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

dtulsa

Junior Member
It's a spending bill for FY 2019. Turkey receives its first F35 on June 21 2018.

Mattie is going to have to waste a lot of time explaining things to the legislative body less popular than cockroaches and North Korea.
Indeed I did know that it seems a double edged sword though if turkey gets the S400 and Su57 then could we not get acces to the tech. Likewise if Turkey does get the S400 and the 35 (somehow) then the Russians get access to the 35
 

Skywatcher

Captain
Erdogan might not even stay in power, with the June 24th elections.

Considering how badly the 2015 snap elections went, you'd think he'd learn his lesson (but then again, like Bibi and Abe, he got to where he was by being the least incompetent person in the room).
 

Air Force Brat

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Super Moderator
Indeed I did know that it seems a double edged sword though if turkey gets the S400 and Su57 then could we not get acces to the tech. Likewise if Turkey does get the S400 and the 35 (somehow) then the Russians get access to the 35

Nah! we're not gonna gain any tech access, Mr. Erdogan is quite likely to stay in power, as it seems he's been granted additional unwarranted powers recently, so his little cabal seems well entrenched... Mr. Erdogan is as they say a "Pawn", he will become Mr. Putin's new right hand man in a plan to undermine the US influence and power in the region....
 

Skywatcher

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Nah! we're not gonna gain any tech access, Mr. Erdogan is quite likely to stay in power, as it seems he's been granted additional unwarranted powers recently, so his little cabal seems well entrenched... Mr. Erdogan is as they say a "Pawn", he will become Mr. Putin's new right hand man in a plan to undermine the US influence and power in the region....
that's what almost everyone thought about najib razak in Malaysia as well.
 
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The prudent approach would be to defer the F-35's delivery until after 24th of June. And not give a clear answer as of now.
 
related to questions, of course unanswered, from May 27, 2018
how many aircraft is in Lot 11? asking because now noticed
Contracts
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also curious how that half of a bil until 2023 is related to one bil and a half until next May May 1, 2018


it sure looks like several mil per aircraft per year for 'support' LOL
EDIT to be included into the flying cost per hour, yes? no?
is (dated 01 June, 2018)
Pratt & Whitney receives $2 billion to supply F-35 engines
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The Department of Defense awarded Pratt & Whitney a $2 billion contract to supply F135 turbofan engines for the Lot 11 order of F-35 Lightning II aircraft.

The 11th low rate initial production contract will cover 135 engines, as well as programme management, engineering support, production support, spare modules and spare parts, P&W said on 31 May 2018.

The company said it has delivered 375 F135 engines to date and deliveries of Lot 11 engines will start this year.

The $2 billion contract for F135 turbofan engines comes in addition to two long lead components, parts and materials contracts that P&W was awarded in August and November 2016. Those contracts totaled $185 million.

Including the long lead contracts, the average cost per engine for Lot 11 comes to roughly $16.2 million per unit. Engine unit prices vary as the conventional takeoff and landing Lockheed Martin F-35A engine is priced lower than the engine system for the vertical takeoff and landing variant F-35B, however.

Pratt & Whitney was awarded $1.95 billion to supply 99 F135 engines for Lot 10. The average cost per engine unit for Lot 10 was about $19.7 million. Thus, costs per engine declined more than 17% from Lot 10 to Lot 11.

Nonetheless, the jet engine manufacturer said it will only slightly reduce the unit recurring flyaway (URF) of the Lot 11 F135 engines compared Lot 10. Pratt & Whitney declined to disclose flyaway costs, sharing only cost reductions percentages.

The URF price for the 110 LRIP Lot 11 conventional takeoff and landing and carrier variant propulsion systems will be reduced 0.34% from the previously negotiated LRIP Lot 10 URF, according to the company. The URF price for the 25 LRIP Lot 11 short takeoff and vertical landing propulsion systems will be reduced 3.39% from the previously negotiated LRIP Lot 10 URF.
 

dtulsa

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now I skimmed over what The National Interest had to say June 2, 2018:
Could the F-35 Stealth Fighter Be the 'New' F-4 Phantom?
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It is saying exactly what I've been saying since I've been on this forum the 4 does have one advantage it didn' take 30 years to deploy
 

timepass

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Maiden flight of the next-generation F-35A Fighter Jet produced for Turkey in the US.....

F-16 pilots currently serving in the Turkish Air Force will be able to use the planes after completing a six-week training program

First F-35 warplanes are expected to be delivered to Turkey on June 21 **If US doesn't deny the sale of F-35 to Turkiye**

 

dtulsa

Junior Member
Maiden flight of the next-generation F-35A Fighter Jet produced for Turkey in the US.....

F-16 pilots currently serving in the Turkish Air Force will be able to use the planes after completing a six-week training program

First F-35 warplanes are expected to be delivered to Turkey on June 21 **If US doesn't deny the sale of F-35 to Turkiye**

That' a very big if right now
 
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