F-35 Lightning II

For the First Time Ever, the F-35B Takes-Off at Sea With Full Weapons Load and Drops Live-Bombs

http://hrana.org/news/2016/11/for-t...-with-full-weapons-load-and-drops-live-bombs/

The Marine Corps F-35B Short-Take-Off-and-Vertical-Landing Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter took off from a Navy amphibious assault ship for the first time with a full load of weapons — in preparation for its planned deployment in 2018.

The aircraft flew from the Navy’s first America-Class Amphibious Assault Ship, the USS America, to Yuma Proving Grounds, Ariz., where it dropped live precision guided weapons on mock targets in the desert.

The F-35B dropped laser-guided GBU 12s and satellite-guided GBU 32s as part of the exercise; the ordance team aboard the USS America assembled 72-GBU 12s and 40-GBU 32s aboar the ship, Marine Corps officials said.

“Laser-guided bomb (LGB) kits consist of a computer control group and air foil group normally attached to a general-purpose bomb to form an LGB. The dual mode, laser-guided kit enhances existing LGB kits by adding GPS/inertial navigation system capabilities,” a Navy statement from Chief Petty Officer John Scorza said.

Bomb assembly aboard the ship includes integrating the bomb body and warhead with the stabilzing fins and computer controls. Reports from the ship say the ordnance team quickly improved the speed of their bomb assembly operation.

With the bombs built by America, the test pilots from Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron1 from Edwards Air Force Base, California, conducted successful live-weapons tests for two consecutive days by dropping six GBU-12s on a live-weapons range in Yuma, Arizona, Scorza writes.

The bomb-dropping exercises with the F-35B is seen as a critical part of the aircraft’s development, as the F-35 multi-role fighter is designed for land attack missions as well as amphibious assault support, ISR and air-to-air engagements.

All of this took place as part of Developmental Testing III wherein the F-35B underwent envelope expansion via a series of launches and recoveries in various operating conditions such as high sea states and winds, Capt. Sarah Burns, Marine Corps spokeswoman, told Scout Warrior.

Twelve F-35Bs from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 and Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron One (VMX-1), two MV-22B Ospreys, one UH-1Y Venom and one AH-1Z Viper are participating. Prior to this, the most F-35Bs aboard a ship was six.

DT-III was also the first time an operational F-35B took off with the latest Block 3F software at sea, and involved the first qualification of a British Royal Navy F-35B.
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F-35:n toimintamatkasta:

 
http://aviationweek.com/defense/congress-wants-10-vs-f-35-flyoff

"In the compromise bill, unveiled Nov. 30, House and Senate negotiators adopted a provision that would mandate the Pentagon’s top weapons tester complete comparison tests of the F-35 and A-10 performing the Warthog’s primary missions: close-air support (CAS) of soldiers in the heat of battle, combat search and rescue, and airborne forward air control. The chief weapons tester must report to Congress on the results of this test, as well as the findings of the F-35’s final test period, called initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E)"

"The Air Force may begin divesting the A-10 only after the secretary submits a report to lawmakers on the results of IOT&E and the flyoff"
 
http://www.defense-aerospace.com/ar...eed-50-maintenance-hours-per-flight-hour.html

"The number of aircraft in service -- 597 by late FY18 and (597 + 163 = 760) by late FY19) imply that the total requested 17 million man-hours of support equates to 12,527 per aircraft per year, or about 1,043 hours per aircraft per month.
Given that the average F-35 combat aircraft is expected to fly 250 hours per year, simple arithmetic shows that Navair expects the F-35 to require, on average, 50.1 maintenance man-hours per flight hour – it would have required 41.75 MMH if it flew 300 flight hours, as originally planned.
The US Air Force originally planned to fly its F-35s 300 FH per Primary Aircraft Inventory per year. Subsequently, it reduced the F-35A flying hours from 300 to 250 FH per PAI."
 
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(timelapse, ei ole tohtoroitu kuva vaan sama pommi jäänyt kuvaan monta kertaa)
 
https://insidedefense.com/daily-new...ight-test-f-35c-design-fix-couple-months-late

"The Pentagon will be a couple of months late flight testing a design fix for the Navy's version of the Joint Strike Fighter, a fix that strengthens the wing to support the weight of the AIM-9X air-to-air missile. The F-35C carrier variant test aircraft is undergoing modifications involving the proposed design change and the Defense Department expects to begin testing in January 2017..."
 
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https://insidedefense.com/daily-new...ight-test-f-35c-design-fix-couple-months-late

"The Pentagon will be a couple of months late flight testing a design fix for the Navy's version of the Joint Strike Fighter, a fix that strengthens the wing to support the weight of the AIM-9X air-to-air missile. The F-35C carrier variant test aircraft is undergoing modifications involving the proposed design change and the Defense Department expects to begin testing in January 2017..."
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Eli ainakin tuohon versioon siis integroidaan Sidewinder. Ulkoisena?
 
jokuvaan kirjoitti:
http://www.defense-aerospace.com/ar...eed-50-maintenance-hours-per-flight-hour.html

"The number of aircraft in service -- 597 by late FY18 and (597 + 163 = 760) by late FY19) imply that the total requested 17 million man-hours of support equates to 12,527 per aircraft per year, or about 1,043 hours per aircraft per month.
Given that the average F-35 combat aircraft is expected to fly 250 hours per year, simple arithmetic shows that Navair expects the F-35 to require, on average, 50.1 maintenance man-hours per flight hour – it would have required 41.75 MMH if it flew 300 flight hours, as originally planned.
The US Air Force originally planned to fly its F-35s 300 FH per Primary Aircraft Inventory per year. Subsequently, it reduced the F-35A flying hours from 300 to 250 FH per PAI."
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Hurjia määriä. Samasta artikkelista suhteutus.

