Is LRASM fully intgrated in F-35? Afaik it was mostly tested on B1B

LRASM is a UAI certified weapon and can be used on the F-35 anytime after Blk4.

Both are in Swotzerland and in Finland no?

They were bound to show sometime 😉

Besides, Belgium (with its well-published requirements book) was Rafale’s best chance to show the world that it could beat the F-35 in an apples-to-apples contest. Instead, they tried to arrange backroom deals with hidden costs and lots of “promises”. They lost due to that as all that Belgium had to do was look at India to see what Rafale’s “promises” are worth.

The Finland deal is nowhere near the level of openness or “fixed requirements” that Belgium was which is likely why they are still in it.

Same goes for Switzerland.

(unable to carry very big ammos etc.)

5k lb Is more than enough for any large munition.

Heritage foundation is nearly (maybe even worse ) relaiable as RT… On the opposite site. bunch of old ultra liberalist so called analysts.

Thanks for confirming that you neither read the report nor watched the video.

There were lots of areas where the F-35 is struggling and JV did not hold back when reporting on them. He went into great detail on multiple occasions explaining exactly what the issue was instead of simply saying something like “They have HMDS issues but promised a quick fix”.

He also pointed out several times where pilots liked something about there their prior 4th gen jet rather than the F-35.

Things like these are exactly why Heritage is the opposite of RT, they report the good with the bad.

btw, If Heritage & JV are so Pro-F-35, why do they propose cutting the total F-35buy significantly?

John Venable writes a well done status report, from the perspective of experienced pilots and maintainers, of the F-35 and its strengths & challenges. It is long but well worth the read.

The U.S. Air Force’s first F-35A fighter wing is now fully operational. The road to this point has been filled with insights on the aircraft, simulator, maintenance and logistical support, and operations that will apply to any service or nation flying the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). This assessment is based on interviews with 30 F-35A combat pilots as well as senior operations and maintenance leaders at Hill Air Force Base in Utah. It follows a similar assessment from 2016 of 31 other highly experienced former fourth-generation fighter pilots, who were then flying the F-35A at two other Air Force locations. The collective perspectives confirm that, while the JSF is still several years away from realizing its full potential, even now, the F-35A is the most dominant and lethal multi-role aircraft in the world.

Web: https://www.heritage.org/defense/report/the-f-35a-fighter-the-most-dominant-and-lethal-multi-role-weapons-system-the-world

PDF: https://www.heritage.org/sites/default/files/2019-05/BG3406.pdf

The USAF is standing up an Aggressor Unit manned with 11x F-35s. They will arrive in 2022 at Nellis AFB (Hello Red Flag).

https://www.nellis.af.mil/News/Article/1843738/air-force-to-reactivate-aggressor-squadron-for-f-35-training/

They are going to use early Lot jets from Eglin AFB.

Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson states:

“This move will allow us to repurpose {9} early production F-35s to help train Airmen for the high end fight.”

9 jets would cover most of Lots 2 & 3 (6 & 7 F-35As respectively) plus an additional 2 from an unknown source gets to the 11.