Nein alle Britischen Tranche 1 Twins sind schon lange verschrottet worden.cliffhanger hat geschrieben: ↑Mo 8. Mär 2021, 15:49 Sind da 2sitzer dabei , bei den britischen EF ...
Aber Österreich könnte wegen T1 Ersatzteile anklopfen.
Nein alle Britischen Tranche 1 Twins sind schon lange verschrottet worden.cliffhanger hat geschrieben: ↑Mo 8. Mär 2021, 15:49 Sind da 2sitzer dabei , bei den britischen EF ...
Die Briten reduzieren gerade auf 14 C-130J. Jetzt weiß ich nicht ob man mit der Herkules insgesamt die ganze Flotte außer Dienst stellen will. Aber ist richtig man müsste eigentlich jetzt anklopfen aber wird man nicht tun.
An investigation into the loss of a British F-35 Joint Strike Fighter during carrier operations in the Mediterranean Sea in November 2021 has raised questions about equipment, resource management and program security issues affecting personnel.
The long-awaited 148-page report into the loss of the F-35B ZM152 concludes that it was caused after one of the air intake blanks designed to protect the engine from foreign objects became stuck in the F-35’s intake and reduced engine power as the aircraft made its takeoff roll. The inquiry panel flags contributing factors that may have led to the accident and raises broader concerns with the UK’s approach to embarked operations, making no fewer than 46 recommendations.
Commanders should better understand “safety and security requirements for a fifth-generation platform,” the report says, noting that the “introduction of special access programs” such as the F-35 has “elevated security thresholds, which places extra strain on safety.”
The air intake blank formed part of a set of protective equipment called “red gear,” which was fitted to the sensitive parts of the aircraft when not flying.
This equipment would generally be fitted to the aircraft when the ship was in port “to protect aspects of the aircraft from espionage,” but was not generally used when the ship was at sea because the intake blanks could be blown out by modest winds or aircraft launching nearby.
The report also questions whether 617 Sqdn., the UK’s frontline F-35 unit, was fully ready for the deployment, noting that it “faced a higher operating tempo than it was prepared for, as the Carrier Strike Group aspired to a baseline flying rate associated with so-called surge operations.”
Personnel had not received the necessary levels of training for operations at sea, the report finds, noting there were high levels of fatigue.
https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/ ... y-concernsThe pilot elected to abort the takeoff as the aircraft reached the carrier’s ski jump. He reduced the aircraft’s throttle to idle and applied the brakes. As the aircraft went over the ramp, the pilot initiated the ejection sequence.
The report says that a combination of the wind, the forward movement of the ship and the swing of the parachute meant that the pilot landed on the deck, 6 ft. to the right of the takeoff ramp and 3 ft. back from the front edge of the deck, while the parachute canopy snagged on the ramp end light shroud and the flight deck nets at the right-hand side of the top of the ramp.
The aircraft floated alongside the ship for a short time before sinking. It was later discovered intact upside down on the seabed at a depth of 2,000 m (6,562 ft.). As the aircraft flooded, the air intake blank which caused the incident was seen floating out of the air intake.
The report notes there had been several reports of the air intake blanks being dislodged, blown out or being lost overboard from the ship. It says there had been four similar incidents involving air intake blanks on U.S. aircraft, but they did not result in aircraft loss.
https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news ... -of-decadeThe Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning should receive additional UK-specific weapons “by the end of the decade”, the government said on 16 January.
Answering questions in the House of Commons, Minister of State at the Ministry of Defence (MoD) James Cartlidge said that, with the MBDA AIM-132 Advanced Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM) and the RTX Paveway 4 precision-guided bomb already carried by the Lightning, the MBDA Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) and the Selected Precision Effects At Range (SPEAR) 3 air-to-surface munition will be available by 2030.
These outstanding weapons are due to be integrated under the Block 4 capability drop earmarked for the wider international F-35 programme.
As the prime partner for the UK programme, BAE Systems announced in March 2019 that it had begun work to integrate both the Meteor and the SPEAR 3 onto the F-35B. At that time, work was scheduled to be completed by 2025, so this latest announcement by the government represents a delay of approximately five years.
https://www.facebook.com/NAVAIR/posts/p ... PRuxVXDZ4lIn a significant advancement for #NavalAviation, a #USMC test pilot successfully completed the first-ever night shipborne rolling vertical landing (SRVL) aboard the Royal Navy's HMS Prince of Wales in November.