Jura The idiot
General
while in London last week, I thought I should go to tell the Admiralty ... just kidding LOL
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
Speaking of Last Week in the UK It was Tank Fest at the Bovington Tank Museum. (side note the Tank of my current Avatar is in the Bovington Tank museum The TOG 2)
Now little modern military related but the British Army was out enforce to recruite and showed off Megatron there Challenger 2 testing vehicle.
Jura The idiot
General
Jun 30, 2018
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USAF, RAF Look to Keep Communication Lines Open as They Bring on F-35s
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related article:
USAF, RAF Look to Keep Communication Lines Open as They Bring on F-35s
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RAF announces new Typhoon, Protector squadrons
Gareth Jennings, London
The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) is to transition its final two Panavia Tornado GR4 units over to new types as it retires the strike aircraft from service over the coming months.
Speaking at the Air Power Conference 2018 in London, Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) Air Chief Marshall Sir Steven Hillier said that 9 Squadron and 31 Squadron will be re-roled to the Eurofighter Typhoon multirole combat aircraft and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) MQ-9B Protector unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) respectively.
The RAF currently has approximately 40 Tornado aircraft still in service, with the last of these set to be retired in early 2019. ACM Hillier said that 9 Squadron at RAF Marham will be stood down as a Tornado unit later this year, before being immediately reformed as a Typhoon unit at RAF Lossiemouth.
31 Squadron, also at RAF Marham, will stand down in early 2019 before being reformed as the service’s first Protector unit at RAF Waddington. ACM Hillier did not say when 31 Squadron would be stood up again, but it is not expected to receive its first aircraft until 2024.
In terms of the aircraft to equip 9 Squadron, ACM Hillier made it clear that the RAF will not be buying new Typhoons. Instead, this unit and 12 (Bomber) Squadron, which will follow it at RAF Coningsby as the RAF’s second new Typhoon unit, will be populated with Typhoons that were slated for retirement but were spared during the Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) in 2015.
Jane’s had previously been told by then (now retired) Deputy Commander of Operations Air Marshal Greg Bagwell that these 24 early model Tranche 1 Typhoons would be fielded as a separate air defence force, with the later and more capable Tranche 2 and Tranche 3 aircraft used in a multirole capacity.
Gareth Jennings, London
The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) is to transition its final two Panavia Tornado GR4 units over to new types as it retires the strike aircraft from service over the coming months.
Speaking at the Air Power Conference 2018 in London, Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) Air Chief Marshall Sir Steven Hillier said that 9 Squadron and 31 Squadron will be re-roled to the Eurofighter Typhoon multirole combat aircraft and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) MQ-9B Protector unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) respectively.
The RAF currently has approximately 40 Tornado aircraft still in service, with the last of these set to be retired in early 2019. ACM Hillier said that 9 Squadron at RAF Marham will be stood down as a Tornado unit later this year, before being immediately reformed as a Typhoon unit at RAF Lossiemouth.
31 Squadron, also at RAF Marham, will stand down in early 2019 before being reformed as the service’s first Protector unit at RAF Waddington. ACM Hillier did not say when 31 Squadron would be stood up again, but it is not expected to receive its first aircraft until 2024.
In terms of the aircraft to equip 9 Squadron, ACM Hillier made it clear that the RAF will not be buying new Typhoons. Instead, this unit and 12 (Bomber) Squadron, which will follow it at RAF Coningsby as the RAF’s second new Typhoon unit, will be populated with Typhoons that were slated for retirement but were spared during the Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) in 2015.
Jane’s had previously been told by then (now retired) Deputy Commander of Operations Air Marshal Greg Bagwell that these 24 early model Tranche 1 Typhoons would be fielded as a separate air defence force, with the later and more capable Tranche 2 and Tranche 3 aircraft used in a multirole capacity.
True.. why hasn't the UK purchased SH-60 Seahawks?..This must be a money issue. Correct?
Well we use Merlin HM2s and Lynx Wildcats in the shipboard ASW role, though as usual we don't have nearly enough of either, they are superlative machines in service. Only 30 Merlins are receiving the upgrade to HM2 standard, with a further 8 airframes held in storage. The HM2s are also expected to cover the Crowsnest AEW role with a 'bolt on' radar kit which works fine but it's a numbers game. The QECs are scheduled to deploy with 9 ASW HM2 Merlins and 5 AEW Merlins, 14 aircraft, nearly half the fleet! We have the right aircraft, just not enough to go round because the Treasury are obsessed with cuts every year.
This is a 6th generation fighter.
The UK will buy a sufficient number of F-35Bs to get them through to that point. Remember, we are talking about 15 years in the future. I still believe the number they plan is around 138 F-35s.
Jura The idiot
General
future huh "The immediate problem, of course, is whether the United Kingdom will be able to position itself as a viable partner, let alone leader in such a program given its present political and economic turmoil."
The U.K.'s New 'Tempest' Stealth Fighter Project Already Faces Serious Challenges
July 16, 2018
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Of Handed Over 2xC-130J Super Hercules To
Already Operates 4xC-130E And Have 2xC-130J & 1xC-130H On Order And Those Will Be Delivered Within 2019(Expected).
Already Operates 4xC-130E And Have 2xC-130J & 1xC-130H On Order And Those Will Be Delivered Within 2019(Expected).