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

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The USAF restricted the delivered F-35A fleet to 3g maneouvres when carrying a fuel load of fuel. Only when more than half of the fuel tank was empty could the F-35A perform manoeuvres up to 7g’s, the maximum allowable for USAF variant with Block 2B software. The Block 3F version scheduled for release next year will allow the F-35A to operate the full flight envelope with manoeuvres up to 9 gs.

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But change also agility, instantaneous and sustained turn rate for instantaneous decent want a F-16 26°/sec but the problem is for sustained 11° only F-16 18°

So confirmed the low turn rate is for first block as G load better from Block 3F clealy better.

I don' t find articles maybe later but here a guy do a complex calcul seeing a Video he explain all and seems enough good :

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Her deductions F-35A Block 3F : STR 22°/sec, ITR 29°/sec
Even if it is generous considering 10 % in less to 20 and 26° it is decent better than a F-15.

Despite this don 't want F-22 to 28 and 36°/sec.

Despite F-35 have a little advantage for stealth vs her rivals can be very interesting if they are equiped with an EOADS as him coz in this case he don' t have this technological advantage,

Right now the US system worck F-35 get this advantage, the driver look more fast with it and this offsets * her actual inferior agility up to Block 3F later an other EOADS can come but remains to do worck also...

* In more can fired an AAM without look the target.

So finaly with a better agilty, one good IRST also can be a good boy ,efficient even for A2A combat

 

[Air Force Brat]

yeah
Benefit of Stealth Fighter Jet Proves Elusive Subject in Israel

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Master Jura, Guy Rolnik is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Chicago, and while he is a bright guy, he is also a "LIBERAL LEFT WING Critic" of the absolutely critical strategic partnership between Israel and the US..... and anything else that strikes his fancy. He is an economist?? of sorts, in the free trade of liberal journalism.

Now if you think he knows "Jack Diddly" about the F-35, and its capabilities, I would only ask "WHY"?? He's an economist, and a professional critic of both the US and Israeli militaries, and their strategic partnership, which has to date, kept Israel relatively safe. To be concerned about expenses and cost is only natural to a bean counter, and counting beans is important, you do have to pay for these very kool toys? yes, you do.

But, in the grand scheme of things, Israel like our European allies need and depend on this strong bond among free people, while not perfect, and very expensive, and not popular with the selfish, self absorbed leftists, those in the US who care about our neighbors, (you know how much I care), realize that we are all fighting the apathy that pervades each of our very complex cultures, you are also more than aware of who our enemies are???

 

[Air Force Brat]

So confirmed the low turn rate is for first block as G load better from Block 3F clealy better.

I don' t find articles maybe later but here a guy do a complex calcul seeing a Video he explain all and seems enough good :

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Her deductions F-35A Block 3F : STR 22°/sec, ITR 29°/sec
Even if it is generous considering 10 % in less to 20 and 26° it is decent better than a F-15.

Despite this don 't want F-22 to 28 and 36°/sec.

Despite F-35 have a little advantage for stealth vs her rivals can be very interesting if they are equiped with an EOADS as him coz in this case he don' t have this technological advantage,

Right now the US system worck F-35 get this advantage, the driver look more fast with it and this offsets * her actual inferior agility up to Block 3F later an other EOADS can come but remains to do worck also...

* In more can fired an AAM without look the target.

So finaly with a better agilty, one good IRST also can be a good boy ,efficient even for A2A combat

Now this is a much more accurate assessment Master Forbin, and the truth is, NO F-35 is going to go head to head with an Su-35, PAK-FA, or J-20 in the near future, because each of these threats are even less mature designs, actually the SU-35 is a new version of the SU-27/SU-30.

The F-35 on the other hand is being rapidly developed to incorporate the latest upgrades into new production aircraft, and to retro-fit these upgrades into and onto early production and test aircraft.

With the cessation of F-22 production, the F-35 has been moved up, to represent the most important aircraft in the US inventory, an aircraft that has taken some very important aspects from the F-22, and increased their effectiveness.

It is no doubt the right aircraft for the 2020's and beyond, and its continued development and production will assure that we have the most effective tool for the job.

 

[Jura The idiot]

no childish "Pew Pew Pew" as in
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this time:
Marine Corps F-35B Makes its Red Flag Air Combat Debut

The Marine Corps’ next-generation fighter took to the skies last week with its military contemporaries during Red Flag, the military’s premier advanced aerial combat training exercise.

Six jets with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 flew to Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., on the north edge of Las Vegas, to join with nearly 100 aircraft for the Red Flag 16-3, the third of four air-to-air exercises the Air Force is hosting this year in the vast Nevada Test and Training Range. Aircraft participating in the exercise, which began July 11 and runs through July 29, are practicing a wide range of missions including aerial combat, attack and close-air support in mock war games against opposing forces.

