Aircraft Carriers III

That's Right, because without the F-35C the Ford class is just the "Love Boat!"
"Members of Congress want to make it illegal for the U.S. Navy to accept delivery its next Ford-class aircraft carrier, the future USS John F. Kennedy, unless it can launch and recover
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. But the proposal highlights something that is perhaps more damning, that the
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cannot deploy those stealthy aircraft in its present configuration."
etc. etc.:
Navy's F-35C Stealth Fighters Won't Fly From Troubled New Ford Class Carriers For Years
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asif iqbal

Lieutenant General
Light carriers vs full supercarriers

Ok by 2025 the navy will have 185 x F35B

They will have 8 x Wasp Class and 3 x America class

In light aircraft carrier mode the LHA can 16-20 x F35B

Because of no catapult and limited space the sortie rate is around 40 per day

America class costs $ 3 billion

USN Ford Class is $13 billion with 160 sorties per day

It would take 4 x LHA to match the sortie rate of a single supercarrier or $12 billion investment compared to the supercarrier of $13 billion

So a roughly $1 billion in saving

Advantages your assets are dispersed and you have flexibility of operations with 4 light carriers

Disadvantage you don’t have long range and endurance of a fully blown nuclear powered supercarrier, plus less situational awareness due to lack of fixed wing AWACS

I wonder what will happen in future
 

bd popeye

The Last Jedi
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Some here might not get the reference, SHIELD are a bit more famous!View attachment 52616 View attachment 52617

I like the one on Capt. Scarlett!..Behold! Skybase!

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Launch the Angels!


back on subject;

I'm somewhat envious of the shipmates aboard QE;

Posted AUG 17th 2018;
This is a great occasion for Obi Wan and all Royal Navy watchers..including myself. Obi Wan has been awaiting this moment for years. I'm sure he remembers the pundits at sinodefenceforum claiming that the politicians would cancel the Queen Elizabeth construction and even claim that both ships would be immediately mothballed. Well it ain't happening! She sails tomorrow evening at 1800GMT. I for one wish those shipmates aboard the R08 fair winds and following seas. They shall have a magnificent and successful deployment!

.....and I'm still envious. This upcoming deployment reminds me of being aboard JFK in '72 & 72 when we made back to back MED cruises ...that was such FUN!...aaarrrvvv!
 

Obi Wan Russell

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I grew up with the original late 60s era 'Cloudbase', inspired by the carriers of the day. The RN still had 5 CTOL carriers and STOVL ops were still just experimental. I loved the look of the Angel fighters and had several models when I was a kid: 558219_366547763475470_1003127294_n1.jpg 10685432_10153153471203574_7835422232283012100_n.jpg CS-Cloudbase_1.jpg decked_angels.jpg angel8.jpg Most of the designers who worked on Gerry Anderson shows at the time described themselves as frustrated aircraft engineers, so it's interesting to see where designers were seeing the future going (those shows were usually set 100years ahead, so the 2060s).
 

Obi Wan Russell

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Back to the present, At Pompey the 75th anniversary commemorations have been going on which included over 300 D-Day veterans from all the countries involved (all in their 90s now) sailing for Normandy aboard the chartered cruise liner MV Boudicca. As it sailed from Portsmouth's ferry terminal to the north of the Dockyard, they passed the Queen Elizabeth moored at the Princess Royal Jetty and her crew lined the deck to salute the veterans. Also on deck were the first sea lord, the nDefence Secretary Penny Mordaunt MP and the outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May MP:62124234_2316566078382453_2072171989170126848_o.jpg 62071980_2316565828382478_6406222619980333056_o.jpg 62100273_2316566025049125_8426840583393247232_o.jpg 61831151_2316625895043138_2817072313621544960_o.jpg 61822445_2316565598382501_6234876222556340224_o.jpg
 
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