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

[Air Force Brat]

Ah haa! USS Wasp LHD-1 is equipped with ALIS. This is more than likely why Wasp is being transfered to Japan in 2017.

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Yes sir, that is the plan, and ALIS will be a boon to maintainers once it is up and running, a full time system diagnostics, much like pluging your car into a code reader. but it is highly integrated and has some glitches at present, they are "working it".

 

[Jura The idiot]

Ah haa! USS Wasp LHD-1 is equipped with ALIS. ...

apparently I made (a major mistake of confusing the whole ALIS with just communication of its data:

"Several issues arose with the transfer between ALIS SOUs of aircraft, SE, and spares data.

• Unplanned workarounds were needed to successfully transfer aircraft data files between home station and the deployed SOU on Wasp to meet mission timelines. Aircraft transfer began Saturday, May 9 and needed to be completed, and data verified for accuracy, before May ll so that flight operations could continue at the home stations. The deployment plan was for maintenance personnel at Yuma and Beaufort to access aircraft data files via Virtual Private Network (VPN) to the SOU deployed to the Wasp once data files were verified, to continue flight operations at the home station with the aircraft being prepared for the deployment. The ALIS Concept of Operations for data transfer is to move items between SOUs via the central Autonomic Logistics Operating Unit (ALOU), the core node of the logistics information system which is managed, operated, and maintained by Lockheed Martin (LM); however, this capability was not available at the time of transfer. The detachment first attempted moving the aircraft data via a proprietary LM server, and then via the U.S. Army's Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center's (AMRDEC) file transfer server. The download speeds over the ship's Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) network from both of these servers was extremely slow and would not have allowed flight operations at the home units to continue, requiring the ALIS transfer team to find an alternative method of getting the 400 to 800 Megabyte aircraft data files onboard the Wasp. To complete the data transfer, the ALIS transfer team on the ship proceeded off base and used commercial Wi-Fi access to download the aircraft files, burned them to CDs, and then manually uploaded the data into the Wasp SOU, accomplishing the transfer within the needed timelines.

• Following the transfer, the ALIS team discovered numerous errors with the aircraft data once loaded on the Wasp SOU. These errors included inconsistencies between home station and deployed files, missing files, and missing part requisitions for the aircraft being transferred (i.e., the parts which were "on order'' in the home station AUS files were "dropped" during the transfer). LM Data Base Administrators (DBAs) from Orlando, Florida, and Fort Worth, Texas, were able to resolve many discrepancies online by the May 11 deadline to enable flying to resume, but some issues were still in work as late as May 13. Some of the data transferred for SE and spare parts were lost or corrupted as well. In several cases, missing or corrupted data were not discovered until the detachment went to use the SE or install the spare part while at sea. In these instances, the detachment again relied on reach back to LM DBAs in Orlando via satellite communications to remotely fix these problems, a workaround which may not be practical during some combat operations."

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I highlighted one sentence above to show what I meant, but as I said, I was wrong.

 

[Jura The idiot]

Yes sir, that is the plan, and ALIS will be a boon to maintainers once it is up and running, a full time system diagnostics, much like pluging your car into a code reader. but it is highly integrated and has some glitches at present, they are "working it".

yeah stuff can be perfected, in
https://www.sinodefenceforum.com/f-...os-and-pics-thread.t5796/page-398#post-424307
I goofed maybe in the way of 1916 Admirals going after Aircraft Carriers
LOL!

 

[Jura The idiot]

Oct 26, 2016

according to DODBuzz New System Will Allow Ospreys to Refuel F-35s in Flight

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related: British Firm Tapped to Build V-22 Refueling Pallet

A British defense firm has been tapped to develop a refueling pallet for the Marine Corps’

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tilt-rotor aircraft made by Boeing Co. and Textron Inc.’s Bell Helicopter unit.

Cobham Plc, based in Dorset, England, recently landed a contract from the service to develop the V-22 Aerial Refueling System, or VARS, according to a company announcement. The potential value of the deal wasn’t specified.

