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it came out of nowhere - Incredible Rafale's carrier deck landing
Source French navy, March 2018...
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Aircraft Carriers III
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Big Liz has had her first 'Drink' underway, a first for the new RFA Tidespring too:
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Jura The idiot
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I'll put here what I now posted in a Chinese carrier thread, in response to Deino who didn't seem to know an aircraft carrier might be inducted into a navy soon after the first sail
#3015 Deino, Today at 7:18 AM
Aircraft Carriers III Apr 3, 2017
Deino you don't appear to follow the US Military, so FYI there're some projects, called gamechangers
(the Fords, the Zumwalt-class destroyers, Littoral Combat Ships, F-35s),
which are grossly delayed and over budget (but are 'too big to fail' so won't get cancelled) and have dubious (sometimes laughable) performance;
what the Pentagon does is rushing them into service
#3015 Deino, Today at 7:18 AM
Aircraft Carriers III Apr 3, 2017
Aircraft Carriers III Jul 22, 2017
Deino you don't appear to follow the US Military, so FYI there're some projects, called gamechangers
(the Fords, the Zumwalt-class destroyers, Littoral Combat Ships, F-35s),
which are grossly delayed and over budget (but are 'too big to fail' so won't get cancelled) and have dubious (sometimes laughable) performance;
what the Pentagon does is rushing them into service
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asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
Wow up and till now I have only seen photo shops of the QE doing replenishment with tide class
First time we see it for real after so many years
Brilliant
First time we see it for real after so many years
Brilliant
Well in my previous post the video shows a starboard side RAS as well. Generally the RN's Carriers 'shut down flying ops' whilst RAS-ing so they can devote manpower to stowing everything that comes aboard:
Latest pics of BNS Atlantico A140 (ex HMS Ocean) at Plymouth, shortly to depart for her new home of Rio:
She's a good looking vessel even yet!
Jura The idiot
General
here's the link to
HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH entering Portsmouth
23 June 2018 collection
only low-res vids are available just like that;
noticed through the tweet
Best photo of the day, and probably some of the best ones ever, goes to ..... WOW
We looked at a CGI for years but here it is for real.
HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH entering Portsmouth
23 June 2018 collection
only low-res vids are available just like that;
noticed through the tweet
Best photo of the day, and probably some of the best ones ever, goes to ..... WOW
Well, it is critical to note the following:
1) The US Marines are committed to helping the UK when they have their first actual depoyment in 2021. The US Marines are rapidly moving F-35s oto the Wasp and America class ships, habing deployed 16 F-35Bs onto the America for large trials last year, and with that deployment were several UK pilots. So UK pilots have already been flying F-35s off of US MArine decks.
2) The UK will have less than 24 F-35s to begin with in 2012 and will fless the needed numbers out with US Marine aircraft.
3)By 2023 the UK will have 42 operational F-35 aircraft, 24 of which will be frontline carrier aircraft so they will not need US MArine aircraft after that time. The folling is a good piece regarding this:
So, where we are already seeing large numbers of F-35Bs on US Wasp and America class, like this one on the USS America ;ast year, where you can see 13 on deck and there were five below deck and two in the air for a total of 20:
I love that pic. count the noses on the back. There are nine aircraft spotted on the aft end there, with four forward.
I am sure the time will come soon enough when we see this same type of thing on the Queen Elizabeth. Initially in 2019, and then larger numbers like this in the 2021 time frame:
We have to remember that for both nations, the F-35Bs and the QE class, and the Ford class, which willbe the point of my next post, are all brand new classes, each of which is bringing a LOT of new things to the navies of each country. As such, they are going to go slow and sure to make sure they get it right. It's not like bringing on a new Nimits for the US, or a new version of an F/A-18 which have been in service already for a long period.
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1) The US Marines are committed to helping the UK when they have their first actual depoyment in 2021. The US Marines are rapidly moving F-35s oto the Wasp and America class ships, habing deployed 16 F-35Bs onto the America for large trials last year, and with that deployment were several UK pilots. So UK pilots have already been flying F-35s off of US MArine decks.
2) The UK will have less than 24 F-35s to begin with in 2012 and will fless the needed numbers out with US Marine aircraft.
3)By 2023 the UK will have 42 operational F-35 aircraft, 24 of which will be frontline carrier aircraft so they will not need US MArine aircraft after that time. The folling is a good piece regarding this:
UK Military Times said:
So, where we are already seeing large numbers of F-35Bs on US Wasp and America class, like this one on the USS America ;ast year, where you can see 13 on deck and there were five below deck and two in the air for a total of 20:
I love that pic. count the noses on the back. There are nine aircraft spotted on the aft end there, with four forward.
I am sure the time will come soon enough when we see this same type of thing on the Queen Elizabeth. Initially in 2019, and then larger numbers like this in the 2021 time frame:
We have to remember that for both nations, the F-35Bs and the QE class, and the Ford class, which willbe the point of my next post, are all brand new classes, each of which is bringing a LOT of new things to the navies of each country. As such, they are going to go slow and sure to make sure they get it right. It's not like bringing on a new Nimits for the US, or a new version of an F/A-18 which have been in service already for a long period.
@Obi Wan Russell @bd popeye @Jura @asif iqbal @kwaigonegin @vesicles @SamuraiBlue @Air Force Brat @Deino @Equation @duncanidaho