The final two air kills of WW2 were achieved by a Consolidated B32 Dominator on the 18th August 1945. The P61 kills came on the 14/15th August 1945.

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Technically the B-32 kills were the first “post-WW2” kills, as Japan surrendered on 15 August 1945.

While the signing of the surrender documents did not take place until 2 September 1945, 15 August (in Japan – 14 August in the US) is the accepted “end of WW2”.

In comparison, note that the accepted end of WW1 was 11 November 1918 – but there was still a formal state of war between the two sides for another seven months, until the signing of the Treaty of Versailles with Germany on 28 June 1919.

Just saying…

For one guy to fly it.

Is he a qualified flight instructor so that more can be trained in case he gets sick/quits/dies?

Several sources I have (just) looked up confirm that shrapnel can refer both to specific contents of a shell or bomb, and fragments of the case.

Moggy

Depending on whether the use is by the general public or by someone speaking about ordnance in an accurate technical manner.

When is it moving to South Africa? I thought the intention was to operate it in Australia.

He may well mean South Australia.

Adrian

South Australia (abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent.

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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-28866291

Two bodies have been found after Italian Tornado fighter jets collided and crashed during training over eastern Italy, Italian media say.

It is thought the bodies are of a man and a woman, Ansa news agency reports.

Each plane had a pilot and a navigator and the fate of the other two crew members is still unknown; it is hoped that they might have ejected to safety.

Italian authorities have identified the aircrews as Capt. Alessandro Dotto and Capt. Giuseppe Palminteri, Capt. Mariangela Valentini and Capt. Paolo Piero Franzese.

I know that.

I also know that most vehicles that used to be in the areas of Iraq that ISIL/ISIS has taken over were used to carry refugees out of those areas before either the people or the vehicles could be captured.

There is a very limited supply of vehicles left, there are no manufacturing plants there, and no one is importing vehicles for ISIL/ISIS – therefore as the US, Iragi/Iranian, and other air forces destroy them, they cannot be replaced – while the US can easily afford to build & buy tens of thousands more “$250,000 PGMs”!

Oh & a 500 kg bomb would be a British 1000 pounder.

454.545454… kg, actually.

i was compared each F-35’s weapon bay with 1 EWP
1 weapon bay can only hold 2 aim-120 , or 1 aim-120 and 4 SDB while 1 EWP pod can hold 4 aim-120 or 2 aim-120 and 6 SDB , the question is why the EWP pod is quite the same size as F-35 weapon bay but can hold alot more weapon

As he said – FOR NOW!

LM has openly stated that 2xAIM-120 per bay is just what the USAF/USN/USMC contracted for, and that an upgrade to 4xAIM-120 and 2xAIM-9X per bay is just a matter of paying for integration and clearance trials, having been “designed in” when the bay shapes were designed.

2xAIM-120 + 2xAIM-9X + 2×1,000lb JDAM per bay is also on LM’s “can do” list.