Posted on 06/28/2016 5:54:10 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
the f-35 haters aren’t going to like this.
The F-35 is a great airplane until you have to get down in the mud and take out troops, tanks and trucks with surgical precision. Then call in the A-10s.
Not enough information to be celebrating, or hating-on the -35.
I suspect that this report is as accurate as Obama’s economic reports.
Ha.
I smell the F-111 all over again.
And unemployment is at an all time low.
I highly doubt the F-35 could survive long in airspace controlled by the Russian S-400/S-500 missile system.
Don’t take them to Syria and try to create a no-fly zone.
I wonder if the “simulation” used the F-35 working the way it says it will on paper, or if they used the aircraft as it currently exists. On paper, the F-35 is a very impressive aircraft. The reality, however...
Get the F15s and F35s up and we'll see. Upgrading the F-15 with engines and a radar/IRS&T/AAM package of the same generation as that of the F35 would almost equalise almost all advantages the F35 has except stealth.
They were using Stink bombs?.......................
Mtn. Home AFB, my old stomping grounds, circa 1978-81!
This isn’t an aspect of hate of the F-35 from my perspective, but the results most definitely beg the question about the scenario assumptions of the engagements in each integral part.
What level of performance filter was applied to the F-15Es with respect to whatever “Red” opposition they were supposed to emulate? What tactics were the “red” pilots limited to? We’re filters applied to F-15E radars and weapons systems to conform to what “red” platform?”
Who put the engagement scenarios together? Lockheed Martin? The government? What group? Were tactic and capabilities from cognizant intel communities consulted?
I’ll tell you. I’ve been involved in “tests” like this in the past. I can even tell you I was in a ground radar station once when the operators were getting briefed on the scenario. After the briefing, the head operator asked the test engineer, “do we get to take our blindfolds off at any time during this test?”
I have not been a fan of the F-35, but if this was a valid test against F-15Es, it says the F-35 is a serious aircraft, for sure.
One key difference. F-15 has to see and point at the F-35 to acquire a missile lock. On a stealth plane, this is no easy task. The F-35 can target multiple planes simultaneously without pointing at rhe aircraft, or even being in the area. A different F-35 can acquire the targets while the wingman targets and fires. That’s a trick no one else can match. What one aircraft sees, they all see.
Hopefully, by the time the F-35 is actually commissioned and approved to go into air combat, we will have a POTUS that will actually use them...
They can do it with UCAVs too.
Which is, of course, the future of air combat.
Each manned aircraft controlling 2-6 UCAVs and operating as a single, integrated unit.
Throw in a little AI and you have magic.
It's hard to say.
In other news unemployment is 4.9 percent and Islam is still a religion of peace.
Israel takes deliver of F-35s starting early next year. Best to wait for leaks from Israel about its actual performance under fire.
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