Posted: 05 Mar 2019, 22:44popcorn wrote:Gonna boil down to LM lobby Vs Boeing lobby in Congress.
Posted: 05 Mar 2019, 23:51steve2267 wrote:popcorn wrote:Gonna boil down to LM lobby Vs Boeing lobby in Congress.
The part that worries me is Gen Deptula's comments about how purchasing F-15X could lead to future F-35 cuts, thereby inducing a death spiral where F-35 prices increases due to cuts, which leads to further cuts etc.
I don't like it. This whole situation smells. The previous administration wore out a lot of equipment without replacing it.
Posted: 06 Mar 2019, 03:13popcorn wrote:Gonna boil down to LM lobby Vs Boeing lobby in Congress.
Posted: 06 Mar 2019, 03:46sferrin wrote:steve2267 wrote:popcorn wrote:Gonna boil down to LM lobby Vs Boeing lobby in Congress.
The part that worries me is Gen Deptula's comments about how purchasing F-15X could lead to future F-35 cuts, thereby inducing a death spiral where F-35 prices increases due to cuts, which leads to further cuts etc.
I don't like it. This whole situation smells. The previous administration wore out a lot of equipment without replacing it.
This is all that needs to be said:
https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/12/23/bo ... -shanahan/
Corruption at it's finest.
Posted: 29 Oct 2019, 17:30'Engines' 29 Oct 2019
"... The F-35B is not 'significantly compromised'. Its design is deliberate and aimed at meeting KPPs that supported operation from ships. It's damn near the size of an F-4. It can launch from a ship at higher weights than the F-4 could from UK ships. It can land on with 3,200lbs of internal weapons. Its sensor and comms capabilities are way ahead of anything else out there. And it can operate from ships that have got around 600 feet of deck. It's the future of maritime air power for those countries that can't afford, or don't know how to build, CVN type carriers and the aircraft to go on them. (Right now, only the US can do that).
My view (and that's all it is) is that the next few years will see more and more countries putting F-35Bs on a variety of ships, some called 'aircraft carriers'. The Japanese, South Koreans and Italians are al moving that way. The UK seems to be planning a joint UK/USMC air wing for the QE's 2021 deployment, with somewhere about 24 aircraft embarked...."
Source: https://www.pprune.org/military-aviatio ... st10605890
Posted: 30 Oct 2019, 17:06Posted: 30 Oct 2019, 19:40notkent wrote:There is a lot of good quotes in this article:
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/ ... hter-92036
Posted: 14 Jan 2020, 01:41Posted: 14 Jan 2020, 02:13operaaperta wrote:Recent interview with ex RAF F35B pilot from the Aircrew Interviews site. Interesting comments on the early training environment, Helmet efficacy and excess thrust. Not sure if he is being nonchalant or being cautious regarding OPSEC, but he doesn’t seem over enthused.
https://youtu.be/mxobmx8eFOg
Posted: 14 Jan 2020, 02:35 
Posted: 12 Feb 2020, 08:20Posted: 12 Feb 2020, 08:39Posted: 12 Feb 2020, 15:58Posted: 09 Jan 2023, 04:18 Seemingly this thread needs some more quotes for the 'socalledpilot' onslaught against F-35Bees elsewhere. 
DUTCH GORILLAS [ viewtopic.php?f=59&t=26752&p=283237&hilit=Gorillas+Dutch#p283237 ] for responses
Jan 2015 Arnaud Boxman & Kees van der Mark
"...[Col De Smit RNLAF] When comparing performance, I would say that the F-35 turns like an F-16 with pylon tanks; but it climbs, descends and accelerates like a clean F-16. The power of the aircraft is really impressive...." [CONTEXT YEAH?]
Source: Air International Vol.88 No.1 Jan 2015
Posted: 31 Jan 2024, 15:16I would emphasize the term “multirole” after experiencing this jet in many roles, and now also in a dogfight. The F-35 has a real bite! Those in doubt will be surprised when they finally meet this «bomber”.
-Maj. Morten “Dolby” Hanche, RNoAF
F-35 CAN Dogfight Says Norwegian Test Pilot 03/01/2016