This Red Flag marks a debut of sorts for the F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter and VMFA-121, which one year ago became the military’s first operational F-35 squadron. Last December, the Yuma Marine Corps Air Station, Ariz.-based squadron practiced expeditionary operations while supporting 1st Marine Division units during exercise Steel Knight across southern California, and it has continued to build up its flight and operational experience ahead of this first large-scale, multi-service exercise.

“It’s a historic time,” Lt. Col. James T. Bardo, VMFA-121’s commander, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal in a video posted on YouTube. “To be part of this Air Force exercise is a great learning experience for our squadron, for our pilots as well as for the participants in the exercise because it’s their first opportunity to see the F-35, see what we do well.”

The Marine Corps plans to replace its jet fleet of Harriers, F/A-18 Hornets and EA-6B Prowlers with 420 F-35s. It stood up its second F-35B squadron on June 30 at Yuma when VMA-211 was redesignated from an AV-8B Harrier squadron to the Lightning II. The Corps plans to forward-base and deploy the first squadron to the western Pacific in 2017, although the aircraft continues to undergo additional testing and software and systems upgrades from the existing Block 2B configuration to full-mission capability Block 3F.

The Marine Corps is buying the single-seat F-35B, the vertical take-off and landing version of the next-generation Joint Strike Fighter. The Navy and Air Force are procuring JSF models designed for carrier-based or conventional landing, respectively, for air-to-ground operations. The Air Force is expecting to have its first operational squadron later this year. In late June, the F-35B made its first transatlantic crossing when three jets flew from Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station, S.C., to England, where the jet participated in the Royal International Air Tattoo at Royal Air Force Base Fairford and Farnborough International Air Show. The jet has garnered interest from international buyers, including the United Kingdom, which plans to buy about 140 of the jets for its Royal Navy and Royal Air Force.

Next year, the squadron, nicknamed the “Green Knights,” will be forward-deployed to Iwakuni MCAS in Japan. There, it will join 1st MAW and support 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and III Marine Expeditionary Force.

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F/A-18E/F and F-35C

 

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F-35i first flight to Ft Worth

 

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First ever test firing of F-35B external gun pod carried out last week at NAS Pax River

 

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F-35i first flight to Ft Worth
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Yep, the USAF is declaring IOC as soon as Monday, as per the Air Force Magazine Daily Report this morning, could one of you smart boys post a link please?? The F-35A is cleared of all G limitations with the nitrogen inerting on the fuel system. I believe the initial squadron is at Hill AFB, Utah, and they are indeed ready to go fight, contrary to all the Nay Sayers. So before we post some of those non-sense articles, check your six, AFB has your six O'clock!

 

[FORBIN]

Really excited

nitrogen inerting on the fuel system

About it I have read a small artice a time but very rarely mentioned, very special system, i don' t know the details seems only for combattants which are less vulnerable to damage with it, pressure matters also maybe

For cooling system for decrease IR signature except design mainly for nozzles, ( excellent shapes for the F-22 ) engines hidden/remote also weapons bay open on the ground, i don' t think F-35 is different than F-22 with a cooling system working with the fuel system IIRC.

I don' t think in relation with you have mentionned in the quote Brat ?

 

[Jura The idiot]

Yep, the USAF is declaring IOC as soon as Monday, as per the Air Force Magazine Daily Report this morning, could one of you smart boys post a link please?? ...

link's below, but I'm not smart though! as an F-35 detractor, I can't be, can I? ROFL
F-35 IOC Imminent

The Air Force will declare initial operational capability of the F-35A as early as Monday, meeting a goal set three years ago. Leaders of the F-35A enterprise at Hill AFB, Utah, on Wednesday told reporters in a teleconference that “all the boxes have been checked off” of the requirements for declaring IOC. “We have achieved all our milestones,” 388th Maintenance Group Deputy Commander Lt. Col. Steven Anderson said, and “we have submitted all the data to Air Combat Command” for ACC chief Gen. Hawk Carlisle to make the declaration official. USAF officials have said to expect an IOC press conference at the Pentagon between Aug. 1-3 next week. Friday, Aug. 5, a celebration of the achievement will be held at Hill and will feature speeches from senior USAF and industry leaders connected with the program. Hill has 15 F-35A aircraft, Anderson said, and 12 of those “have completed five critical aircraft modifications” to get them to the proper configuration. Those mods included

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that lifted limits on how many Gs the aircraft can pull, as well as lightning protections that lift a rule that kept the jets 25 nautical miles away from thunderstorms, making them safer “in the air and on the ground,” Anderson said. The aircraft now being delivered from Lockheed Martin—in the 3iP6.21 software configuration—have also

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. “We are getting good aircraft off the line from Lockheed Martin,” Anderson said. Newly delivered jets don’t need as many mods because the changes have been incorporated on the production line, he said. The 16th aircraft will be delivered in August and plans call for 72 jets at Hill by the end of 2019.

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