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

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The Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23's Pax River Integrated Test Force made aviation history when they completed airborne gunfire testing for the F-35B.

 

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The US Air Force lifts the flight restrictions imposed on F-35A pilots under 61 kg

In October 2015, US Air Force (USAF), Lockheed Martin (LM) and Martin-Baker had recognized serious problems with the ejection of pilots with US16E ejection seats fitted to the F-35A Lightning II fleet. USAF.

Indeed, after analysis of different phases of tests, the engineers of the program Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) found that the ejection literally broke the neck of the manikin that was ejected.
Combined with the power of the ejection, the head of the dummy emitted a slight forward rotation during ejection, which caused serious injuries to the manikin.

These hazards occurred in a certain area of flight, particularly at low speeds, when the pilot weighed less than 61 kg and was fitted with the helmet helmet "Gen III F-35 Helmet Mounted Display System (HMDS) Less than 2,30kg.

The USAF then banned all of its F-35A pilots under 61kg from performing aerial sorties, and therefore to continue training and training.

However, after more than a year of research to find solutions to this problem, the USAF and the British company Martin-Baker both indicated on 02 May 2017 that the problem was officially resolved .
Indeed, in a press release, USAF says "US Air Force officials recently removed the restriction that prevented pilots under 61kg from flying on the F-35A."

To allow the reintegration of these pilots into the airline activity, three major changes were necessary:
"A switch was installed on the seat, which slightly delays the deployment of the parachute at high speed and decreases the parachute opening force for light pilots.

In addition, a head support panel was mounted on the rear pillars of the ejection seat to prevent the pilot's head from tipping back during ejection.

Finally, the overall weight of the helmet was reduced by reducing the internal strapping material and removing an additional external visor, which reduces the risk of injury when the parachute is opened, "the USAF said.

The USAF F-35A Lightning II fleet will therefore undergo a modification program to integrate the new ejection seats, some of which have already been installed.

However, the new Gen III helmets, which now weigh 2kg, are currently only pre-production. Serial production is expected to begin later this year, in the fall.

If the aircraft fleet changes, the first pilots stopped in their training programs since 2015 should be able to resume the theoretical training by the end of 2017, while flights would be set up starting in 2018.

The USAF is considering a modification of its F-35A with a rate of 14 aircraft by month. At this rate, if it is maintained, all F-35As will have all passed through the workshops in December 2017, or even January 2018.

To date, the USAF already has a fleet of 107 F-35A Lightning II, has already trained more than 400 pilots and has accumulated more than 40,000 flying hours.

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Germany asks U.S. for classified briefing on Lockheed's F-35 fighter
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More evidence that the F35 is not a Failure but a sucess. The Germans have a need to replace the Tornado bombers just like the Italians and and British. The Typhoon is a good machine but it's intended for only a couple missions, Strikes and Air superiority. they need a and more day to day strikes. they also want some low observable abilities.

 

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More evidence that the F35 is not a Failure but a sucess. The Germans have a need to replace the Tornado bombers just like the Italians and and British. The Typhoon is a good machine but it's intended for only a couple missions, Strikes and Air superiority. they need a and more day to day strikes. they also want some low observable abilities.

In Europe only RAF use realy Typhoon as a versatile fighter also for A2G missions, Germans, Italians, Spanish are used in general only as pure interceptor.
He have a very good radar even " only" PESA the Captor very agile, 8 missiles excellent air sup. fighter but tranche 1 and 2 was few versatile before last modifications, only for LGBs and enough expensive machine in more as i have say first Tranches initialy limited.

 

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Yesterday at 8:42 PM

May 9, 2017

and Details on F-35A trip to Paris Air Show begin to emerge

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Lockheed Pilots to Fly 2 F-35As at Paris Air Show

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Lockheed Martin Corp. pilots will fly a pair of U.S.

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during the Paris Air Show next month, officials said Wednesday.

Two

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— one from

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in Arizona and another from

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in Utah — will participate at the show, set for June 19-25 at the Le Bourget Airfield outside Paris, Col. David Lyons, 388th Fighter Wing commander, told reporters during a conference call.

Lockheed Martin pilots were chosen to fly instead based on the Air Force’s needs at this time, said Air Force spokesman Capt. Mark Graff.

“Due to the Air Force’s limited number of aircraft, pilots and maintenance professionals, we have decided not to develop an F-35 demonstration profile for airshows this year,” Graff later said in an email Wednesday. “While we look forward to demonstrating the unparalleled maneuverability of the F-35 to the world, we remain singularly focused on bringing the full combat capability of the F-35 to our nation.”

Lockheed Martin pilots have been “building a flight demonstration in simulators and will now practice the demonstration in advance of the Paris Air Show,” he said.

When the F-35A participated at last year’s Royal International Air Tattoo, known as RIAT, at

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in Gloucestershire, England, pilots on the Air Force’s “Heritage Flight Team” — which includes active-duty and reserve members — flew the aircraft. (Marine pilots flew the

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models.)

