I hope you guys are gearing up for a long weekend. To kick off Friday afternoon, enjoy this video of the second F-35B Joint Strike Fighter to take-off and land from the USS Wasp.
The video below shows F-35 test jet BF-4, the first B– model to be equipped with mission systems, making landings aboard the amphibious assault ship yesterday. F-35 BF-2 (shown above) made history aboard the Wasp on Monday when it performed the F-35’s very first take-offs and landings on a ship.
Click through the jump for the video and turn the sound down to get rid of the cheesy music.
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Gotta have cheesey muzac! It's a rule!
Sempri Fi!
It may be expensive, but it's a really cool jet! And you could almost base it on a barge.
A multi billion dollar barge with stealth bilge bays, AESA radars and special thermal deck plating.
Nice
Nice. Do we know something new about shape-bird drone?
This sends a positive message from our stand point to friend and foe alike.
Looks really nice sitten and landen on one of those assault ships, but i still stick to the idea of a super harrier program.
Wouldn't it technically be a "Super Duper" Harrier. First there was the FRS1 Sea Harrier/Harrier GR.3/AV-8A Harrier series; then it's design was upgraded to the FRS2 Sea Harrier/Harrier GR.9/AV-8B Harrier II series.
Not sure how much more they can cram in to the design, it first came in to service in 1969 FCOL.
I´m agree… And it would to be something like: AESA radar, updated core of engine and nozzles to low comsuption and high trust, Boeing wing sweep tip for add station time, update computers, integrate HMSS and a aerodinamics feature for inestable actitude with a new fly-by-wire. A bit expensive but without risk and good for current celulas. Recap it same way the A-10C.
Oh those 'if onlys', as in If only that pesky physics didn't get in the way. Then we could have a fighter as described that still wouldn't 1. bust Mach 1 in level flight, 2. carry much of a payload,or 3. have a radar signature smaller than a house.
Just like there's no room for crying in baseball, there's no room for sentiment in defense.
Have we settled on just how important it is to have AESA radar in the future? Is it so necessary to deploy with one now?
That said, the more junk you add, the more expensive these babies will get. Then we deploy with 185 F-35s just to please tech junkies.
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'm glad to see the public educational system has failed my peers and it is apperently acceptable to troll this website like youtube…
Start moderating the commentary…
I can't wait for when film of a F-35B making a vertical landing isn't news anymore because we need the F-35B in the US arsenal.