The hose-and-drogue technology is a modified version of the company’s existing FR300 Hose Drum Unit that can be rolled on and off the aircraft on a standardized pallet, according to the statement.

The system, to be manufactured at the company’s plant in Davenport, Iowa, will allow the Osprey to refuel the

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, a stealth fifth-generation fighter made by Lockheed Martin Corp., and the F/A-18 Hornet, a fourth-generation fighter made by Boeing Co., according to Cobham.

“With VARS we continue the tradition of providing industry leading aerial refueling capability to war fighters,” Kevin McKeown, vice president and general manager of Cobham Mission Systems, said in a statement. “This program will enable the Marines to extend the flying range of their fighter aircraft and allow for efficient shipboard operations.”

The contract for the refueling pallet comes as the military is looking at ways to reduce sustainment costs for the MV-22 — and just months after the first Osprey with 3-D printed parts took flight.

An MV-22 equipped with a titanium link and fitting inside an engine nacelle performed a hover during a July 29 demonstration at Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Maryland. The historic test may pave the way for eventually helping to develop replacement parts in faster time and at less cost, officials have said.

“That’s where the Rosetta Stone is going to be,” Rear Adm. (Sel.) Francis Morley, vice commander of Naval Air Systems Command, said earlier this year at the Navy League’s Sea Air Space conference outside Washington, D.C., according to

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on our Military.com sister blog DoDBuzz by my colleague, Hope Hodge Seck.

“If we can start manufacturing flight-critical components, now you’re talking sustainment costs and speed and time; we have some really great opportunities to accelerate,” he added.

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[Jura The idiot]

according to AirForceMag Carlisle Expects F-35 to Join Anti-ISIS Fight

11/17/2016
London—Air Combat Command boss Gen. Hawk Carlisle said he has "absolutely no doubt" the F-35 will be deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. Speaking Wednesday during Defense IQ's International Fighter conference in London, Carlisle emphasised the stealth fighter's data-fusion and ISR capabilities could be key attributes in the anti-ISIS fight. "When you look at Iraq and Syria today, what's going on on the ground, the players that are in the airspace—it's like nothing we've fought before," he said. "It's incredibly complex. Airplanes like an F-22 or an F-35, because of the situational awareness that they provide, the information they relay, the real-time sensor suites they have, their ability to do things in airspace that other airplanes cannot do, makes them incredibly valuable in the fight. I see a very big place for the F-35 in that fight."

Although the USAF has only recently declared initial operating capability with the F-35A, Carlisle said the platform is already in demand by other branches of the military. He also confirmed his intention to deploy the aircraft to other theaters at the earliest opportunity. "You will see that airplane moving around the globe as quickly as I can possibly get it moving around the globe," he said. "It'll include going to the Pacific, it'll include going to the Middle East, it'll include Europe. I've talked to [Gen. Michael] Scaparrotti [commander, US European Command], I've talked to [Gen.] Vince Brooks [commander, US Forces Korea], I've talked to [Adm.] Harry Harris [commander, US Pacific Command], I've talked to [Gen.] Joe Votel [commander, US Central Command]—every one of them is really eager to have that airplane out there, and I'm going to get it out there as soon as I can."

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PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 30, 2016) An F-35B Lightning II aircraft conduct flight operations from the flight deck of amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6). The F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) variant is the world's first supersonic STOVL stealth aircraft. America, with Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron 1 (VMX-1), Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 (VMFA-211) and Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 23 (VX-23) embarked, are underway conducting operational testing and the third phase of developmental testing for the F-35B Lightning II aircraft, respectively. The tests will evaluate the full spectrum of joint strike fighter measures of suitability and effectiveness in an at-sea environment. (U.S. Navy photos by Lt. j.g. Maideline Sanchez & Petty Officer 3rd Class Kyle Goldberg/Released)

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[Jura The idiot]

Oct 15, 2016

Oct 5, 2016

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and USAF completes insulation repairs on operational F-35s

Lockheed Martin and the US Air Force have finished repairs on the last of 13 F-35As affected by a faulty insulation issue earlier this year, though work continues on Lockheed’s production aircraft.