The F-35 Heritage Flight Team’s flight profile includes “only straight-pass flyovers alongside other aircraft,” Graff said. The Air Force stood up the F-35 Heritage Flight Team — which will participate in 14 scheduled shows this year — at Luke AFB in 2016.

The service earlier this month said the Joint Strike Fighter will fly to France to take part in the air show — a reversal that came nearly two weeks after officials said the stealthy fifth-generation fighter was not invited.

“The F-35A strengthens partnerships and improves regional stability,” said Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein in a statement May 6. “We welcome the opportunity to further demonstrate the revolutionary capabilities of this aircraft.”

The service also this month completed the

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to Europe and plans to permanently base a squadron of the aircraft on the continent, beginning in 2021. The jets that flew multiple exercises with NATO and allied partners over U.K., Bulgarian and Estonian airspace were from Hill.

Graff said officials are confident the second F-35 deployment to Europe this year will be successful.

He said, “We’ve proved we’re able to take the F-35 across the pond with tanker support.”

 

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Lockheed To Debut First F-35A Aerial Demo At Paris Air Show

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The U.S. Air Force’s

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will fly its first aerial demonstration at the Paris Air Show this year, with

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pilots performing aerobatics in the skies above Le Bourget Airport.

Just one month out from the start of Europe's largest aerospace showcase, which runs June 19-25, plans are finally coming together for the F-35's debut appearance at the event. The demo is an unexpected twist; last year during the F-35A’s appearance at the Royal International Air Tattoo in the U.K., pilots from the Air Force’s F-35 Heritage Flight Team flew only straight-pass flyovers alongside the

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Raptor.

The demonstration will showcase the maneuverability of Lockheed’s fifth-generation fighter, and perhaps lay to rest claims that the F-35 cannot match some fourth-generation aircraft in power and performance. The Joint Strike Fighter’s maneuverability was famously called into question in July 2015, when a blogger got his hands on a report in which the aircraft was outclassed by the

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in mock aerial combat.

The news of the upcoming performance also adds fuel to rumors that the F-35 may eventually replace the F-16 in the Air Force Thunderbirds, the service’s premier aerobatic team since 1953.

Lockheed pilots will conduct the demonstration, but Air Force pilots may fly the fighters across the Atlantic for the show, according to the service.

It is still not clear whether the demo will include one or two F-35s, or whether either will appear in the static park at Le Bourget. The Air Force will send two F-35As to the show, according to Col. David Lyons, commander of the 388th Fighter Wing at Hill AFB, Utah. One will be from Hill, and the other will be from Luke AFB, Arizona, where the Air Force trains its F-35 pilots and maintainers, Lyons said during a May 17 conference call.

The Air Force does not yet have an F-35 demonstration profile for air shows due to the limited number of aircraft, pilots and maintenance professionals, service spokesman Capt. Mark Graff said. The service plans to develop and perform F-35 aerial demonstrations – akin to performances by the Air Force Thunderbirds and F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team – beginning in 2018, building on lessons learned from the performance at Paris, he said.

Lockheed, on the other hand, has been developing an F-35 demonstration profile for some time, and the pilots will now begin practicing the routine at the company’s F-35 production facility in Fort Worth, Texas, according to company spokesman Mike Rein.

“While we look forward to demonstrating the unparalleled maneuverability of the F-35 to the world, we remain singularly focused on bringing the full combat capability of the F-35 to our nation,” Graff said. “We will build our demonstration profile based on the experiences and lessons learned from F-35 participation in other air shows and the Lockheed Martin demonstration at the 2017 Paris Air Show.”

The appearance will mark the F-35A’s second trip across the pond in just more than two months. Eight F-35As from the Air Force’s 34th Fighter Squadron and the Air Force Reserve’s 419th Fighter Squadron based at Hill just arrived home after almost a month in Europe. They were conducting training missions with NATO allies as part of the European Reassurance Initiative. The F-35s, temporarily based at

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Lakenheath, England, flew to Estonia and Bulgaria during the deployment.

The successful Europe deployment was “a major stepping-stone” in the run-up to taking the F-35A into combat for the first time, should the squadron be required to do so, Lyons said.

“Now we know that we can take the F-35 and all the equipment and we can go wherever we want to go in the world and be bedded down,” Lyons said.

During the trip, the F-35 flew 80 out of a planned 84 sorties, with just four lost for maintenance-related issues. The team was able to repair those aircraft using parts in the deployable spares package they brought on the trip, Lyons said.

Overall for the deployment, the mission capable rate was 87.5%—not perfect, but better than the F-16s currently flying in Spain, which clock in at 75% mission capable.

The team had no issues with the deployable Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS), the F-35’s internal logistics system designed to electronically track each part of each aircraft, Lyons noted.

