I wasn’t talking about Red-Flag et al. I was referring to discussions here.

The users of the weapon on the F-16 should test it but why at Red Flag, just get range space/time and test against a similar threat. Would be cheaper and more directed toward an actual evaluation if done say at White Sands.

Agree, i just meant that such a propelled medium range weapon fit on a 4 or 4+ Gen (i hate those so called “Gens”), be it Rafale, Gripen E, F-16 on CJ config, could be an interesting solution deserving to be tested in same AA scenario.

UK defense ministry confirms aircraft carrier will be late

http://navaltoday.com/2017/02/01/uk-defense-ministry-confirms-aircraft-carrier-will-be-late/

13 aircraft for 2 weeks and 110 sorties… Is it usual number or fairly low?

Genuine question. Can controlability at low speeds/High AoA be roughly deduced from landing speed?

Simply not a high priority. It’s only an issue when the F-35C is lightly loaded, and that pretty much only happens during carrier quals and maybe some short-range hops. Once you put enough fuel and weapons in it to carry out an operational mission the problem disappears.

It does demonstrate the hyperbole in media reporting about the F-35 though — the plane being too bouncy on take-off when lightly loaded (i.e. not a problem in most missions) is reported as “debilitating” and yet Russian planes are crashing every several weeks in the Mediterranean and apparently that’s fine.

Not a high priority but quoted as “to fix” by navy. Saying it’s unimportant just show… Well nvm. The day you are a pilot and have to take off lightly loaded (eg QRA), will you sit in ?

Well at this stage, it doesn’t mean anything more than BAE are using their skills as consultants on an up to date project. How much of that will translate across to anything else, is anyone’s guess eh?

I was thinking that with Japanese weaponry and Turkish funded avionics, the RAF aircraft are going to be less of a Eurofighter by 2030…

japese weaponry atm limited to their will to incorporate their seeker in Meteor. @obligatory Typhoon is an excellent tool to deterr russian raid over north sea or Fulda. To attack ADA, F-35 or a Typhoon/FCAS combo would be fine.

As opposed to — what? French carrier aviation?

YES! Everything is in motivation..;

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Rolls Royce owns the technology behind EJ200. Germany doesn’t have much influence in the transfer. I find the timing convenient with the Brexit. Almost as soon as political maneuvers delayed the exit we see a rush to send sensitive technologies abroad. Almost like the bleeding hasn’t yet stopped because the wound is much deeper than was originally diagnosed. The UK is finding itself inundated with greed – or is it sabotage – just trying to undermine it’s future. Turkey isn’t unlikely to re-export these sensitive products to countries unfriendly to UK interests. If nothing else, they’ve shown a penchant to hate the UK in every way except for to its face.

I would certainly hate to see EJ200 technology in Russian or Chinese aircraft. I never liked them in Saudi aircraft, either, but now they are all over the gulf states.

Ok about the timing (how long was it ago when UK was shouting at turkish “dictator?) but i do not think we do know the exact repartition of EJ 200.