elegant airframe. Smooth finition.
And what about Belgium runoff? Will that decision not contribute to a slight increase in the F-35 offer and put Typhoon in a better position ? It’s not like Britain is not interested in that deal. Not long ago we had the news about layoff at BAe
Perhaps That the Bill for the Brexit is related to That.
USAF commences Pacific deployment of F-35
The US Air Force (USAF) first operational overseas deployment of the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) is now up and running on the Japanese island of Okinawa, the US Pacific Command (USPACOM) announced on 21 November.
Source:
IHS Janes
RAF arrives in Comodoro Rivadavia to join the submarine rescue effort
At mid morning an RAF Airbus Voyager 330 transport arrived in the Patagonian port that has become the rescue hub mainly for the US Navy and its high technology submarine rescue deployment.
According to local sources the RAF aircraft arrived with state of the art submarine detection equipment. Royal Navy HMS Protector is actively participating in combing a vast area of the South Atlantic for any submarine signals.
The Brize Norton based RAF transport with a 290 people capacity can also be used as a tanker to supply other aircraft in the air, and is in service with several air forces with similar purposes.
Comodoro Rivadavia also reported that this is not the first RAF unit to join the submarine search effort. A Hercules C 130, normally stationed in the Falklands is also operating in the area and apparently has also landed in Comodoro
Comodoro Rivadavia is located in Argentinia.
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Source:
MercoPress.com
If you plan to make some spending for the black friday, take some spare time to watch this:
AN-132
AN-178
no too bad
You hide That french Well. 🙂
Hallow: it was a joke. I am having some fun with your (now) legendary arrogance (But you should know That).
MBDA official: Defense industrial cooperation must survive Brexit
“It is absolutely fundamental — whatever the conditions for Britain leaving the European Union — that the European Union in its negotiations with Britain in the coming months find an intelligent means to ensure, at least for defense, that Brexit … does not have any impact and that we can work as we did before,” Olivier Martin ( said Nov. 16 at the conference “Financing Defense: What solutions for what requirements.”
Source:
DefenseNewscom
Eight Personnel Recovered from C2-A Aircraft Crash in Philippine Sea
The [8] rescued personnel were transferred to the aircraft carrier for medical evaluation and were in good condition, the U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet said in a statement.
Search and rescue efforts for the three missing passengers were continuing with U.S. Navy and MSDF ships and aircraft on scene, it added.
400M$ for 300 airframe?! Doesn’t it smell third party/low cost?
Der Spiegel take on the F-35 in Germany (use google translate or any other online translator)
There are currently no real alternatives. Although the Ministry of Defense is also examining the somewhat outdated F-18 and the F-16 as possible “Tornado” successors. But, like the French “Rafale”, they are not really suitable for the Luftwaffe. However, no one wants to rely on a new development of a European jet that Airbus praises, but the experience with the Airbus A400M breakdown project is still coming to an end. Anyway, it was “too late for a development solution,” said MĂĽllner the news agency Reuters. In the case of the Eurofighter, for example, around 20 years elapsed between the first planning and commissioning.
For the F-35 argues that the interoperability within the NATO is one of the big goals for the coming years. The Ministry of Defense has been watching closely to see how many EU and NATO nations have already opted for the F-35. With Norway, the Netherlands, Denmark, Great Britain, Italy and Turkey, the list has become quite long.
But the persistent, sometimes biting ridicule about the F-35 does not want to end.
Source:
Der Spiegel.com
You’re serious?
C-130 (on the same theme as above):
One pilot has died after an Air Force T-38 Talon crashed Monday afternoon about 14 miles northwest of Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, officials said.
A second pilot was taken to the Val Verde Regional Medical Center.[…]
Source:
MilitaryTimes.com