F-35 combat power takeoff

[zerion]

Video

https://mobile.twitter.com/419fw/status ... 8376833024

https://twitter.com/419fw/status/106461 ... 44385?s=21

[white_lightning35]

Remember when the Russians were going to win because of their overwhelming numerical superiority? How the tables have turned....

They still have a numerical superiority in some areas but that doesn't immediately mean they are better.

Oh yes, I am aware. It's just that a frequently brought up idea by internet idiots is that the US just uses these silver bullet stealth planes that will be hugely outnumbered by the Russians or Chinese.

[sferrin]

[blindpilot]

Awesume!
Now that fly over was way more impressive than dozens of planes parked on the runway... I almost expected to see an Independence Day alien ship off the horizon ...

MHO,
BP

[ricnunes]

Holly cow!!

I guess that the "EDITOR" will have to stick lots of cactus in his a$$

[sprstdlyscottsmn]

That's what? up to 70 heavy PGMs? 280 light PGMs? Have the right target list and you could end the ability of an enemy to fight in a sizable region.

[sferrin]

That's what? up to 70 heavy PGMs? 280 light PGMs? Have the right target list and you could end the ability of an enemy to fight in a sizable region.

Yeah, wish I'd known about it. I only live about 10 miles south of the base. I wonder how far south they went (the direction they were flying).

[firebase99]

Awesume!
Now that fly over was way more impressive than dozens of planes parked on the runway... I almost expected to see an Independence Day alien ship off the horizon ...

MHO,
BP

+111111110000 That was insane!!

[sferrin]

[wrightwing]

That's what? up to 70 heavy PGMs? 280 light PGMs? Have the right target list and you could end the ability of an enemy to fight in a sizable region.

With 35 jets, that's 210 GBU-31/32 or 840 GBU-39/54( in bomb truck configuration.)

[old_rn]

That is an "alpha strike" launch from a UK CVF with 36 F35B's?

[steve2267]

That is an "alpha strike" launch from a UK CVF with 36 F35B's?

That's a good way to look at it. However, how quickly can the QueenLIzzie launch them? Once every 30 seconds? Once a minute? The first planes up will be spending gas waiting for the trailers. With no organic tanking component...

Will ask that question over in the muddle thread...

[doge]

For me, those are a Teams that I don't want to turn it into an enemy. (The Horrible Teams. )
https://www.misawa.af.mil/News/Article- ... eral-elep/

Misawa Air Base demonstrates its combat readiness in first joint, bilateral Elephant Walk
By Capt. Lauren Linscott, 35th Fighter Wing Public Affairs / Published June 23, 2020
MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan --
Members of the 35th Fighter Wing completed a readiness exercise, designed to validate the wing’s ability to rapidly generate combat airpower at Misawa AB, June 23. The exercise culminated in a joint and bilateral “Elephant Walk” formation composed of 31 aircraft, demonstrating the large-scale combat airpower local to Misawa.
“The goal of this exercise was to execute a short notice, agile combat execution-style deployment and generation,” said Maj. Brannan Studley, 35th Fighter Wing director of wing inspections. “We learned a lot, refined our training, and demonstrated we’re ready to fight, which is even more critical in the middle of COVID-19 operations.” This exercise and demonstration touched on all five of the Air Force core missions: Air and Space Superiority, Global Strike, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance, Rapid Global Mobility, and Command and Control.

After the conclusion of the generation portion of the exercise, 12 newly-configured F-16s took to the runway, along with 12 Koku-Jieitai (Japan Air Self-Defense Force) F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters, two U.S. Navy EA-18G Growlers, a USN C-12 Huron, two USAF MC-130J Commando II aircraft from Kadena Air Base, a USN P-8 Poseidon, and a Koku-Jieitai CH-47 Chinook photoship.
With the exception of the MC-130Js, the rest of the aircraft that participated are assigned to Misawa Air Base.

“Seeing our forces and our partners and allies taxi to the runway in one formation, as one fighting force, really brought home my last two years of command,” said Col. Kristopher Struve, 35th Fighter Wing commander. “I’m grateful to our Navy counterparts and Koku-Jieitai allies for their continued efforts in enhancing our interoperability and continuing to improve on our collective capabilities. Misawa Air Base would not be the combat-ready force it is without them.
This demonstration took the work of many agencies and individuals across the base, and the 35th Fighter Wing is grateful to our partners for showcasing the amazing, combat-ready force available to our Indo-Pacific leaders if called upon during a crisis.”
This was Misawa Air Base’s first bilateral and joint Elephant Walk.

Twelve U.S. Air Force F-16CM Fighting Falcons, 12 Koku-Jieitai F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters, two U.S. Navy EA-18G Growlers, a USN C-12 Huron, two USAF MC-130J Commando II aircraft, and a USN P-8 Poseidon participate in an “Elephant Walk” at Misawa Air Base, June 22, 2020. The Elephant Walk showcased Misawa Air Base’s collective readiness and ability to generate combat airpower at a moment's notice to ensure regional stability throughout the Indo-Pacific. This was Misawa Air Base’s first time hosting a bilateral and joint Elephant Walk

[doge]

wow
https://defence-blog.com/news/u-s-marin ... hters.html

U.S. Marine Corps conduct mass launch of 21 F-35B stealth fighters
By Colton Jones Dec 1, 2020
Members of the Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 conducted the mass launch of twenty-one F-35B Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) aircraft on Nov. 24 at Beaufort Base.
“Pilots and students assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 conduct a max effort launch with 21 F-35B Lightning II aircraft aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort,” the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort’s release said.
The training allowed the unit to conduct a days-worth of flights in a single launch, according to a Marines news release.
The F-35B represents the future of Marine Corps tactical aviation and incorporates the mission capabilities of the current Marine Corps platforms it is replacing—the AV-8B Harrier, F/A-18 Hornet, and EA-6B Prowler—within a single airframe. In addition to its short takeoff and vertical landing capability, the F-35B’s unique combination of stealth, cutting-edge radar, sensor technology, and electronic warfare systems bring all of the access and lethality capabilities of a fifth-generation fighter, a modern bomber, and an adverse-weather, all-threat environment air support platform.
The F-35’s mission is to attack and destroy surface targets, intercept and destroy enemy aircraft, provide electronic warfare support, and network enabled reconnaissance support across the full spectrum of combat operations. It has an autonomous capability to strike a broad range of moving or fixed targets, either day or night and in adverse weather conditions.
These targets include air and ground threats, as well as enemy surface units at sea and anti-ship or land attack cruise missiles and it can complete the entire kill chain without reliance on external sources by using fused information from its onboard systems and/or other F-35s.