F-35 Joint Strike Fighter News, Videos and pics Thread

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Major Morten “Dolby” Hanche, a Royal Norwegian Air Force experienced pilot with more than 2,200 hours in the F-16.
He is also a graduate of US Navy Test Pilot school graduate and Is currently attached to Luke AFB as part of the 62nd Fighter Squadron.
His bio is the first paragraph of the Aviationist article. He Is likely part of the Evaluation and Training cycle for Norway's F35 Program. Learning from the Established US program.
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F-35C To Conduct Sea Trials in August Aboard Carrier George Washington
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The US Navy’s F-35C will head back to the seas next month for the third round of developmental tests aboard the aircraft carrier George Washington, the F-35 program executive officer (PEO) said.

During a July 9 interview at the Royal International Air Tattoo, F-35 PEO Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan told Defense News the sea trials would take place off the East Coast of the United States.

"They're going to open up the full envelope of the airplane to land and take off from the carrier, which means things like heavyweight, asymmetric stores, heavy cross winds, high seas,” he said. "Plus we'll do a lot of reliability, maintainability and maintenance administrations to make sure we get that right."

At the same time, student pilots will conduct carrier qualifications onboard the ship, he said.

The F-35C has operated aboard an aircraft carrier twice so far: in October 2015 on the Dwight D. Eisenhower and November 2014 on the Nimitz. In those tests, pilots conducted catapult takeoffs, arrested landings, and touch-and-go landings on the deck, gradually working in night operations and opening up the flight envelope of the aircraft.

The second round of tests also included launches and landings with simulated weapons, such as the Joint Direct Attack Munitions and AIM-120 air-to-air missiles, inside the F-35’s internal weapons bay.

The "C" model is planned to become operational in 2018, the last of the three joint strike fighter variants to do so.

The US Marine Corps is also preparing for developmental testing of the F-35B aboard the amphibious assault ship America, which will start this fall when the ship is sailing off the West Coast.

"They're going out to do basically the same thing that the Navy is doing,” Bogdan said. “We will finally fully open up the envelope for them on different landing spots and different takeoff conditions, including asymmetric stores, short takeoffs, high seas, different winds.”

Aside from the developmental tests, the service will also conduct some operational testing with the "B" model, he said.

Previous sea trial events occurred on the amphibious assault ship Wasp in August 2013 and October 2011.
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TerraN_EmpirE

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First, they wouldn't need to actually fly Mig 21. In terms of maneuver and power to weight the US F5 Freedom fighter is a virtual 1 to 1, With advantages in line of sight as well oh and they are still being used by both the USN and USMC as aggressors. Although Draken has Mig21's as well.

Second this was not a "test" it was combat training and familiarization.

Third the USN has used the A4 Skyhawk as an Aggressor fighter. At the start of the "TOPGUN" program the navy used A4's to simulate Mig 17's additionally the A4's used featured a Radar similar to early block F16's For DACT ( dissimilar Air combat training) purposes A4 is a fine platform as the key factor is not to recreate an exact real world possible event but to place the Pilot in a position where in his Aircraft is maneuvering against a Aircraft with differing maneuver aspects.
 

Air Force Brat

Brigadier
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OK so what kind of success is
exactly?

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I'm aware of

but in that test, what was the radar on A4 strike aircraft which were pitched against F-35?

ROFL Senator McCain was shot down in a Skyhawk


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