F-35 Cancelled, then what ?
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VIDEO: Serious Container Abuse by GBU-32
VIDEO HERE: F-35 fighter jet passes bomb accuracy test | Video | Reuters.com
Weapons release completes F-35 flight test milestone 12 Dec 2013 australianaviation.com.au
Weapons release completes F-35 flight test milestone | Australian Aviation Magazine
Weapons release completes F-35 flight test milestone 12 Dec 2013 australianaviation.com.au
"Lockheed Martin has proclaimed a successful test flight and verification year for weapons integration following the successful employment of a GBU-32 JDAM from an F-35B’s internal weapons bay against a fixed ground test target.
The F-35B aircraft, BF-18, launched from the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base was piloted by US Marine Corps test pilot Lt. Col. Jon “Miles” Ohman, and operated with Block 2B software. The 100 [1,000] pound GBU-32 was released from an altitude of 25,000 feet.
Lockheed Martin vice president of F-35 test and verification said: “This milestone completed the 2013 U.S. Government and Lockheed Martin integrated test force team commitment to perform a Weapon Delivery Accuracy test for each of the Block 2B software weapon types, which includes the AIM-120, GBU-12, and GBU-31/32.”
It was the final weapons test of 2013 for the program."
The F-35B aircraft, BF-18, launched from the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base was piloted by US Marine Corps test pilot Lt. Col. Jon “Miles” Ohman, and operated with Block 2B software. The 100 [1,000] pound GBU-32 was released from an altitude of 25,000 feet.
Lockheed Martin vice president of F-35 test and verification said: “This milestone completed the 2013 U.S. Government and Lockheed Martin integrated test force team commitment to perform a Weapon Delivery Accuracy test for each of the Block 2B software weapon types, which includes the AIM-120, GBU-12, and GBU-31/32.”
It was the final weapons test of 2013 for the program."
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That will shut the doubters up - or they may question how much of said accuracy is in the jet and how much is in the JDAM. Hmmm, tricky.
Have 'we' got anything like it, or are we playing our usual game of catch-up whilst pompously announcing that nothing is rotten in the state of Denmark.
suspect weapon went through dead centre of target mass
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First real budget since 2009, immediate effect for the DoD is at least a budget increase of 21 billion$.
Furthermore, over half the active military personnel sit behind desks or are on staff jobs. Additionally, DoD currently have 1.5 million civilian employees divided between civil servants and contract personnel, more than double that of 25 years ago. Joint Task Force staffs have increased from 7 in 1987 to 250 today. It is costly bureaucracy at its finest. There is ~$400 billion in unfunded cost growth in current Pentagon programs. It is no wonder we have less of everything. The budget increase of $21 billion will be quickly swallowed up, but not by funding more equipment, but by paying for the bureaucracy and bureaucrats.
Aren't we being a tiny bit scathing? Agreed, it should be able to hit a barn door, but always good to see that it can and that the end-to-end system check was successful.
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Well it can take out the "Emma Maersk" anyway
EMMA MAERSK (IMO: 9321483, MMSI: 220417000, Callsign: OYGR2) ship photo by Lichtschrijver - 433483 - FleetMon.com
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
Well it can take out the "Emma Maersk" anyway
They'd probably wonder what the bang was and spend days looking for the problem*.......
*Hypebole, but you get the point.
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I suspect there aren't any people on the Emma Mearsk anyway.................. it's all run from an office in Copenhagen...............
after all if anyone gets in the way they can just run over them..............
I suspect there aren't any people on the Emma Mearsk anyway.................. it's all run from an office in Copenhagen...............
after all if anyone gets in the way they can just run over them..............
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Courtney,
On reflection you are probably correct. It is actually great to see a Gen 5 aircraft loosing off a GPS guided weapon 5 years prior to ISD and 35 years before it's OSD. I am led to believe that the 'stealthy as a breeze block' Eurofighter 2000 might even field PW4 next year a mere 14 years past the gate and with only 17 before the scrap heap beckons.
Have a good week end all, it's red wine o'clock!
On reflection you are probably correct. It is actually great to see a Gen 5 aircraft loosing off a GPS guided weapon 5 years prior to ISD and 35 years before it's OSD. I am led to believe that the 'stealthy as a breeze block' Eurofighter 2000 might even field PW4 next year a mere 14 years past the gate and with only 17 before the scrap heap beckons.
Have a good week end all, it's red wine o'clock!
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Choke on your Banans (Swiss Variety) or regurgitate youse vino but now the UK has 3% and the Dutchies 2% of the F-35 produce:
Lockheed Martin Celebrates 100th F-35 Lightning II · Lockheed Martin
'Fox3WheresMyBanana' I have the location of the A-4 banan dispenser if you require it.
Lockheed Martin Celebrates 100th F-35 Lightning II · Lockheed Martin
'Fox3WheresMyBanana' I have the location of the A-4 banan dispenser if you require it.
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