Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF)

During Pompeo's visit, the supply of 20 F35 was launched, 6 of which will be purchased on smart loan in 2012 and together with the first 6 Rafale will be the firepower of the Greek Air Force. The USA escaped the behavior of the Turks and sold us with facilities and through the government-to-government process the F35s that the neighbors had ordered. On the part of the purchase and use of the S400 the glass overflowed. The overflow is not limited to the supply of F35s but also to the remote at this time possible to transfer the base of Ensirlik to Crete. The issue is described as "early" but is already being officially discussed in the US Senate.
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Interesting indeed.
 
Ironic because of the Turkish government's hedging its bets on defence by acquiring S400 being followed by its arch-rival getting F-35. How much of an improvement to the Turkish position is that? No random event as I see it.
 
It's important to look at what's not in the sale — like electronic warfare airplanes, DesRoches noted [an associate professor and senior military fellow at the National Defense University in Washington] . "That probably means there was a tech review and it was decided that we wouldn't offer the UAE aircraft with the capabilities it wanted — that is, we're not giving them everything they asked for as Trump is bum-rushed out the door." Defense contracts and deliveries can take years to finalize, he added.
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https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/11/12...tration-pushes-through-final-arms-sales-.html
 
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TomcatViP said:
Greece fast tracking F-35 with used airframe acquisition:
Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos already has a proposal ready for the US for the acquisition of six fifth-generation F-35 fighters, with few flight hours, which could even be delivered to Greece within 2021.
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https://www.ekathimerini.com/259185...greece-eyeing-boost-with-f-35-rafale-aircraft
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What makes the F-46 a sixth gen aircraft? Fifth, OK, but SIXTH?
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Um, the article refers to the F-35 (not F-46) as a fifth-generation aircraft. No mention of sixth-generation anywhere. Maybe you got thrown off because the initial delivery would be six aircraft?
 
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Providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the United Arab Emirates of certain defense articles and services.

500 Sidewinder AIM–9X Block II+ (Plus) Tactical Missiles;
40 Sidewinder AIM–9X Block II Captive Air Training Missiles (CATMs);
3 Sidewinder AIM–9X Block II Special Air Training Missiles (NATMS);
50 Sidewinder AIM–9X Block II+ (Plus) Tactical Guidance Units;
25 Sidewinder AIM–9X Block II CATM Guidance Units;
containers; spares; support equipment and missile support; United States Government and contractor technical assistance and other related logistics support; and other associated support equipment and services with a value of $490,000,000

to a previous sale notified to Congress on March 7, 2018, by Congressional certification of the possible sale
300 AIM–9X–2 Sidewinder Block II All-Up-Round Missiles;
40 AIM–9X–2 Sidewinder Captive Air Training Missiles (CATMs);
30 AIM–9X–2 Block II Tactical Guidance Units;
15 AIM–9X–2 CATM Units;
containers; spares; support equipment and missile support; United States Government and contractor technical assistance and other related logistics support; and other associated support equipment and services.

https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLS/116/2/hjres/BILLS-116hjres103ih.xml
Block II+ aka AIM-9X-3 is unique version for 5-th gen fighters
 
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Congress did not allow Arabs to buy the newest version AIM-9X-3 for F-35, but agree to sell AIM-9X-2

In FY17 the program will begin to produce a third variant of the missile labeled the AIM-9X Block II PLUS (Block II+) to meet survivability requirements inherent to the 5th generation aircraft platforms. The Block II+ will be procured only for specific critical mission area and the balance of the AIM-9X inventory will be continue to be produced as regular Block II missiles to meet munitions requirement. AIM-9X Block II+ is being procured in 2017 for a 2019 delivery.
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In FY17 the program will begin to produce a third variant of the missile labeled the AIM-9X Block II PLUS (Block II+) to meet survivability requirements inherent to the 5th generation aircraft platforms. The Block II+ will be procured only for specific critical mission area and the balance of the AIM-9X inventory will be continue to be produced as regular Block II missiles to meet munitions requirement. AIM-9X Block II+ is being procured in 2017 for a 2019 delivery.
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I believe this is just a proposed bill to block the sale. It hasn't passed yet, and probably won't.
 
Also, not to be overlooked, any F-35 arrival in Switzerland will doubtless bring a significant economic impact to include an infusion of jobs and possible technological sophistication in the world of aeronautics, weaponry and aviation, not to mention stealth. The Lockheed proposal seems well aware of this possibility, stating “should the F-35 be selected as the new fighter for Switzerland, this industrial work would take place in all Swiss regions. Swiss industry has the opportunity to compete for direct production of components for use on all F-35s produced, sustainment projects focused on supporting the Swiss Air Force and enhancing Swiss autonomy, and cyber security projects directly related to the F-35.”
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https://www.foxnews.com/tech/switzerland-preps-to-buy-f-35.amp
 
I do not understand why B-61-12 is still spin stabilized when it has guidance fins now. I think an unguided mode is preserved, but I wouldn't have thought the spin rockets would fire if the INS was correcting course.
 
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Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $9,326,062 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the Long Range Systems Division seeking to integrate the Navy Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile-Extended Range (AARGM-ER) into the F-35. The AARGM-ER is a Navy weapon that will provide the F-35A advanced suppression of enemy air defenses/destruction of enemy air defenses capability.

https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Contracts/Contract/Article/2425497/
 
The F35 program has a lot of problems. But being an off the shelf SEAD aircraft isn’t one of them.
 
US confirm discussion with Greece:
“The United States, at the highest levels, has welcomed Greece’s interest in acquiring the F-35 for the Hellenic Air Force,” Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt said in a statement.
“We have signaled our support for procurement and are working closely together on a future acquisition program,” Pyatt said.
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https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/or...rkey-f35-uae-mediterranean.amp.html?skipWem=1
https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/11/30/pyatt-greece-f-35-fighter-jets/?amp
This comes in parallel with Greek/UAE defense pact (two nation that will share tomorrow a very similar fleet of aircraft).
 
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Flyaway said:
TomcatViP said:
@Josh_TN : Isn't that for penetration? (the spin momentum fight back any offset action resulting from the initial impact)
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That’s what I assumed it to be as well.
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Actually, I think it's just residue from the previous B61s that used the high spin rate as a unique environment
signal for arming. It's the second stronglink enablement signal; the other was parachute deployment but with
that gone...
 
House and Senate authorizers approved 14 Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters over DoD’s 2021 budget request: 12 F-35As and 2 F-35Bs. In addition, the Air Force is authorized to add six F-35s meant for Turkey to its own fleet.

The accord “supports the budget request and service’s Unfunded Priorities Lists by authorizing 93 F35 aircraft for the Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps,” explains a summary of the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) conference report released today by the Democratic Majority of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC). In total, the authorizers okayed $9.1 billion for the program.


The authorizers’ agreement to boost the F-35 buy echos the Senate Armed Services Committee version of the NDAA, and in effect splits the different between Senate and House appropriators; House defense appropriators wanted to add 12 F-35s; their Senate counterparts, 17. Of course, no defense appropriations bills been passed and one does not look likely. Unless appropriators add the additional F-35s to a Continuing Resolution there may not be any money to buy them,


The two sides of Capitol Hill agreed that the Air Force should be able to use the six F-35s ordered but never delivered to Turkey after Erdogan’s country was ejected from the program in July over its acquisition of Russian S-400 air defense system, the conference report explains. Those aircraft currently sit in storage at Edwards AFB.
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https://breakingdefense.com/2020/12/ndaa-adds-14-f-35s-oks-9-1b-fully-funds-b-21/
 

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