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

[HMS Astute]

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[Jura The idiot]

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news from Europe

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The news comes as a UK test team has completed initial aircraft handling trials for ASRAAM and Paveway IV on the F-35B aircraft.

 

[navyreco]

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MBDA ASRAAM and Raytheon Paveway IV weapons Tested on F-35B at US Navy Test Facility

A UK test team including personnel from BAE Systems, has successfully completed initial aircraft handling trials for ASRAAM and Paveway IV weapons on the F-35B Lightning II aircraft at Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Maryland, United States.

The trial or ‘dummy’ weapons rounds, which are identical in fit and form to the operational weapons, were tested on the Short Take-off Vertical Landing (STOVL) F-35B for the first time during a series of flights from the US Navy’s test facility at Patuxent River Naval Air Station. The initial tests are an important step in integrating weapons onto the F-35B, allowing test pilots to understand how they affect the way the aircraft performs and handles. Picture: LMUK

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[Jura The idiot]

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did you know?

F-35Bs No Louder than F/A-18 Super Hornets

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P.S. Some obnoxious comments below the article

 

[FORBIN]

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P.S. Some obnoxious comments below the article

But let' s talk ! good news for neighbors but logic F-18 get two reactors, the problem is with F-16 which have only one reactor, F-35 is more loud of about about 20 %, because thrust 19.5 t against 13 also.

 

[Brumby]

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But let' s talk ! good news for neighbors but logic F-18 get two reactors, the problem is with F-16 which have only one reactor, F-35 is more loud of about about 20 %, because thrust 19.5 t against 13 also.

Isn't acoustic stealth part of the stealth equation? Spending Billions so that you get parity is not something you want to write about I would imagine.

 

[TerraN_EmpirE]

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Isn't acoustic stealth part of the stealth equation? Spending Billions so that you get parity is not something you want to write about I would imagine.

acoustic stealth is more critical for close in aircraft like helicopters, ground vehicles in urban at night and absolutely critical for submarines. its not so much a need for a fighter as once it's at altitude its not that loud. and once it breaks the sound barrier everyone knows there is a fighter jet in the air.

 

[Air Force Brat]

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Isn't acoustic stealth part of the stealth equation? Spending Billions so that you get parity is not something you want to write about I would imagine.

Nah! we want them to know we been there, I doubt we're worried if we break a few windows? LOL

 

[Jura The idiot]

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I didn't know

The Navy is beginning to work on a a next-generation carrier-launched fighter jet to replace the existing F/A-18 Super Hornet and Growler aircraft by 2030 and supplement the F-35C the Pentagon is still developing, service officials said.

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[aksha]

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F-35, ASRAAM and Paveway IV checks