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

Obi Wan Russell said:

New F-35B orders bring UK total to 35, delivery by 2020-22:

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From the above chart this order covers enough aircraft to stand up 809NAS in 2023 plus some spares.

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Jura said:

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LOL I wonder how a Military operating both F-35s and Triumphs would fit into the world of various Analysts
I'd be at a total loss

oops now I imagined an exercise which would pitch these weapons against each other

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The U.S. Defense Department has delivered a report to Congress detailing implications of Turkey receiving 100 F-35 fighter jets, five people familiar with the report said, removing a key hurdle to concluding the deal.

Turkey’s planned purchase of the Russian-made S-400 missile defense system has raised concerns in the West, since it could be used to give Moscow deep insight into the vulnerabilities of the most advanced U.S. warplane at a time of tension between the two powers, experts have said.

Ellen Lord, the Pentagon’s chief arms buyer, told Reuters in an interview that Turkey’s plans to buy the S-400 system were “extremely problematical” and numerous U.S. officials had discussed the issue with Ankara, but there were no signs that Turkey had changed its mind about buying the Russian system.

The United States has for years offered Turkey an alternative missile defense system - the Patriot missile defense system built by Raytheon Co and operated by other NATO allies. However, a sale has proven elusive amid cost and technology transfer issues.

Lord said the report to Congress “just lays out the facts of where we are,” rather than offering firm recommendations, but she declined to provide details.

“We need to work with Congress to decide where we go on that. There will be a strong partnership with Congress, and until we’ve discussed the issue with them...,” Lord told Reuters in an interview on the sidelines of a NATO industry conference in Berlin earlier this week.

Turkey last month said it was moving ahead with the controversial S-400 procurement and expected to begin installing the surface-to-air missile systems in October 2019.

The United States has repeatedly warned Turkey that going through with the purchase of S-400s could result in Washington imposing sanctions and halting other weapons deals, such as the F-35, but Ankara has pressed on with the Russian transaction.

Turkey is due to receive its third and fourth jets in March next year. Its pilots are receiving training on the first two aircraft at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona. The earliest the first aircraft could leave the United States is next summer, although it may take longer than that.

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Personnel from the U.S. Air Force's 388th and 419th Fighter Wings, both equipped with the F-35A Joint Strike Fighter and based at Hill Air Force Base in Utah, staged the first-ever "Elephant Walk"

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TerraN_EmpirE said:

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goat89 said:

Hi all, below are personal photos of 2x USMC F-35Bs of the VMFA-121 'Green Knights' out of MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, with a 'cameo' appearance by 2x USAF F-22s of the 525 FS 'The Bulldogs' out of Elmendorf AFB, Anchorage at this year's Singapore Air Show. The F-22s came by for the 1st time 2 years ago in '16, but you Americans really topped it off for us by getting your F-35Bs come visit us too, for the 1st time here in Singapore! I managed to trade for both their Squadron patches too!

The Singapore government is set to announce the Republic of Singapore Air Force's (RSAF) F-16 replacement very soon, and word on the street is that we are getting F-35Bs. Read this article for reasons as to why, specifically, the F-35Bs and not F-35As will be chosen. I can try answer any questions from a Singapore POV.

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Enjoy the pictures!

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