May 27, 201511 yr More details about in service data, weapons of Block 3F and Block 4, and bases (first F-35A to be based in UK in 2021). F-35A IOC July 2016: http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/pentagon-firming-f-35-block-4-configuration-412762/
May 27, 201511 yr Author The F-35B apparently just passed its night takeoff/landing OT&E aboard Wasp. We know, of course, that if the B achieves IOC in July as planned, it will mean the most basic of capabilities and ... July IOC will not catapult F-35B into battle (Jane's)
June 8, 201511 yr Author Report on the 23 June 2014 accident with an F-35A USAF AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION BOARD REPORT (pdf)
June 16, 201510 yr Author Lockheed Martin prepares for F-35 ramp-up to drive down costs (Jane's) Good program summary in there.
June 29, 201510 yr "F-35 can't dogfight", perhaps we did comment this one in January: https://medium.com/war-is-boring/test-pilot-admits-the-f-35-can-t-dogfight-cdb9d11a875
July 1, 201510 yr Author "F-35 can't dogfight", perhaps we did comment this one in January: https://medium.com/war-is-boring/test-pilot-admits-the-f-35-can-t-dogfight-cdb9d11a875 Text is now available: Read for Yourself — The F-35's Damning Dogfighting Report (War is Boring blog)
July 2, 201510 yr Author You Say The F-35 Can’t Dogfight? I Say Good. (Lexington Institute) LOL ... the desperation is palpable.
July 4, 201510 yr Day after day more ridiculous explanations: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3148585/Pentagon-say-reason-expensive-fighter-jet-F35-lost-dogfight-F16-40-years-ago-did-not-special-coat-stealth-paint.html Pentagon say reason most expensive fighter jet ever the F35 lost a dogfight with an F16 from 40 years ago was because it did not have a special coat of stealth paint In a statement released online, the Joint Program Office claimed the aircraft did not have the software needed to use its sensors to locate its enemy. 'Second, AF-2 does not have the special stealth coating that operational F-35s have that make them virtually invisible to radar. 'And third, it is not equipped with the weapons or software that allow the F-35 pilot to turn, aim a weapon with the helmet, and fire at an enemy without having to point the airplane at its target.'
July 7, 201510 yr Author PM's floating fighter jet plan quietly sunk by Defence (Australia Financial Review)
July 10, 201510 yr http://www.defenseone.com/management/2015/07/400-billion-f-35-no-longer-untouchable/117448/
July 10, 201510 yr Command CMANO employed to simulate F-35, another time showing the utility of our simulations: http://aerosociety.com/News/Insight-Blog/3272/Does-the-F35-really-suck-in-air-combat
July 10, 201510 yr Author Command CMANO employed to simulate F-35, another time showing the utility of our simulations: http://aerosociety.com/News/Insight-Blog/3272/Does-the-F35-really-suck-in-air-combat Curious that the Kaliningrad enclave is absent from the scenario.
July 14, 201510 yr Author Ten Signs The F-35 Fighter Program Is Becoming A Smashing Success (Forbes) Giggle. When Thompson says he resents it when someone calls the F-35 program a "laughing stock", he ought to perhaps take some of the blame for that upon his own shoulders. I mean, if you can read the title of this article with a straight face, you're made of sterner stuff than I.
July 19, 201510 yr A very good, clever and interesting comparison article, full of data: https://defenseissues.wordpress.com/2015/07/16/f-35-reality-check/
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