SpazSinbad
Active Member
Continuing about training NEW pilots for the F-35 (Oz instructors at LUKE AFB also) with 50/50 split between flight and FMS hours:
Royal Australian Air Force [RAAF] News, Discussions and Updates
the other issue is there is greater ability to neutralise a threat without always having to kill the threat
killing a threat automatically announces and allows red to start planning further defensive meausures along theoretical range rings etc...
subtle disruption is a form of delamination in its own right
more pilatus happy snaps
Two plus Two – Pilatus PC-21 A54-003 and A54-004 touchdown in Darwin – Aviation Spotters Online
Two plus Two – Pilatus PC-21 A54-003 and A54-004 touchdown in Darwin – Aviation Spotters Online
Boagrius
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Yeah but how is that supposed to help me get more hits on my blog!? "F35 flight renders double digit SAM threat impotent by... flying around it". Just doesn't have the same same ring to it you know? Haha
In all seriousness though that does make sense. I am sure there are a very many ways to skin a cat, with those ending in a bang being only the tip of the iceberg that we civvies are allowed to see.
What a monumental trip - something being repeated up to twenty-four times!
That's one way to run-in an engine
MB
Prior to F-22 and F35 thats what happened anyway - mission planners would work out how to go from A to B and that might include points where flight was moved around specific obstructions be they natural or man made... the difference now is that aircraft such as F22 and JSF can enter that enemies defensive and detection range rings with less fear of molestationYeah but how is that supposed to help me get more hits on my blog!? "F35 flight renders double digit SAM threat impotent by... flying around it". Just doesn't have the same same ring to it you know? Haha
In all seriousness though that does make sense. I am sure there are a very many ways to skin a cat, with those ending in a bang being only the tip of the iceberg that we civvies are allowed to see.
so the planning always includes material around known threat detectors, sensors etc and how does blue enter the fight and minimise the detection ring so that they can breach and kill/do the designated job.
its just that now F35 has the potential to be much further into reds onion. etc....
These are the projected flying hours for aircraft operated by Australia's armed forces for the next 3 to 4 years.
BUDGET 2017 – F-35 flying hours increase | Australian Aviation
The PC-21 will be flying a lot of hours over the next few years ... in fact almost 3 times as many hours as any other aircraft in the fleet. No other surprises with the classic hornet, P-3C and PC-9 all being phased out over the next 3 or 4 years.
Also on the army aviation side of things the Kiowa looks like it will be withdrawn from service in a couple of years. That is in spite of it obviously being a very useful helicopter. It currently is second behind the Taipan in terms of hours flown and yet it seems to have been withdrawn without any real replacement.The Black Hawk is also soldering on into the 2020s but it obviously won't go on forever. It makes me wonder whether or not the army might find itself short of helicopters in a few years. When the Kiowa and Blackhawk go they will effectively lose half their helicopter fleet.
The navy will be losing its remaining S-70B-2 and AS350 helicopters leaving it with just 24 Romeos and some access to the taipans. I would have thought a number of small utility helicopters would be useful ... particularly as just about every ship in the navy will eventually be able to operate helicopters.
BUDGET 2017 – F-35 flying hours increase | Australian Aviation
The PC-21 will be flying a lot of hours over the next few years ... in fact almost 3 times as many hours as any other aircraft in the fleet. No other surprises with the classic hornet, P-3C and PC-9 all being phased out over the next 3 or 4 years.
Also on the army aviation side of things the Kiowa looks like it will be withdrawn from service in a couple of years. That is in spite of it obviously being a very useful helicopter. It currently is second behind the Taipan in terms of hours flown and yet it seems to have been withdrawn without any real replacement.The Black Hawk is also soldering on into the 2020s but it obviously won't go on forever. It makes me wonder whether or not the army might find itself short of helicopters in a few years. When the Kiowa and Blackhawk go they will effectively lose half their helicopter fleet.
The navy will be losing its remaining S-70B-2 and AS350 helicopters leaving it with just 24 Romeos and some access to the taipans. I would have thought a number of small utility helicopters would be useful ... particularly as just about every ship in the navy will eventually be able to operate helicopters.
The 15 Airbus EC135 the ADF has ordered under Joint Project 9000 Phase 7, the Helicopter Aircrew Training System are replacing the Kiowa & Squirrel. Whether they end up gong to sea on other platforms other than Sycamore remains to be seen.
Interesting no mention of the G550s to be operated by presumably RAAF - the first two are supposed to be completed by November 30 2017. No mention of delivery that i can find, Google falls into a big black hole for me.....
rb
Project AIR 555 is the G550 project and it is mentioned for Second Pass approval in 2017/18 here:
BUDGET 2017 – Upgrades for AWD, P-8 amongst planned project approvals
I believe the G550s have been purchased by L3 but the systems design to be fitted is still to be approved in 2017/18.
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The third RAAF P-8A, A47-003, arrived Auckland International Airport late yesterday arvo on its delivery flight to Australia.
John Newman
The Bunker Group
And no Ngati you can't keep her!
No running out there and painting over the little black Roo with a little black Kiwi, Ok? (hopefully the RNZAF get their own in the not too distant future, fingers crossed!).
Certainly good times for the RAAF (and ADF aviation generally) with the constant flow of new airframes being delivered, glad to see my tax dollars going towards new procurement.
To late cobber she's already been pinged :rotfl
When Air Marshal Leo Davies states that Australia aims to be an all 5th generation airforce and will “have no legacy aircraft after 2025” ... is the Super Hornet not considered a legacy aircraft?
yep, it's a legacy aircraft...
So - no place for the Growlers after 2025 either?
I was under the impression that they might be kept.
MB
Boagrius
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So this would seem to foreshadow an additional buy of F35's (to replace the SH) if I am not mistaken..?