“That really was at the end of the day one of the biggest objectives of the deployment was to prove that we could take the spares package, the ALIS, the personnel, the jets, all of the logistics train that goes along with this deployment,” Lyons said. “The greatest compliment was how routine this deployment felt.”

 

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so called success story
F-35As Stay Healthy in Europe

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F-35As performed at a higher mission capable rate than its fourth generation counterparts during the type’s first deployment to Europe, despite dealing with a small amount of maintenance issues.

Eight F-35As and about 200 airmen from Hill AFB, Utah, deployed to RAF Lakenheath, England, last month before returning home on May 7. During the deployment, the aircraft flew 76 sorties and more than 154 flying hours. The F-35As maintained an 87.5 percent mission capable rate for the deployment, with four canceled sorties because of maintenance issues, said Col. David Lyons, commander of the 388th Fighter Wing at Hill. For comparison, Hill F-16s currently deployed to Spain have a 75 percent mission capable rate, Lyons said.

Of the four cancellations, two were due to maintenance “non-deliveries,” meaning the F-35s were not ready by the scheduled time due to maintenance issues. The two other times were ground cancellations before flight because of a helmet transmitter issue and a minor issues with a fuel seal, Lyons said. The issues are part of “normal fighter operations” and were corrected with parts that came along on the deployment, he said.

The biggest goal of the deployment was for Lakenheath to get familiar with the aircraft in preparation for that base standing up its own F-35 squadron in 2020. The F-35s also integrated with US Air Forces in Europe F-15Cs and F-15Es, and flew with NATO allies such as Dutch and Norwegian F-16s, said Lt. Col. George Watkins, commander of Hill’s 34th Fighter Squadron.

F-35s flew air-to-air and suppression of enemy defenses exercises, along with fighter integration exercises, to further develop tactics, Lyons said.

During the deployment, two F-35s forward

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. During these “out and back” flights, the bases focused on “procedures and logistics” to bed down F-35s in a forward deployed scenario, Watkins said. The F-35s didn’t fly with local aircraft on these deployments.

The F-35 pilots “only interacted” with host nation forces. It was a “normal exercise” with “nothing unusual,” Watkins said.

 

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so called success story
F-35As Stay Healthy in Europe

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F-35As performed at a higher mission capable rate than its fourth generation counterparts during the type’s first deployment to Europe, despite dealing with a small amount of maintenance issues.

Oh no! It only fared better than the established 4th gens!

The F-35As maintained an 87.5 percent mission capable rate for the deployment, with four canceled sorties because of maintenance issues,

Heavens Me Only 87.5! It should be 430% for It's first Deployment!!

Of the four cancellations, two were due to maintenance “non-deliveries,” meaning the F-35s were not ready by the scheduled time due to maintenance issues. The two other times were ground cancellations before flight because of a helmet transmitter issue and a minor issues with a fuel seal, Lyons said. The issues are part of “normal fighter operations” and were corrected with parts that came along on the deployment, he said.

We WILL NOT STAND For EXCUSES!!!

The biggest goal of the deployment was for Lakenheath to get familiar with the aircraft in preparation for that base standing up its own F-35 squadron in 2020. The F-35s also integrated with US Air Forces in Europe F-15Cs and F-15Es, and flew with NATO allies such as Dutch and Norwegian F-16s, said Lt. Col. George Watkins, commander of Hill’s 34th Fighter Squadron.

What No It was supposed to Show case... No Impossible It cannot have been a Success Impossible Impossible!! All the News was this was a Turkey!! How can it have sucess?! LIES!! LIES I reject Your Reality and Subsitute my own!

F-35s flew air-to-air and suppression of enemy defenses exercises, along with fighter integration exercises, to further develop tactics, Lyons said.

NIEN NIEN NIEN!!!

During the deployment, two F-35s forward

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. During these “out and back” flights, the bases focused on “procedures and logistics” to bed down F-35s in a forward deployed scenario, Watkins said. The F-35s didn’t fly with local aircraft on these deployments.[/QUOTE]
See SEE!! They couldn't Fly with the Great Estonian Air Force or the Bulgarian Air force!! ( Estonian Air Force inventory is a Whole 2 L39, 4 R44 light helicopters and 2 AN 2. The Bulgarians have 15 Mig 29 and 12 SU25 not exactly a real opportunity for joint training.)

The F-35 pilots “only interacted” with host nation forces. It was a “normal exercise” with “nothing unusual,” Watkins said.

What Impossible how could they not have interacted with The Russians I mean the F35 is supposed to be such a Sham That the pilots Must have All Defected to the Russian Air force!! Yes that's It They All Defected and are Flying PakFa's!!

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"so called success story" Yeah Pretty much.

 

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"so called success story" Yeah Pretty much.

brother did I set you off or something?

 

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just a little, Don't take it personally It was a off site Blog that really earned my irie on this. Your little snark was nothing compared to the Spin cycle there.