F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in Italien

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Die italienischen F-35A/B haben vor knapp zwei Wochen ihre 10.000ste Flugstunde absolviert:


https://www.facebook.com/AeronauticaMil ... %2CO%2CP-R


Hier eine ziemlich detaillierte Präsentation zur GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb:

http://www.dgaa.it/newsletter/newslette ... letter.htm

• http://www.dgaa.it/newsletter/newslette ... erBomb.pdf

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Italians produce first F-35 MDF (16. Dezember 2022)

Italy became the next F-35 Partner Support Complex (PSC) partner nation to complete its first Mission Data File (MDF) on its own in support of the Italian Air Force F-35 Lightning II fleet.

The F-35 PSC, activated in 2016, is home to seven partner nations that have purchased F-35s from the U.S. and work with the U.S. on the development of MDFs.

Aircraft rely on MDFs to provide pilots with the awareness of what potential threats may be in an area and how to counter them, such as radars and surface-to-air missiles (SAMs). The information comes from what aircraft sensors pick up during flights and is driven by the mission data. Upon landing, the pilots review their tapes and provide feedback on MDF performance to the mission data developers to improve future performance.

The F-35 poses a greater challenge compared to legacy aircraft MDF development not only due to increase advanced capabilities, but also that the U.S. government policy requires MDF to be developed within the U.S.

https://www.350sww.af.mil/News/Display/ ... -f-35-mdf/

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Italien will keine zusätzlichen F-35-Flugzeuge kaufen

Italy’s Air Force Rebuilds For The Future

Italy has been Europe’s lead nation on the F-35. Along with building the aircraft in-country, it was among the first European nations to declare an initial operational capability as well as the first to take the aircraft across the Atlantic and deploy it to Iceland for NATO’s air policing mission there.

It may also become the first European nation to build up to its original program of record—131 aircraft. The current plan is to acquire 90 F-35s, including 60 F-35As and 15 F-35Bs for the air force and 15 F-35Bs for the navy. But this spring, Air Force Chief Gen. Luca Goretti called on lawmakers to back a plan to restore Italy’s order to 131 aircraft and potentially speed up their purchase.

“That discussion is now on the table,” Bruni said. “We are very happy with the [F-35] program. [And] the feedback about the way we are operating the machines—from the enterprise and from across Europe—makes us humble, as our personnel are recognized as among the best operators.”

https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/ ... lds-future

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ITALY – AIM-120C-8 ADVANCED MEDIUM-RANGE AIR-TO-AIR MISSILES

https://www.dsca.mil/press-media/major- ... r-missiles

ITALY – SMALL DIAMETER BOMB II

https://www.dsca.mil/press-media/major- ... er-bomb-ii

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Italy – AIM-9X Sidewinder Missiles

https://www.dsca.mil/press-media/major- ... r-missiles

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Schema di decreto ministeriale di approvazione del programma pluriennale di A/R n. SMD 4/2023, denominato "Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) - Armamento F-35B MM", relativo all'acquisizione dell'armamento necessario alla Full Operational Capabilities (FOC) della componente aerotattica imbarcata di quinta generazione

https://www.senato.it/leg/19/BGT/Schede ... /49537.htm

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Italian Navy to equip F-35Bs with JSM, SPEAR 3 stand-off weapons

https://www.janes.com/osint-insights/de ... ff-weapons

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https://www.difesa.it/content/notaaggiuntiva/30714.html

• Protezione delle forze e Capacità di Ingaggio
  
  Nell’alveo delle attività finalizzate a garantire tale Capacità l’AM prevede:
  
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  • il potenziamento della flotta F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, con l’ulteriore acquisizione di 15 F35-A e 5 F35-B, congiuntamente al relativo supporto logistico;

  https://www.difesa.it/assets/allegati/3 ... irmato.pdf

Die Phase 1 des Programms umfasste 28 F-35A/B und kostete 7,06 Mrd. EUR. Die Phase 2a um 4,2 Mrd. EUR beinhaltet 27 F-35, Triebwerke, Ausrüstung und logistischen Support bis 2030. 2022 wurde die Phase 2b im Umfang von 7 Mrd. EUR unter Vertrag genommen: 35 F-35, Triebwerke, Ausrüstung und logistischen Support bis 2032 wie auch den Ausbau der Flugplätze Grottaglie und Decimomannu. Mit der Phase 3 sollen 25 F-35 für 7 Mrd. EUR inkl. Triebwerke, Ausrüstung sowie Support bis 2035 beschafft werden.