Wednesday, May 07, 2014

F-35 propaganda...



Produced by NAVAIR.  Posted here.  I stand corrected.  The video was posted on the NAVAIR youtube channel so I assumed that it was a NAVAIR production.  Come to find out its by PAX River Lockheed crew.  My bad.  The rest remains though.....the plane is still a piece of shit.

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  1. And then there's this voice of reason coming from (oddly enough) the USAF.

    http://www.au.af.mil/au/afri/aspj/digital/pdf/articles/2014-May-Jun/F-Pietrucha.pdf?source=GovD

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  2. 2013 F-35 promo:
    -B dropped ten weapons, C seven
    -B&C aerial refuel
    -B STOVL takeoff/land, ship & shore
    -C 13 steam catapaults
    -C work began on tailhook modifications
    -flight envelope expansion
    "EXCEEDED ALL TEST GOALS" (BS)

    2013 DOT&E test report problems not mentioned:
    --software (incl. ALIS) & helmet problems - huge
    "Through October 2013, little progress was made in completing flight testing required by the baseline Block 2B joint test plan. This creates significant pressure on development and flight test of the remaining increments of Block 2B, with approximately 12 months remaining on the program timeline before final preparations are planned to begin for an operational utility evaluation of the combat effectiveness and suitability of Block 2B."
    -short coverage of test points: 76% flight, 54% mission
    -C can't land on a carrier
    -buffet & TRO problems
    -reliability, availability & survivability problems
    -sensors don't work

    IOC:
    USMC Jul 2015 - Dec 2015 with 10 to 16 F-35Bs
    USN Aug 2018 - Feb 2019 with 10 F-35Cs

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  3. The "2013 Year in Review" promo video was actually produced by the Pax River ITF Lockheed Martin Multimedia Team according to YouTube.

    NAVAIR? F-35 go away. Go to the NAVAIR website with an F-35 search and you see no real coverage. Here are the NAVAIR F-35 press releases, last six months:
    --Trailblazer for women in government offers advice on making the grade
    (Nov 06, 2013) Retired Rear Adm. James Basil Godwin III remembers clearly why he selected Steffanie Easter as his deputy program executive officer in 2002, a decision that helped her make history as the first African-American woman appointed to the s…
    --British F-35 maintainer receives prestigious honor
    (Oct 08, 2013) NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — A member of the Royal Air Force assigned to Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River was recently appointed as a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE). At a May 21 cerem…

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  4. Search NavAir for 'JSF' without the quote marks may be more revealing?

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  5. http://www.gazzettadelsud.it/news/english/91123/Defence-committee-says-cut-F-35-fighter-jet-program--update2.html

    Defence committee says cut F-35 fighter jet program -update2

    (Updates to add Lockheed Martin figures) Rome, May 7 - The Lower House defence committee on Wednesday okayed a controversial 50% cut to the government's budget for the F-35 fighter jet.

    http://www.gazzettadelsud.it/news/90773/US-ambassador-says-Italy-needs-F-35-jets-for-defence.html

    US ambassador says Italy needs F-35 jets for defence
    05/05/2014

    Rome, May 5 - Italy has a strategic role in regional defence and for that reason, it must go ahead with its plan to purchase F-35 fighter jets, John R. Phillips, the United States ambassador to Rome, said Monday.

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