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More News . . . " Defense Secretary Robert Gates and other Pentagon officials have made it clear in recent weeks that they are unhappy about the F-35 joint strike fighter program. " " Lockheed was "cannibalizing" parts from fuselages being built by Northrop to repair aircraft on the assembly line and in preflight testing. " " But Wheeler said it's a mistake to continue buying more F-35s in 2011 and beyond, before all the quirks and capabilities of the airplanes can be determined by extensive testing. That's a view that the Government Accountability Office has voiced repeatedly when it said the F-35 plans were far too ambitious and optimistic. " " The Pentagon reports indicate that writing and testing critical software for the F-35's highly complex communications, weapons and surveillance systems is slightly ahead of schedule. But in a report to Congress in January, the Pentagon's weapons testing office said software development was 12 months behind schedule. Writing and debugging software for Lockheed's F-22 took several years. " http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/02/28/2003601/documents-detail-serious-problems.html LaRata

More News ... " THE massive Joint Strike Fighter project is going to be delayed and cost more, the US Deputy Secretary of Defence Bill Lynn says. But Mr Lynn could not say by how much the cost overruns and delays would increase the price tag for the Australian government, which in November committed $3 billion to buy an initial batch of 14 yet-to-be-completed F-35 warplanes. Australia plans eventually to purchase 100 of the fifth-generation stealth warplanes at a cost of about $16 billion. “The development was originally projected to last an additional 30 months, we think with the additional test aircraft it will be closer to a delay of about 12 or 13 months but I can't give you the cost numbers,” Mr Lynn said today during the official opening of a $300 million shipbuilding precinct in South Australia. " http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/us-deputy-secretary-of-defence-bill-lynn-cant-put-price-on-f-35-warplanes/story-e6frg8yo-1225830626636 LaRata

More News ... " At the Pentagon’s behest, Lockheed Martin has already started building production models of the F-35, even though only 2 percent of the flight test program has been completed. “Unless they convert the program to a fly-before-you-buy approach, they will continue to have pain,” said Winslow T. Wheeler, an analyst for the Center for Defense Information in Washington. " " But while delays and overruns pushed the cost of the F-22 so high that only 187 are being built, the projected costs of the F-35 program have also risen to $298.8 billion from an early estimate of about $200 billion. Counting all the development costs, each F-35 is now projected to cost about $122 million compared with about $350 million for each F-22. Another concern is that additional problems often appear in flight testing. And a recent Navy study concluded that the F-35 could be significantly more expensive to operate than older fighters. " http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/108749/gates-tries-to-get-f35-program-back-on-course LaRata

More News On T-50 ... http://www.en.rian.ru/mlitary_news/20100129/157717728.html http://www.en.rian.ru/mlitary_news/20100129/157715602.html LaRata

" 21 January 2010 - Typhoon Top Trumps the F-15 During recent exercises, NATO Air Forces carried out several training combat engagements known as DACT, Dissimilar Aircraft Combat Training, involving different types of aircraft. In this situation, where the air dominance is a matter, the Eurofighter Typhoons turned out to be the leading air-to-air fighter jets. Once again, the outstanding performance of the Eurofighter Typhoon was evident in a dogfight simulation. The 111 Squadron of the Spanish Air Force as well as the 493rd Squadron of the U.S. Air Force were deployed for training in Gando Air Base, Gran Canaria. The Spanish Squadron attended the training with a total of six Eurofighter Typhoons. The U.S. Air Force deployed F-15s. In an interview on the exercise, Major Juan Balesta, the 41-year old Commander of the 111 Squadron stressed that a two-ship formation of Eurofighters involved in a dogfight simulation “against” the F-15s enjoyed full control of the engagement. The Typhoons managed to smash a formation of eight F-15s which had the role of the attacker with the first Eurofighter jet managing to "shoot down" four F-15 fighter jets. The second Eurofighter managed to disable three F-15 jets. Eventually the pilots were using the Eurofighter Typhoon to full capacity and taking advantage of its enormous capabilities. Trump that." http://www.eurofighter.com/po_bl.asp?id=169 LaRata

Hi : More News from UK F-35 . . . " The JSF, or F35 as it is now called, has been subject to costly delays and the estimated price has soared from £37m each four years ago to more than £62m today. One compromise would be for the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to halve its order from 140 planes to 70. " http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jan/12/defence-aircraft-jet-fighters-budget LaRata

Saludos : More On F-35 Cost ... http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/01/12/navair-offers-f-18-ammo-amid-jsf-woes/ Congressional aides are beginning to wonder if the Navy should buy the carrier version of the Joint Strike Fighter, in light of the program’s rising price tag and its higher flight costs. “I’m growing more and more convinced that the Navy variant of the F-​​35 might not be worth buying. The program is sliding further and further to the right, as costs increase. When we have an 80 percent solution in active production, and significantly cheaper, the F-​​35C looks like a great candidate for cancellation,” said one congressional aide. “Gates has talked about choosing 75 percent solutions over expensive ‘exquisite’ systems and this is a perfect candidate.” LaRata

Bad News For More F-22 ... :( http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-f-22-plane22-2009jul22,0,750816.story LaRata

Some Old News . . . " The fighters with the lowest retention rates were A-10s at 53 percent, F-16s at 51 percent and F-22s at 43 percent. Retention rates for other fighters were 81 percent for F-15Es and 68 percent for F-15s. " http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2008/10/airforce_pilot_retentionbonus_102108w/ LaRata

