Norway to reduce F-35 order?

[spazsinbad]

Norwegian F-35A 5087 flying photos:

Fantastic air-to-air shots of the first Norwegian F-35 during test flight 08 Nov 2015

http://theaviationist.com/2015/11/08/rn ... ir-to-air/

[cosmicdwarf]

Very nice pictures.

[pron]

Norwegian F-35A 5087 flying photos:

Fantastic air-to-air shots of the first Norwegian F-35 during test flight 08 Nov 2015

http://theaviationist.com/2015/11/08/rn ... ir-to-air/

On the second picture you can see the modification on the rear fuselage for the drag chute system. ( looks like an arrow )
More pictures from the same flight here. https://www.flickr.com/photos/forsvarsdepartementet/21871827753/in/album-72157660372559095/

[krorvik]

Norways first F-35 will be arriving @LukeAFB today, the event will be broadcast:

https://twitter.com/Kampfly_no/status/6 ... 12/photo/1

[spazsinbad]

JSM news reported here today and here is the last paragraph relevant to this thread also: viewtopic.php?f=54&t=23247&p=308718&hilit=airborne#p308718

JSM carries out airborne launch test
10 Nov 2015 Beth Stevenson

"...Oslo reaffirmed its commitment to the purchase of 52 F-35As during a budget proposal for 2016 that was released in October that would see a near-doubling of funding for the Lockheed Martin F-35, plus an authorisation request for six more to be delivered in 2020. The Norwegian parliament had already authorised the procurement of 22 of the 52 F-35s that Norway plans to procure, covering deliveries up to and including 2019."

Source: https://www.flightglobal.com/news/artic ... st-418913/

[XanderCrews]

JSM news reported here today and here is the last paragraph relevant to this thread also: viewtopic.php?f=54&t=23247&p=308718&hilit=airborne#p308718

JSM carries out airborne launch test
10 Nov 2015 Beth Stevenson

"...Oslo reaffirmed its commitment to the purchase of 52 F-35As during a budget proposal for 2016 that was released in October that would see a near-doubling of funding for the Lockheed Martin F-35, plus an authorisation request for six more to be delivered in 2020. The Norwegian parliament had already authorised the procurement of 22 of the 52 F-35s that Norway plans to procure, covering deliveries up to and including 2019."

Source: https://www.flightglobal.com/news/artic ... st-418913/

But, But they are reconsidering!

[spazsinbad]

Here we go with a nother norskwegian wood numnuttery:

"...Meanwhile, Canada plans to withdraw from the F-35 program and Norway may follow suit, [in a frickin' BEAR suit and where do bears sit?] and that will increase the cost of each F-35, said Eaglen, who also spoke at the Mitchell Institute." http://www.airforcetimes.com/story/mili ... /75528532/ FROM: viewtopic.php?f=58&t=27533&p=308744&hilit=Mean%2A#p308744

[cosmicdwarf]

Here we go with a nother norskwegian wood numnuttery:

"...Meanwhile, Canada plans to withdraw from the F-35 program and Norway may follow suit, [in a frickin' BEAR suit and where do bears sit?] and that will increase the cost of each F-35, said Eaglen, who also spoke at the Mitchell Institute." http://www.airforcetimes.com/story/mili ... /75528532/ FROM: viewtopic.php?f=58&t=27533&p=308744&hilit=Mean%2A#p308744

...They already got a plane, why would they pull out?

[mor10]

Here is the video of Norway's first F-35 arriving at Luke, as well as the first flight for a Norwegian pilot in another F-35.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1030287763660855

Not sure if one has to have a Facebook account to see this, so good luck.

[krorvik]

...They already got a plane, why would they pull out?

Two actually, and at least ten, possibly 12, are already ordered. So it's too late.. . As far as I know, the RNoAF/project has received authorization to order 22 aircraft - and the plan to end at 52 is *very* firm, confirmed by Minister of Defense Søreide.

Even after Sweetman has barked.

Btw, another possibly more accesible video source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZuRbIBUtQ8

[spazsinbad]

'commitment' is used seven times in this thread - here is one example from mid-October 2015 about the Norsk FIFTY-TWO:

viewtopic.php?f=58&t=27952&p=305841&hilit=commitment#p305841

[krorvik]

Sweetman can't even get a simple number right, all the references I've seen quote him saying 56.

[XanderCrews]

So who is patient zero on the great "Norway is reducing/leaving" mumbo-jumbo?

this went from "Reconsidering", to "Reducing", to "leaving" amazingly fast.

[spazsinbad]

Eaglen for 'Norway Leiven'? viewtopic.php?f=58&t=27952&p=308745&hilit=numnuttery#p308745

[mor10]

Short video of the JSM test flight:

http://www.tu.no/tutv/fly/2015/11/12/forste-slipp-av-joint-strike-missile