Tag: Joint Strike Fighter
According to Winiecki having the ability to bring the A-10 mission sets to the 461st FLTS, such as close-air-support, combat search and rescue and forward air controller, is important so the focus is not just on the air-to-air capabilities of the F-35 A routine F-35 flight test mission marked a significant event...
The Senate bill also calls on Secretary of Defense James Mattis to submit to Congress "a plan to remove the Government of the Republic of Turkey from participation in the F-35 program" On Jun. 19, 2018 the Pentagon said that, despite opposition from the U.S. Congress, Turkey is set to receive its first F-35 Joint Strike Fighters on Thursday during...
"Lockheed Martin would be happy to see you by our side during ‘The Republic of Turkey F-35 Delivery Ceremony' at Fort Worth on June 21," Lockheed Martin official invitation letter Lockheed Martin has sent out invitations to Turkey for the official handover of the first Turkish F-35A on Jun. 21, 2018. "Lockheed Martin would be happy to see you by our...
The USAF aims to maintain a fleet of 285 A-10 aircraft out into the 2030s According Jane's, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) has issued a request for proposals (RFP) to re-wing about 100 of its Fairchild-Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II close air support (CAS) aircraft. The RFP for the A-10 Thunderbolt Advanced Wing Continuation Kitting (ATTACK) program, which was released on May 25,...
The F-35C’s current range will not allow it to strike enemy targets without putting the carrier in harm’s way Stars and Stripes says the U.S. House Armed Services Committee (HASC) has directed the U.S. Navy to report back by 2019 on how to “expand the strike range of a carrier air wing in a contested environment.” After concluding that the...
Luftwaffe’s Chief active support of the F-35 clashes with current Ministry of Defence planning, which prefers a successor solution involving the Eurofighter Typhoon Jane’s says the head of Luftwaffe (German Air Force), Lt. Gen. Karl Müllner, will be leaving his post in May in large part due to his support for a German procurement of the F-35. The news of his...
By eliminating radar reflections between the diverter and the aircraft's skin, diverterless supersonic inlet crucially improve the F-35's very-low-observable characteristics The interesting photos in this post show an F-16 modified with diverterless supersonic inlet, or DSI, developed for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) - now the F-35 Lightning II - program. At high aircraft speeds through supersonic, the bump in...
In stealth mode, the F-35 can carry 5,700 pounds of internal ordnance. Once air dominance is established, the F-35 converts to beast mode, carrying up to 22,000 pounds of combined internal and external weapons Known for its stealthy characteristics, the F-35 is a multirole platform that can adapt to any task it’s called on to complete. And according to Lockheed Martin...
Even if the GAU-22/A gun doesn't feature the same raw power of the A-10's GAU-8/A Avenger, the Joint Strike Fighter is ready for next year CAS flyoff between the F-35 and A-10 Taken at Naval Air Station (NAS) Pax River, the interesting video in this post shows F-35B BF-01 completing the first ever aircraft-mounted test-fire of the podded GAU-22/A gun. According...
“The compromise was extensive and extreme, it included information on the F-35, C-130, P-8, JDAM and few naval vessels," Mitchell Clarke, Australian Signals Directorate manager Sloppy cyber-security practices has allowed hackers to steal data on the F-35, C-130, P-8 and JDAM from an Australian defense contractor. As reported by News.com.au, Dan Tehan, the minister in charge of cyber security, said that...