" The United States' top fighter jet, the Lockheed Martin F-22, has recently required more than 30 hours of maintenance for every hour in the skies, pushing its hourly cost of flying to more than $44,000, a far higher figure than for the warplane it replaces, confidential Pentagon test results show. " " "It is a disgrace that you can fly a plane [an average of] only 1.7 hours before it gets a critical failure" that jeopardizes success of the aircraft's mission, said a Defense Department critic of the plane who is not authorized to speak on the record. Other skeptics inside the Pentagon note that the planes, designed 30 years ago to combat a Cold War adversary, have cost an average of $350 million apiece and say they are not a priority in the age of small wars and terrorist threats. " http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/09/AR2009070903020.html?wprss=rss_politics/congress LaRata

More News On F-15 SE ... http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUSN1629060420090616 LaRata

_ 1000 Harm`s and 100 Alarm , was Firing at Serbia Air Defences In 78 days of Kosovo Air WAR. AFM Magazine 1999. _ 1 x Harm Fired By F-16 , Destroy 1 x Patriot Defence System in the final days of 2003 Iraq War. Friendly Fire ... _ Is the Pantsir was defeated by the Harm Missiles is not to be a great surprise.

_Remember ... The F-22 and F-35 uses some Modular Tech. that made this planes more Stealth. This tech will Not be Exp. Out the US. ( Only for UK ?? ) http://www.janes.com/defence/air_forces/news/idr/idr040416_1_n.shtml " Up to US$1 billion of the projected cost overrun on the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) is attributable to the development of 'anti-tamper' (AT) technology to protect stealth features on the JSF, together with a 'sanitized' and probably less stealthy export configuration of the fighter. " " The clear implication is that the 'international' JSF would have a larger RCS than the US version, would be easier to detect by hostile radars and would consequently be more susceptible to attack. That, in turn, would have consequences for the overall effectiveness of the fighter. Like other LO aircraft, it does not carry active jamming equipment or a towed decoy, and it cannot use high-off-boresight air-to-air missiles when in stealth mode. " _The are to many Sites in the Net for the F-35. :) Information Near the reality in all these Net Sites ; Not Sure ??? :( _Only Few Sites below ... http://www.aerospaceweb.org/aircraft/fighter/f35/ http://www.ausairpower.net/APA-NOTAM-030907-1.html _ Sensitive Technology For export ? http://www.f-16.net/news_article2593.html LaRata

Not sure but the only model that uses stealth tech. will be the US Air Force Ver. Only ?? F-35A (CTOL)Conventional take-off and landing for US Air Force . . ( stealth ) F-35B (STOVL)Short take-off and landing for US Marine Corps, and the UK Navy and Air Force(non stealth) F-35C (CV)Carrier variant for US Navy ( none stealth ) International Orders will be Non-Stealth, F-35 ? LaRata

They miss the Data for the F-22 ???? LaRata

_To bad for us :( :( _This information will be to classified for the civil fan like Me ... :( LaRata

_ Any Site That show the correct performance of Missiles. Russian and The NATO ??? LaRata

_Nice Site ... A lot of information ... :) _At the start R-73 was Superior ... To any NATO standart ?? _Russian AAM ... Not all in Service ... _More Rusian Data ... _Python 4 ...This move have been prove in real combat ???

_Sorry for my eng. is not perfect. _I only try to say Not only one parameter make one missile better than the other ... :( _Range and other technical for the missile are important, including the Pilot ... LaRata

_F-14 using NOT Operational AIM-54 in Real Combat ???? No Hit in Real Combat was credited to the AIM-54 in US NAVY. _AIM-120 and AIM-54 Fail to Hit The Mig-25`s in Real Combat. No Air To Air Missile are Perfect ... _Range for US Missiles are not easy to find. Including in their official WebPages :( ... _Range do not make any Missiles better to other missiles ... LaRata

In 1996, F-14 Fired 2 x AIM-54, at Iraq Mig-25`s. The 2 x AIM-54 Failed to Hit the Mig-25`s . . . At the same Air Combat F-15C, Fired 6 x AIM-120, At the same Mig-25`s . ( At Maximun Range ? ) ... All the Air to Air Misiles Fired in this Combat Missed their Target... In the IR area the R-73 has the best Range. The R-73 Is the only new IR missile that have seen Air Combat. Until Now... LaRata

_In 1991 Gulf War, Russia did not sell its best Weapons to Iraq. SA-2, (1950), SA-3 (1950) and SA-6 (1967) are old system at this time. Some like the SA-2 are Classified obsolete by the US Air Force manuals at this Air War... :) _Other 2 x F-117 was Hit by SAM`s in the Campaign. _" 5) they were filmed departing their bases in italy and their route was calculated. " This was more than NATO propaganda at this time ... :)

- In Real AIR WAR Not One Dictated the Rules >>> And This was an exercise that not goin well to the US side. Remember that the F-15C face the older SU-30UB not the new Su-30MKI. Bad for us is to classified . :( - In RED FLAG the Su-30MKI flew mainly in the Air to Ground within the Blue Force exercised alongside F-15E, Tornados and F-16. Only using a "LDP" and no IR or Active Missile . Their Radar (NIIP) was off or in training mode. No ECM or Countermeasures was used by the SU-30MKI. LaRata

IndianAF Su-30UB Win over The F-15C in Aero India 2005 ... LaRata

1 . The big for the F-14 will be the movie " Top Gun " ... :) 2 . In the real only few victories : 2 x Su-22 2 x Mig-23 1 x Mi-8 3. No Air to Air kill using the AIM-54 in real combat. " Any know any other Air to Air victory for the F-14 ... ? "