Possibly due to the additional fuel?

I thought MAR-1 had a range of 60 km? Again I have no source on this…..

What about whacking North Korean missile sites?

F-2A carries the GCS-1 IR guided bomb – which is also probably useable against ground targets.

Recently (2009?) the F-2A started using the J/AAQ-2 targeting pod and has also carried the GBU-38 JDAM (2009?). The laser-guided JDAM is also planned to enter service.

J/AAQ-2 looks like nav FLIR on the hardpoint with the standard gimballed targeting FLIR and laser designator:
http://www.geocities.jp/eaglet_f15/MILITARY/F-2.htm

The translation is a little unclear, but it appears the plan is for APG-2 to replace APG-1 with increased range and provision for AAM-4.

More on support costs

A key target is reducing the $442 billion estimate at Fiscal 2002 inflation values for F-35 operations and sustainment costs. That cost projection was produced in late 2009 by Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), which was then led by Venlet.

The NAVAIR study estimates that the F-35 will cost $30,700 per hour to fly, a 40% increase compared to $18,900 per hour for the F/A-18A-D and AV-8B
…..
“We see that [cost] estimate,” Venlet says. “We know that’ s not the right number. We don’t know what the right number is.”

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2011/04/22/355896/f-35-programme-investigates-442-billion-operations.html

Thanks PeterG. Just a little question , is that just FOUR Mig-23 kills claimed by the F-16s or is it a typing error ?
It’s interesting that according to this latest info F-15 claimed 34 kills and F-16 claimed 31, which makes 65 total. I’m not sure if the F-4 claim ( 1) still stands.

Thanks again.

The F-4E claim was a MiG-21.

Double checking the Israeli F-16A claims are actually 43 – The numbers I have only account for 42: 18 MiG-21, 15 MiG-23, 7 Su-22, 2 Gazelle.

There were probably some kills by ground air defences – some sources quote 12 Gazelle (On the Edge, Bill Norton).

Roughly half of the MiG-23 were actually MiG-23BN. Most of the MiG-21 were MiG-21MF with some MIG-21bis.

There were some kills in 1981, and some after June 1982 in Lebanon.

One F-15A was hit, possibly by a MiG-21bis/R-60. The aircraft was damaged and returned to base.

Australian Army, not RAAF.

Any reason why not?