., revealed she will push amendments to defense legislation to reverse plans to retire the entire fleet.

The Air Force is proposing to remove A-10s from its combat fleet in 2019 to fit under spending caps included in a 2011 deficit-reduction law and extended through this decade by a recent bipartisan budget resolution. Lawmakers from both parties oppose such a move, but they will have to find an offset – a cut elsewhere in the budget – to keep the A-10s flying.

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20140410/DEFREG.....ded-Flying

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zixo ::More American fighter planes heading East: U.S. F-16s to be deployed to Romania

http://theaviationist.com/2014/04/07/more-f16s-to-romania/

Dacian Viper 2014

http://theaviationist.com/2014/04/13/dacian-viper-2014/

Sest ih je doslo na vezbu

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Sikorsky S-92 ce biti novi predsednicki helikopter

Citat:By early 2019, the Navy is expected to place orders for the first of three lots of 17 production aircraft. Sikorsky expects to complete delivery of these production aircraft by 2023.

http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+.....62529fRCRD

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Od svega po malo.....
Citat:Senate Armed Services Committee announces details of markup for National Defense Authorization Act for FY15
Authorizes $261 million in procurement for M1 Abrams modifications.
Additional funds are a Chief of Staff of the Army unfunded priority and reduces risk in the armored vehicle industrial base.

Authorizes $651.3 million for the modification of Apache helicopters.

Prohibits the Air Force from retiring or preparing to retire any A-10 or Airborne Warning and Control Aircraft (AWACS), or making any significant changes in manning levels in FY15. Increases A-10 Operations and Maintenance funding by $256.5 million and AWACS Operations and Maintenance funding by $34.6 million.

Provides an additional $276.3 million for Tomahawk missiles to maintain missile production at the minimum sustaining rate of 200 missiles, rather that the request of $194.3 million that would cut production to 100 missiles.

Increases support for early concept definition studies of the long range standoff weapon.

Provides an additional $62.3 million to continue modernization of the U-2 aircraft. Reduces the request of $244.5 million for Global Hawk research and development by $136 million that would be spent trying to duplicate the capabilities of the U-2.

Directs DOD and DOE to report on options to incentivize the development of alternative fuel vehicle refueling stations, to include electric, fuel cell, and compressed natural gas vehicles on DOD property.

Cuts $5 million in procurement for XM25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement System due to performance issues and testing delays and designates the XM25 a congressional interest item.

Authorizes $612.6 million in procurement for UH-72A Light Utility Helicopter (LUH). At the request of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, the Secretary of Defense directed the Army to procure 100 additional LUH as a replacement training aircraft rather than transfer any from National Guard for that purpose. Additional funds would authorize procurement of a total 90 new aircraft to replacement of the Army's legacy aviation training aircraft. -

Authorizes $351 million (an increase of $175 million) for Israel to procure additional Iron Dome interceptors, including co-production in the United States, or, if Israel determines it is a higher national security priority, to use some or all of the additional $175 million for three US-Israeli cooperative missile defense programs (Arrow System Improvement Program; Arrow-3 upper tier interceptor development; and David's Sling short-range ballistic missile defense system).

Requires the Secretary of Defense to develop a robust acquisition plan for the re-design of the Exo-atmospheric Kill Vehicle of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system to provide confidence that it will work in an operationally effective manner.

Provides authority for the Secretary of the Navy to use unobligated funds from underperforming programs to transfer up to $650 million for the continued support and advance planning for the refueling of the USS George Washington (CVN-73) aircraft carrier. This will ensure the Navy is able to maintain 11 aircraft carriers once the USS Ford delivers in 2015.

http://www.levin.senate.gov/newsroom...n-act-for-fy15

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5th-To-4th Gen Fighter Comms Competition Eyed In Fiscal 2015

http://aviationweek.com/defense/5th-4th-gen-fighte.....iscal-2015

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Za sada ih izgledami spasili...
House Spending Bill Blocks A-10 Retirement
Citat:The US House of Representatives on Thursday evening, during deliberation on the fiscal 2015 defense spending bill, voted to block the US Air Force’s plan to cut the entire A-10 fleet.

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20140620/DEFREG.....Retirement