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[gelgoog]

They think they will be fighting the US colonial wars in mainland Europe, that they can nuke Europe and be safe in their little island.

 

[johncliu88]

F-35 still stuck: Kerala airport to charge UK for parking £100M 5th-gen jet despite two weeks of repairs

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[defenceman]

Hi,
is it not possible for the USA or Uk to airlift it with some heavy lifting helicopter,
and drop it on some air craft carrier or may be on a cargo ship to transport further
in some Middle Eastern USA base then eventually to UK before the repair starts
thank you

 

[CMP]

Hi,
is it not possible for the USA or Uk to airlift it with some heavy lifting helicopter,
and drop it on some air craft carrier or may be on a cargo ship to transport further
in some Middle Eastern USA base then eventually to UK before the repair starts
thank you

I suspect perhaps India is actually holding the aircraft hostage for leverage in trade negotiations with the US, despite the UK being the operator.

 

[qwerty3173]

Hi,
is it not possible for the USA or Uk to airlift it with some heavy lifting helicopter,
and drop it on some air craft carrier or may be on a cargo ship to transport further
in some Middle Eastern USA base then eventually to UK before the repair starts
thank you

If you strip everything off the plane the bare airframe should be well within the lift limits of heavy-lift helicopters, but the main issue with doing so is that the plane is probably too large in its dimensions for any helicopter to attach to in secure ways. Unless you pull of an acrobatic stunt dangling the plane with cords the thing just doesn't fit in.

 

[defenceman]

I suspect perhaps India is actually holding the aircraft hostage for leverage in trade negotiations with the US, despite the UK being the operator.

Hi,
no they can not do that as they are in QUAD though UK not a member of it, still Uk have leverage
on the other members specially Australia & of cource been a staunch ally of USA, what I come through
the electronic media pilot of F35 not even leaving the aircraft and aircraft been denied by the British
government to move into a hangar
thank you

 

[CMP]

Hi,
no they can not do that as they are in QUAD though UK not a member of it, still Uk have leverage
on the other members specially Australia & of cource been a staunch ally of USA, what I come through
the electronic media pilot of F35 not even leaving the aircraft and aircraft been denied by the British
government to move into a hangar
thank you

If true, that is probably a huge wasted opportunity. The West wants to use India as cannon fodder like a much larger Ukraine in case of a China contingency and yet India prostrates itself to the West. Sad.

 

[defenceman]

If you strip everything off the plane the bare airframe should be well within the lift limits of heavy-lift helicopters, but the main issue with doing so is that the plane is probably too large in its dimensions for any helicopter to attach to in secure ways. Unless you pull of an acrobatic stunt dangling the plane with cords the thing just doesn't fit

Hi,
CH53-K helicopter can transport F35, as it did previously with F35 lightning II
thank you