Posted on 12/10/2021 10:23:55 PM PST by BenLurkin
The procurement from Lockheed, including weapons as well as service and maintenance until 2030, is estimated to cost 8.378 billion euros ($9.44 billion), the government said.
The construction of hangars and other equipment will add a further 777 million euros, and 824 million euros will be reserved for the final optimised weapons package and to control future contract amendments, it added.
Finland is the 14th nation to opt for the F-35. It will begin phasing in the F-35 from 2027 onwards, said Airforce Commander Pasi Jokinen.
Boeing said it still sees significant international interest in its F/A-18 Block III Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler.
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I guess these are the standard Air Force model. I think they make 3, that one, the tailhook Navy, and the VTOL Marine. I thought they were still having problems with the VTOL.
Are they setting up their own Operation Barbarossa? Lol
What I’ve read so far about the F-35B variant is that its working and has already been delivered to a few nations, like England ect.
The British Navy just lost one recently during training for their new Carrier. I think the story there was negligence, not because of the F-35’s STOL
Congrats miltary industrial complex .
FYI, the AF version has a tailhook.
the F-35A tail hook is not the same as the tail hook on the F-35C nor does it have the the same landing gear. The A model hook is for emergency landing with the AF emergency landing kit. (think short landing area on a road/highway or damaged runway.) I would assume you know that.
I did not know that. Is it for an emergency landing on a carrier?
What would the hook do on a highway or damaged runway?
“What would the hook do on a highway or damaged runway?”
They set up an arresting cable.
Many AF aircraft have tailhooks to catch emergency arrestor cables that are installed at both military and civilian runways.
https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/150_5220_9a.pdf
I did not know that, and I was a Jr. member of the Civil Air Patrol.
Hmmm...
Does that mean they will have more F-35s than the U.S. AF?
Normal operations with fighter aircraft. Used to stop fighters landing with an emergency or battle damage. Where the naval barrier cables stop an aircraft in a few feet, AF barriers will stop an aircraft in about 500-750 feet. They are usually configured with two per runway and are bi-directional, can be engaged going either way on a runway. A landing emergency fighter will normally engage the cable at the approach end with the cable at the departure end available if he misses the first cable. A fighter taking off and having a problem on his takeoff roll can abort the takeoff and engage the cable at the departure end. It’s really common, I must have seen thousands of barrier engagements in my career.
Thanks, that was interesting. I’m from Longview, TX, and our airport was the first civilian one to have a 10,000 ft. runway in the state. I heard it was an emergency landing place for the military between the DFW area and Barksdale in Shreveport.
The Air Force has an emergency field landing kit that is used for these situations. It has a cable system that runs across the road or damaged runway and uses the same principal as what the Navy uses. But the jet isn’t designed to do this repeatedly.
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