Four years into their operational career, F-35 fighters are expected to require between 41.75 and 50.1 maintenance man-hours (MMH) per flight hours, or about three times as many as most fighter aircraft currently operated by Western air forces.

Voisi toivoa, että tulisi alaspäin, mutta kyllä se silti jäänee työläämmäksi, myös Usafin projektioiden perusteella.
 
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F-35 Weekly Update:

https://a855196877272cb14560-2a4fa8...ckcdn.com/17296/f35_weekly_update_12_1_16.pdf

F-35B DT-III Complete

After three weeks on board, and just in time for Thanksgiving, our PAX River test team completed DT-III for the F-35B. Overall, they accomplished 60 flights, 128 vertical landings, 126 short takeoffs, two vertical takeoffs, and expanded the F-35B’s shipboard operating envelope to full operational capability for the U.S. Marine Corps. "As we all know, we can't choose the battle and the location of the battle, so sometimes we have to go into rough seas with heavy swells, heave, roll, pitch and crosswinds," said Royal Air force (RAF) Squadron Leader Andy Edgell, an F-35 test pilot embedded at the ITF. "The last couple of days we went and purposely found those nasty conditions and put the jets through those places, and the jet handled fantastically well.” Great work to everyone on board who made this final at-sea test period for SDD a success. The testing accomplished is critical to the Marine Corps’ ability to deploy a squadron of F-35Bs on an amphibious assault ship.

Lightning Carrier Proof of Concept

As the F-35B DT-III team finished their work on board, they handed the ship over to the Marine Corps, which accomplished the Lightning Carrier Proof of Concept. At the peak of operations, 12 F-35Bs operated from the ship along with other essential Marine Corps aircraft. One of the more impressive missions occurred when four F-35Bs engaged a notional integrated air defense system (IADS) threat on the shore, while two others provided armed escort for V-22s as they delivered their notional load of Marines. “When you put six, eight or 12 F-35s on this ship, it instantly becomes the most powerful concentration of combat power ever put to sea in the history of the World,” said Marine Corps F-35 Test Pilot Maj. John Dirk. The F-35B represents the first supersonic stealth fighter jet that can launch and recovery from an amphibious assault ship. This USMC demonstration to launch anywhere in the world from the sea to defend our country and allies is the culmination of years of hard work and dedication. It’s no longer a concept. The future of F-35B at sea operations is very real and here today!
 
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F-35 Weekly Update:

“When you put six, eight or 12 F-35s on this ship, it instantly becomes the most powerful concentration of combat power ever put to sea in the history of the World,” said Marine Corps F-35 Test Pilot Maj. John Dirk.
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Voi vaan kuvitella kuinka riemuisaan US Navyn kaverit ovat siitä kun Marine Corps (god forbid) rehentelee "most powerful concentration of combat power ever put to sea". Jos Maverickilta ja Gooselta kysyisi, niin tuossa olisi ihan riittävästi syytä pieneen sisällissotaan.

Onhan tuo tietenkin ihan perusteltu väittämä, varsinkin jos ajattelee, että siellä on sekä hävittäjiä, koptereita, tankkeja ja merijalkaväen pataljoona samassa paketissa.
 
Sellainen ei niin ajankohtainen ihmetyksen aihe.. Täällä kun jotkut kertoilevat ettei kolmevitoseen mahdu sisään kuin eskimopuikko ja siitäkin vain tikku. Niin mihin ne laserit jäähdyttimineen olisi tarkoitus saada josta Jenkit tykkäävät puhua? Samaan koloon jossa vertikaaliversiossa on etusuutin? Kun ei minun ymmärryksellä häiveestä ja ilmavirtojen käyttäytymisestä sellaista pakettia voi rungon ulkopuolellekaan pultata..

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Voi vaan kuvitella kuinka riemuisaan US Navyn kaverit ovat siitä kun Marine Corps (god forbid) rehentelee "most powerful concentration of combat power ever put to sea". Jos Maverickilta ja Gooselta kysyisi, niin tuossa olisi ihan riittävästi syytä pieneen sisällissotaan.

Onhan tuo tietenkin ihan perusteltu väittämä, varsinkin jos ajattelee, että siellä on sekä hävittäjiä, koptereita, tankkeja ja merijalkaväen pataljoona samassa paketissa.
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Taisi kaveri mehuissaan unohtaa ballistisia atomipuikkoja ampuvat sukellusveneet.. vai eikö niitä lasketa "combat poweriksi"? :)
 
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