The coolant line glitch hit 57 aircraft in September, including 15 fielded F-35As and 42 production aircraft. Repairs to the fielded jets began 7 October and later that month, two F-35As at Hill Air Force Base, Utah were returned to flying operations. In early November, the USAF also fixed one Norwegian jet stationed at Luke AFB, AZ.

Meanwhile, Lockheed has completed repairs on seven aircraft on its production line and is working on four more jets, a Lockheed spokesman tells FlightGlobal.

In September, the USAF discovered insulation from an avionics cooling line within an F-35A fuel tank was found detached. Lockheed and the USAF have maintained the problem was a supply chain issue, rather than a design flaw. Lockheed’s supplier used the wrong coating for the insulation, which deteriorated when it met fuel.

In total, the USAF and Lockheed have repaired ten aircraft at Hill AFB, one at Nellis AFB, NV and two Norwegian jets stationed at Luke AFB.

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[Air Force Brat]

Oct 15, 2016

and USAF completes insulation repairs on operational F-35s

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That's the difference here in the states, we know what the problem was, we know the number of aircraft affected, and we know that we took care of the problem.... it is still a govt of the people, for the people, and by the people! Way to go USA!

We just have to elect the right people, not the left people!

 

[Air Force Brat]

That's the difference here in the states, we know what the problem was, we know the number of aircraft affected, and we know that we took care of the problem.... it is still a govt of the people, for the people, and by the people! Way to go USA!

We just have to elect the right people, not the left people!

On a more interesting note ACC Chief, Gen Hawk Carlisle has suggested the F-117 Night Hawks be restored to flight status and populate a "Red Air" force to give the F-22's and F-35's something interesting to "play with". The Night Hawk would add an element of realism to Red Air that the T-38s simply can't supply.

 

[Jura The idiot]

Saturday at 1:49 PM

Oct 15, 2016

and USAF completes insulation repairs on operational F-35s

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Operational F-35As Grounded by Faulty Insulation Return to Flight Status

The 13 US Air Force F-35s that had been grounded since September because of a supply problem have been repaired and are back in action, the service confirmed on Friday.

“Today Lockheed Martin and Air Force aircraft maintenance teams completed repairs on the last of 13 F-35As requiring modifications to avionics coolant tubes inside aircraft fuel tanks, and all affected F-35As have returned to normal flying operations,” Capt. Mark Graff, a service spokesman, said in a Nov. 18 statement.

The Air Force announced on Sept. 16 that it was suspending flight operations for 15 operational F-35A conventional takeoff and landing variants because coolant lines inside the wing fuel tanks had incorporated faulty insulation that did not meet requirements and had begun disintegrating. A further 42 aircraft in various stages of production were also found to have used the non-conforming insulation.

The affected operational aircraft included 10 Air Force aircraft at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, two at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, one at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, and two Norwegian jets at Luke. The Norwegian aircraft have also gone through repairs and returned to flight status, Graff said.

Air Force maintainers and Lockheed Martin contractors began repairing the airplanes on Oct. 7. After service maintainers removed the impacted aircraft’s fuel and paneling, Lockheed workers cut a hole into the wings to access the coolant lines and remove any deficient insulation. After mending the aircraft skin and low-observable coating, the aircraft were returned to the service.

F-35 Joint Program Officer Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan had promised that all 15 operational planes would return to service by the end of the year. The company will be held responsible for the cost of the repairs.

Fixing the remaining 42 production planes will take a little longer, but all will be repaired and delivered by the end of calendar year 2017, Greg Ulmer, Lockheed’s vice president for F-35 production, told Defense News earlier this month. Thirteen aircraft — 10 US Air Force planes, one jet for Japan, and two Israeli joint strike fighters — were planned to be delivered by the end of this year.

Lockheed is prioritizing the delivery of the three foreign planes and is on track to be able to meet that commitment, Ulmer said, but how many US jets it will be able to deliver in 2016 is an open question.