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>>32864934

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/article-view/release/180752/canada-plans-interim-buy-of-18-super-hornets%2C-with-2019-delivery.html
Stopgap Super Hornet Purchase Could Have $5B to $7B Price Tag
>Canada is buying 18 Super Hornets as cold Canadian feet get colder about the F-35

http://www.defensenews.com/articles/northrop-awarded-likely-b-21-coating-facility-contract-for-palmdale
New Northrop facility deal likely meant for B-21 stealth coating
>STTTEEEAAAALLLLLTTTTTTHHHHHH

http://aviationweek.com/defense/us-air-force-study-light-fighter-fleet-takes-shape
U.S. Air Force Study On Light Fighter Fleet Takes Shape
>The return of light American combat aircraft/fighters?

http://www.janes.com/article/67438/argentina-officially-suspends-fighter-replacement-programme
Argentina officially suspends fighter replacement programme
>Too poor to defend their own airspace

http://www.janes.com/article/67378/colombia-s-kfir-fleet-nearing-its-end-with-no-replacement-identified
Colombia's Kfir fleet nearing its end, with no replacement identified
>(they only bought these a few years ago LITERALLY JEWED)

http://tass.com/defense/928577
Russia may supply ten Su-35 fighter jets to China in 2017
>Coming soon: Chinese clones with TVC

>>32864934
>Northrop Grumman drops out of T-X trainer competition
WAIT WHAT?!

ops plane is a cutie

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>>32864934
>Northrop pulls out of T-X

BOEING V LOCKHEED CAGE MATCH JSF GRUDGE MATCH

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http://www.defensenews.com/articles/engine-drops-out-of-b-52-during-training-at-minot-air-force-base

The funniest bit is this actually
>The Boeing-manufactured bomber has been flying since 1952 and is expected to remain operating until around 2040, depending on when it is fully replaced by the Northrop Grumman’s B-21.
>fully replaced
>mfw that will never ever happen

>>32866951
>THIS IS GHOST RIDER, WE HAVE TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY

>CLEARING ALL RUNWAYS, WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?

>WE ONLY HAVE SEVEN ENGINES

>>32866924
This time Boeing has the cooler looking jet

>>32867356
Do you think anyone at Boeing ever took a step back and looked at the X-32 drawings in its complete form before sending it of to the manufacturing line?

>>32867436
Beats me; I do wonder where their nickname for it, "Monica", came from though.

Also, in the theme of this thread, here's some F-35 Red Flag news:
>So far, the Lightning II has racked up 110 missions in the exercise that ends Feb. 10 over the sprawling Nevada Test and Training Range, north of the Las Vegas Valley.
>Red Flag planners made sure that the 13 F-35s from Hill Air Force Base in Utah have had more aggressor jets than ever to counter and avoid simulated advanced missile strikes.
>Meanwhile the F-35s on the friendly “blue team” have been successful in finding ground-based air defense sites with their high-tech sensors and taking them out with inert training bombs.
>As of Thursday the F-35’s kill ratio with aggressor jets stood at 15-1, even though the F-35’s primary mission isn’t air-to-air combat, which typically is left up to the Raptor.
>Watkins said he’s “never seen a Red Flag like this where they’ve put up as many advanced threats against us. If we didn’t suffer a few losses, it wouldn’t be challenging enough.”
http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/military/controversial-f-35a-warplane-struts-its-stuff-red-flag-excercise

>>32867441
>15-1 K/D

PFFFFFFDTTRHAHAHAHHHAHAHAHAHAHHUUURRRRRR STEALTG BTFO FORWVER AND EVER. CHAIRMEN MAO IS GREATEST. J-20 1000000000-0 k/D

>seriously though the F-35 being a packhunter is no joke. Jurassic Park meme is truer every day.

>>32866951
>1952-2040

88 year old planes... sonuvabitch.. i'm impressed.

>>32867441
what would happen if you put an f-22 up against two f-35s BVR, assuming all planes had A/A loads only?

what about dogfighting?

>>32864934
>Northrop Grumman drops out of T-X trainer competition

That is pretty shitty.

>>32867441
>Beats me; I do wonder where their nickname for it, "Monica", came from though.

Could have something to do with certain chubby White House intern.

>>32867488
If it's 2x Block 3F F-35As with a total of 8 AMRAAMs vs 1x F-22, I'd probably put the money on the F-35s. It'd largely depend on how effective AMRAAMs are against the F-22's stealth, kinematics and EW, but even if they only had a 0.1 pK, the combined 8 missiles of the F-35's would have a ~57% chance of killing the F-22. The reason I put my money on the F-35s is simply because they'll be able to detect and launch missiles at the F-22 well before the F-22 can do the same; both jets will likely only be valid targets to each other's radars within visual range, but the F-35 has its DAS and EOTS to get a lock from further out.

If the F-22 can get close enough to use its AIM-9Xs, the F-35s are probably dead and the Raptor is the victor.

If it's some BFM / ACM training, or if the Raptor doesn't have Sidewinders for some reason, then it'd probably fall back in favour of the F-35s - the F-22 is considerably more manoeuvrable, but having to simultaneously defeating two adversaries drops the F-22's odds quite a bit.

>>32867441
Another, better article: http://www.defensenews.com/articles/red-flag-gives-f-35a-its-toughest-test-yet

>>32866951
>>32867475

Ones still in service were produced in 1961 and 1962.

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In case you haven't been following the T-X news there's this older news too:

http://www.defensenews.com/articles/raytheon-leonardo-end-partnership-for-t-x-trainer-program
>WASHINGTON -- Raytheon and Leonardo have decided they will no longer "jointly pursue" the US Air Force's T-X trainer competition, leaving the door open for Leonardo to bid on the program without a partnership with a US prime contractor.

The Raytheon and the T-100/M-346 thereby ending the dream of Russia and the US using the same fucking trainer

>>32867441
You seem to have a pretty decent insight into these things, was there ever any more to this than the planned price-reductions planned by LM since day 1?

>https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/trump-lockheed-cuts-price-on-90-f-353s-by-600m-433640/
>Trump: Lockheed cuts price on 90 F-35s by $600m
>>Sale at Lockmart! Aisle 10!

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>>32868191
It's good to know they're allowed to watch tv in the planes.

>>32867462
I've never given much thought to the F35 as a wing before. Perhaps there's something to be said for force amplification when there not going 1v1.

>>32868277
I'm betting that it's unrelated to Trump, but we don't really know yet, because we don't know what the $600 million reduction is relative to.

If the $600 million is just every F-35 in LRIP 10 being ~$6.67 million cheaper on average than in LRIP 9, then that was already planned (jets in LRIP 10 have previously been said to be 6-7% cheaper on average than in LRIP 9) and would therefore be unrelated to anything Trump's done or said.

If the $600 million is a cost reduction from an earlier / draft LRIP 10 contract, then sure, Trump and Lockheed would likely have made some sort of deal.

Here's a source for the 6-7% already-planned cost reduction: http://www.businessinsider.com.au/lrip-9-f35-jet-2016-12

>>32868404
It's a pretty core aspect to the F-35 program; 1v1 fights aren't exactly common outside of peacetime.

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>>32864934
lol sage