I smell Humble Pie cooking...what a sweet smell it is. I've been cooking a lot myself lately.
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F-35B/C Lightning II (Joint Strike Fighter)
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I smell Humble Pie cooking...what a sweet smell it is. I've been cooking a lot myself lately.
8"x20" MFD, Finger-on-Screen capability, and new Helmet system, Brit-style g-suit and new, adjustable Martin Baker seat are some of the highlights.
http://www.codeonemagazine.com/archives/2006/articles/apr_06/front-office/index.html
-jai5w4
Isn't this the girl who does our safety video at Delta - you know, the one who wags her finger saying smoking is not allowed - Deltalina? Seriously, any Delta guys back me up here?
She's kinda hot. Do you think modeling flight gear is the bottom rung of the fashion model ladder?
Sweet...........................I think it's somewhere near the rung occupied by the AAFES military clothing models. Definitely near ground level.
If the redhead comes with it, sign me up.
Is that helmet actually carbon fiber?
Is that helmet actually carbon fiber?
Ah, the eternal redhead question,"Does the flight suit match the g-suit?":icon_tong
F-35 air-to-air
Encouraging, but disappointing at the same time. You'd think that kind of money would trounce anything. On the other hand, the network and stealth capabilities may be the most valuable parts of the aircraft.
I don't think this is a repost, but I didn't check all 20 pages of thread.
Encouraging, but disappointing at the same time. You'd think that kind of money would trounce anything. On the other hand, the network and stealth capabilities may be the most valuable parts of the aircraft.
I don't think this is a repost, but I didn't check all 20 pages of thread.
Yeah, I know the article is about the F-35's air combat capes, but if this were the only article you read about the whole program you would say "That plane isn't very awesome." In fact, it seems like the air to air business is all anybody can talk about, and I don't really understand why. Where are the articles about how it can drop a bomb with the accuracy the size of the spot on a lady bug's nutsack?
UpstateSouthpaw
On to Whiting North
If any one is interested I'm pretty sure there is an F-35 simulator at the P'cola O'Club, the brief they had for it was last Wednesday. Not sure how much longer it will be there.
Calcutta126
Gay guitar pickers don't turn me on
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter at Eglin AFB
JSF visits future training home
Pensacola New Journal article
JSF visits future training home
Pensacola New Journal article
Joint Strike Fighter and its impact on the Navy
With the introduction of the f-35 lightning II into the military, how do you expect this to affect the Navy in 2010-2020?
From what i have read from various spots on the internet, the f-35 will come the the AF and Marines first with the A and B versions of the Airframe, and the Navy will receive its C version last (somewhere around 2018??? if i remember correctly). I may have gotten bad info, enlighten me if this is the case.
Well my main questions are; how will this affect the Navy? Will those branches perhaps see a higher need for recruiting pilots and perhaps ask the Navy for some help? Will some NA's get a chance to learn the f-35 while it is under the AF's ownership? Will the huge influx of F-35's to the Air force cause them to have a big heart and slide a few f-22's to the Navy (can you blame me for my optimism)?
Anyway just a question i figured i would throw out there. It just seems to me with a new JSF airframe hitting the skys, there may be a serious game of pilot musical chairs on the horizon.
With the introduction of the f-35 lightning II into the military, how do you expect this to affect the Navy in 2010-2020?
From what i have read from various spots on the internet, the f-35 will come the the AF and Marines first with the A and B versions of the Airframe, and the Navy will receive its C version last (somewhere around 2018??? if i remember correctly). I may have gotten bad info, enlighten me if this is the case.
Well my main questions are; how will this affect the Navy? Will those branches perhaps see a higher need for recruiting pilots and perhaps ask the Navy for some help? Will some NA's get a chance to learn the f-35 while it is under the AF's ownership? Will the huge influx of F-35's to the Air force cause them to have a big heart and slide a few f-22's to the Navy (can you blame me for my optimism)?
Anyway just a question i figured i would throw out there. It just seems to me with a new JSF airframe hitting the skys, there may be a serious game of pilot musical chairs on the horizon.
hendogg311
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Nope. The Air Force doesn't have very many F-22's. So they definitely aren't sendung any to the Navy. Even if they did, it can land on the carrier. The Navy is happy with the Rhino for right now. I don't think recruiting will be any different than it is right now. There will be plenty of F-16 and A-10 pilots who will convert to F-35.
This is possibly the sneakiest way I've ever seen someone ask "what are my chances of getting jets?"
To answer your question, though: the F-35 will be phased into service just like every other new platform ever. First to transition will be the RAG (or in this case, the Joint RAG at Eglin), which will train the initial cadre of instructors. Then Fleet squadrons will transition, which they do en-masse, handing in their old jets and training as a unit on the new ones. Usually the squadrons with the oldest planes go first, so the first to transition will probably be the last of the Charlie Hornet squadrons. A bit later, they'll begin training CAT I nuggets (new students out of the Jet pipeline). As the RAG's capacity for CAT 1 studs increases, they'll steadily increase their intake while steadily turning off the C-Hornet tap and reducing Rhino intake.
Of coure, that's just a general timeline, and they'll be a lot of swapping airframes and politics, but that's how it's done with any new airplane. The VAW's getting the E-2D and the VP's getting the P-8 will go more or less the same way.
So, no, barring anything weird, there won't be any great uproar when the JSF is introduced. And there's no chance in hell the Navy will get any F-22's.
To answer your question, though: the F-35 will be phased into service just like every other new platform ever. First to transition will be the RAG (or in this case, the Joint RAG at Eglin), which will train the initial cadre of instructors. Then Fleet squadrons will transition, which they do en-masse, handing in their old jets and training as a unit on the new ones. Usually the squadrons with the oldest planes go first, so the first to transition will probably be the last of the Charlie Hornet squadrons. A bit later, they'll begin training CAT I nuggets (new students out of the Jet pipeline). As the RAG's capacity for CAT 1 studs increases, they'll steadily increase their intake while steadily turning off the C-Hornet tap and reducing Rhino intake.
Of coure, that's just a general timeline, and they'll be a lot of swapping airframes and politics, but that's how it's done with any new airplane. The VAW's getting the E-2D and the VP's getting the P-8 will go more or less the same way.
So, no, barring anything weird, there won't be any great uproar when the JSF is introduced. And there's no chance in hell the Navy will get any F-22's.
