F-35B/C Lightning II (Joint Strike Fighter)

[ChuckMK23]

I thought the whole "elephant walk" was strictly an AF thing - but our Marines brethren have embraced it as well!



https://theaviationist.com/2019/05/...5b-jets-at-marine-corps-air-station-beaufort/

 

[nittany03]

I thought the whole "elephant walk" was strictly an AF thing - but our Marines brethren have embraced it as well!

https://theaviationist.com/2019/05/...5b-jets-at-marine-corps-air-station-beaufort/

Let me get this straight . . . the RAG did an exercise to show combat readiness? Well, that certainly makes me sleep better at night. What's their CAT I throughput?

 

[nittany03]

Russia offers Turkey Su-57s if the F-35 deal falls through. I guess Sukhoi will be happy they get to make more than like 12 of the things. If Mr. Erdogan is OK with getting India's sloppy seconds, that is . . .

 

[Flash]

Russia offers Turkey Su-57s if the F-35 deal falls through. I guess Sukhoi will be happy they get to make more than like 12 of the things. If Mr. Erdogan is OK with getting India's sloppy seconds, that is . . .

Because the Su-57 program is going so well, having made it to squadron service already like the Russians promised a few years ago...

Of course given the long history of warm Russian-Turkish relations stretching back hundreds of years I am sure that things will continue to go swimmingly between the two countries and won't change along with the whims of two egotistical autocrats.

 

[jmcquate]

Just watched a vid from the Lincoln and thought I saw a 106 F-35, are they in the RAG?

 

[BarryD]

I thought the plan is to have the west coast + CAG-5 get them first, and they stood up VFA-125 . . . so I'm gonna guess no?

 

[Python]

Just watched a vid from the Lincoln and thought I saw a 106 F-35, are they in the RAG?

There is no such thing as a VFA-106 F-35.

 

[ChuckMK23]

Just curious - do the Bravos and Charlie’s have the outer wing missile rail fir AIM9’s like the AF does with their A’s?

F-35A On "Deterrence Mission" Over Middle East With Peculiar Single Sidewinder Loadout

It's just another tiny piece of an increasingly puzzling set of circumstances regarding the sudden need for the U.S. to deter Iranian aggression.

www.thedrive.com

 

[Brett327]

They configure similarly.

 

[Hair Warrior]

Because the Su-57 program is going so well, having made it to squadron service already like the Russians promised a few years ago...

Of course given the long history of warm Russian-Turkish relations stretching back hundreds of years I am sure that things will continue to go swimmingly between the two countries and won't change along with the whims of two egotistical autocrats.

Gülenist!

 

[Flash]

Gülenist!

Realist.

 

[Hair Warrior]

(I know)

 

[ChuckMK23]

I was genuinely surprised to read that Marines get the B and the C...

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6533851059717316608/

https://theaviationist.com/2019/06/...oint-strike-fighter-for-the-u-s-marine-corps/

 

[Python]

I was genuinely surprised to read that Marines get the B and the C...

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6533851059717316608/

https://theaviationist.com/2019/06/...oint-strike-fighter-for-the-u-s-marine-corps/

That’s always been the plan.

 

[Brett327]

That’s always been the plan.

Correct me if this is inaccurate, but the way to think of it is that the B is a Harrier replacement, and the C is a legacy Hornet replacement.