PLAN Carrier Strike Group and Airwing

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Jeff Head said:

Well, I hate to see this. Not the way to treat a lady.

I still wish they would make a museum out of her, with all she did, and the innovations she started (ie. nuclear powered aircraft carriers) she more than deserves it. And we could do so if we really wanted to.

Anyhow, that's the way of life. The older ones step aside and go the way of all the earth, while the new babies come on and take their place.

The FORD is nearing completion even as the Enterprise is taken

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Yes old ships go and new ones come, but what I think this really signifys is that US is going to be around for a very very long time

In 1991 prior to desert storm it was thought that US might be on a back seat, but that changed after what world seen in operations desert storm, the result of work done in 1980s and 1970s

Then with the rise of China again it was thought that maybe US may slip to back seat, but work during 1990s has ensured future of US

Almost all major and minor USN ships have replacement programmes, LPD, LHD, Aircraft carriers, DDG, SSN, SSBN infact every modern ship i can think ff has a replacement in place, even some of the new designs have replacements in place, this shows US has it's future secured, also they have showed they can meet new challenges by entering a new design of ships, the LCS, this is a new concept and shows a ship designed to meet a purpose going forward many decades

Add to that the Pacific Pivot, this means sea denial, which means more stealth, more warships and more advanced weaponry

We are living in very exciting times

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This is GREAT news.

This means now that all three services, US Air Force, US Marines, and now the US Navy have production aircraft in active squadrons.

That's a picture of the 1st F-35C arriving above. You can see that "101" for her VA-101 Squadron on her nose and the official Navy VFA-101 Squadron markings on the fuselage along with the , "Grim Reapers."

Very nice!

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... Isn't that an F-35B in the picture?

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Bltizo said:

... Isn't that an F-35B in the picture?

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Bye Krackies it is a B, man Bltizo, you got them eyeballs tuned up today bud, doesn't change the press release, it is after all an F-35, but that lift fan door is a calling card... brat

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Bltizo said:

... Isn't that an F-35B in the picture?

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Yes it is...I will find the right picture. I was on the Navy's site and clearly cut and past the wrong ling. Jeez!

...a few minutes later. There. Fixed that.

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Do you know I was just thinking, the Ford Class will have a life cycle of 100 years, 50 years in the build and 50 years in the operations, this means the next time something like this happens it will be in 22nd century, what will be the threats then?

Enjoy these pics and many others like them ( Queen Elizabeth Class) because they happen only once a generation

Just shows how hard it must be to design a carrier with the mindset that it will have to meet the challenges of 100 years ahead, to put that into prespective, 100 years ago naval aviation was just taking off!

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asif iqbal said:

Do you know I was just thinking, the Ford Class will have a life cycle of 100 years, 50 years in the build and 50 years in the operations, this means the next time something like this happens it will be in 22nd century, what will be the threats then?

Enjoy these pics and many others like them ( Queen Elizabeth Class) because they happen only once a generation

Just shows how hard it must be to design a carrier with the mindset that it will have to meet the challenges of 100 years ahead, to put that into prespective, 100 years ago naval aviation was just taking off!

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Well, it is true that the Ford's will be around for 100 years, but it will not be a hundred years before we see them building their replacement.

It will be just like it is now with the Nimitz class. The USS Nimitz construction was started in 1968, she was launched in 1972, and commissioned in 1975.

Almnost fifty years later, probably in 2016 or so, she will be decommissioned with the 2nd Ford class. But the Nimitz carriers will remain in commission and active for another 40-50 years, so almost 100 years altogether before they are all gone. But here mid-way through, the new ones start coming ob board.

The same will be true with the Ford's. So, I expect in fifty years (and I will be long gone by then) the first replacements for the Ford class, whatever that is going to be, will be already designed and under construction. When you consider that with the Ford class we are very likely going to see laser and rail-gun defenses early on in their relative life...as you say, there is no telling what we will see with the next generation.

They may not be even be ocean going aircraft carriers in the sense that we view them now. Maybe, by then, we will be eneter into the Battlestar Galactica type vessel era, where massive space craft will carry fighters, that will patrol the airspace, the oceans, and near space instead. Who knows?

All we have to do is have a couple of breakthroughs in certain technologies...like inertia/mass dampening, leading to propuslion solutions that make such vessels possible in gravity and in space. Anyhow, the rest of my life will be more than full with what goes on with the Ford class, it's new propulsion, it's new weapons systems, it's new aircraft and airwing.

Heck, a lot of that stuff was considered sci-fi only 20 years ago (rail guns, lasers, UCAVs, etc.). Fifty years from now, perhaps we will see things like inertia dampening becoming reality too.

Island Completed on the HMAS Canberra LHD-02

The final lift of the island structure for the Australian LHD Canberra was recently completed. She is expected to have her final launch in January 2014 for final olutfitting, trials, and then delivery to the RAN. The second ship is right on her heals, the HMAS Adelaide, LHD-01, to have final launch in early 2015.


She's looking very good now and these two vessels will add significantly to the Royal Australian Navy's capabilities, along with the three Hobart AEGIS destroyers they are building at the same time.

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nice looking ship, big ship!

they retained that ski jump and although the goverment has stated they have no provision for F35B i bet they do have plans for them

2 LHDs both have ski jumps! they need to arrange a cross-decking soon with F35B

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asif iqbal said:

nice looking ship, big ship!

they retained that ski jump and although the goverment has stated they have no provision for F35B i bet they do have plans for them

2 LHDs both have ski jumps! they need to arrange a cross-decking soon with F35B

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Well, the UK is stating and proceeding straight up with the F-35B. In fact, .


Italy is doing the same but has not received any aircraft yet.

But several other nations are going to have carriers that can accommodate F-35Bs and I think all of them will ultimately get them for those carriers. They will probably wait until the program is more mature and the costs come down from their perspective.

Spain, Japan, and Australia are the principle nations...though Korea and India are also potential future customers too.