F-35 Joint Strike Fighter News, Videos and pics Thread
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The only other italian carrier in service is the Gabrialdi, wich is smaller than the Cavour. I'm pretty sure "C" is a mistake, as in other articles I have seen the "A" version mentioned for the airforce.
But talk of Italy having to find a place to safe money in it's budget has been around and the new fighter buy was mentioned before.
The only other italian carrier in service is the Gabrialdi, wich is smaller than the Cavour. I'm pretty sure "C" is a mistake, as in other articles I have seen the "A" version mentioned for the airforce.
But talk of Italy having to find a place to safe money in it's budget has been around and the new fighter buy was mentioned before.
re: F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Thread
For air supremacy roles, the F-35 is wholly inadequate. The US will have to hope that its EW superiority will be sufficient to protect against PAK-FAs and J-20s, while waiting for sixth-generation fighters and UCAVs to arrive.
Yes, there's the F-22, but there's only 186 of them, and the paint is defective due to Lockmart's corner cutting.
For air supremacy roles, the F-35 is wholly inadequate. The US will have to hope that its EW superiority will be sufficient to protect against PAK-FAs and J-20s, while waiting for sixth-generation fighters and UCAVs to arrive.
Yes, there's the F-22, but there's only 186 of them, and the paint is defective due to Lockmart's corner cutting.
re: F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Thread
185, and paint or no paint, if the Raptor wants you, you're dead! In fact they should paint em bright orange and build 1000 of em. Forget the Thunder Hogg. It is fast, it is stealthy, and its awesome air to air, if you read Dr. Songs original paper posted on the J-20 thread, he loves the Raptor, and He's right it took a long time, some of it is old school, but it is fast, the only bird at present with real supercruise, forget ucavs, do you really want those things flying around carrying nukes, sorry I'm just sayin! Look at the RQ 170, why do you think the Air Force is going back to U-2s [AGAIN]. But given the political clout of the Army, Navy, and Marines, the Air Force just doesn't seem to get the lessons we learned in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam, Air Superiority is not an OPTION, but don't forget to bring your own air. The Air Force canceled the emergency O2 system because it weighed 35 lbs. Really, the F-35 is exactly what the other services want, and honestly in time, it will likely be a fine replacement for the F-16. But really, cancel the F-22 to build this?
185, and paint or no paint, if the Raptor wants you, you're dead! In fact they should paint em bright orange and build 1000 of em. Forget the Thunder Hogg. It is fast, it is stealthy, and its awesome air to air, if you read Dr. Songs original paper posted on the J-20 thread, he loves the Raptor, and He's right it took a long time, some of it is old school, but it is fast, the only bird at present with real supercruise, forget ucavs, do you really want those things flying around carrying nukes, sorry I'm just sayin! Look at the RQ 170, why do you think the Air Force is going back to U-2s [AGAIN]. But given the political clout of the Army, Navy, and Marines, the Air Force just doesn't seem to get the lessons we learned in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam, Air Superiority is not an OPTION, but don't forget to bring your own air. The Air Force canceled the emergency O2 system because it weighed 35 lbs. Really, the F-35 is exactly what the other services want, and honestly in time, it will likely be a fine replacement for the F-16. But really, cancel the F-22 to build this?
re: F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Thread
Paint issues means that the F-22 had extraneous maintenance cost due to defective paint; Lockmart couldn't get the costs done right, so they opted for cheap and defective paint to keep production costs on track while increasing the total ownership costs.
I read, however, that recently they're retrofitting the F-22 with paint based on the F-35's RAM coatings, so that issue should be resolved.
Paint issues means that the F-22 had extraneous maintenance cost due to defective paint; Lockmart couldn't get the costs done right, so they opted for cheap and defective paint to keep production costs on track while increasing the total ownership costs.
I read, however, that recently they're retrofitting the F-22 with paint based on the F-35's RAM coatings, so that issue should be resolved.
re: F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Thread
Well Inst. the F-22 is a very, very expensive aircraft, and while stealth coatings continue to improve, the Raptor has not been hindered in its war gaming with F-15s etc, etc, it will come out on top of one on one, two on one, etc pairings. Compared to the far less capable F-35, the Raptor remains a bargain, UCAVs are really not capable of defending themselves against an aircraft such as the F-22, and if the US economy doesn't improve, there will never be a sixth gen fighter, our best option at present would be to relight, Raptor production in order to get the line back together and running. The F-35 has so many issues with cracking bulkheads ,burning its tail feathers of etc, etc, we may never get this thing in to full scale production. It is basically a jazzed up F-16, stealthy, with lots of power, and a "fantastic weapons pak", it is also heavy, slow, HOT, and loud. The Raptor remains the standard for fifth gen aircraft, the F-35 is far less stealthy, not supermanueverable, and will not super cruise, and IMHO not a true fifth gen. Brat
Well Inst. the F-22 is a very, very expensive aircraft, and while stealth coatings continue to improve, the Raptor has not been hindered in its war gaming with F-15s etc, etc, it will come out on top of one on one, two on one, etc pairings. Compared to the far less capable F-35, the Raptor remains a bargain, UCAVs are really not capable of defending themselves against an aircraft such as the F-22, and if the US economy doesn't improve, there will never be a sixth gen fighter, our best option at present would be to relight, Raptor production in order to get the line back together and running. The F-35 has so many issues with cracking bulkheads ,burning its tail feathers of etc, etc, we may never get this thing in to full scale production. It is basically a jazzed up F-16, stealthy, with lots of power, and a "fantastic weapons pak", it is also heavy, slow, HOT, and loud. The Raptor remains the standard for fifth gen aircraft, the F-35 is far less stealthy, not supermanueverable, and will not super cruise, and IMHO not a true fifth gen. Brat
re: F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Thread
Some news here, again.
Israel will put some of it's own missiles into the F-35. Not really a suprise, and to be honest, I exspected that there would be even more israeli stuff in it. For startes, I thought they'd put their Python-5 missile there. That "Stunner" is probably going to be the Derby follow-up anyway. Or is that actually in the class of the P-5?
Some news here, again.
Israel will put some of it's own missiles into the F-35. Not really a suprise, and to be honest, I exspected that there would be even more israeli stuff in it. For startes, I thought they'd put their Python-5 missile there. That "Stunner" is probably going to be the Derby follow-up anyway. Or is that actually in the class of the P-5?