Jets & Planes but no UAV's here.

[Suhiir]

Yeah the Air Force didn't really want the A-10 to start with and has been trying to get rind of it forever.

I recall after Gulf I they pointed out how many A-10s were damaged/shot down as "proof" the aircraft was useless and obsolete, while of course neglecting to mention the number of sorties flown or the amount of confirmed damage done.

[FASTBOAT TOUGH]

Well it's been awhile since I last visited "DID" so I'm catching up slowly. Here are the highlights from the ref below as sourced from the GAO. This can't be good for us either but here's the effect for the following countries due to continued software issues for the F-35. I believe this has game implications as well though I haven't checked yet. In the ref you can click on the highlighted blue "GAO Report" which I suspect might show the impact on the other customers as well. I haven't read it yet either. Excerpts...
1. "The RAAF has already ordered 2 F-35As, which are scheduled to begin arriving in 2018, but a recent GAO report external link indicates that they aren’t likely to be fully combat-ready by then due to software delays. Another 12 F-35As were approved to buy in 2009, but haven’t been placed under contract yet. These 14 aircraft are more likely to be ready by 2021, which is when RAAF No.3 Squadron is supposed to be operational."

2. "They won’t be alone in the region. By 2023, Japan and South Korea are likely to have their own operational F-35A Squadrons. Singapore may have joined them with F-35Bs, depending on when their order is placed."

This still can slip due to contract issues as noted in this article as well.
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/...29/#more-23629

Couldn't wait as I suspected not good for us either if not cleared for full rate production until 2019 ours won't get operational until maybe 2020. But here you go and off to bed for me before someone has a serious talk with me!
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-14-322

Regards,
Pat

[FASTBOAT TOUGH]

Don or Andy,
In the game does the OOB Gulf States refer to the "real" Gulf States under the GCC? The current countries that make up the Gulf States are Saudi Arabia (Separate OOB.), Kuwait, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar, Bahrain and Oman.
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/...on-Council-GCC

The issue follows but for now on my list to be fixed under the game Gulf States OOB for Oman.
http://www.janes.com/article/44750/oman-retires-jaguars


The next concerns the ongoing possibility of further closer political and military ties (Think EU/NATO in nature.) between the Gulf States beyond the GCC which is more an Economic (Think G7.) union. There are some Political agreements involved as well but not as close as what is in the next ref below.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-18057836

Unrelated to the above and also on my list (And a surprise when I saw it.) for this Threads work list...
http://www.janes.com/article/44758/a...s-from-service

Though not sure but suspect and will check, there might be some date adjustments here besides the end date for those Greet Corsairs. Still flying who'd a thouk it!

And with everything else going on in the World you would think Asia is quite but you'd be wrong...
http://www.janes.com/article/44629/j...ssian-aircraft

Nothing like a good day at JANES!?!

Regards,
Pat

[FASTBOAT TOUGH]

Since we have no room for an OOB for the country of "Greet" the last should read, Greek. Though I'm sure they'd gladly Greet you if you visit their country. Sorry for the confusion.

Regards,
Pat

[DRG]

Originally Posted by FASTBOAT TOUGH

Don or Andy,
In the game does the OOB Gulf States refer to the "real" Gulf States under the GCC? The current countries that make up the Gulf States are Saudi Arabia (Separate OOB.), Kuwait, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar, Bahrain and Oman.

yes

[FASTBOAT TOUGH]

Don,
Thanks! I'll have to verify first that none of the other countries are still flying the JAGUAR before submitting any changes when the time comes.

Regards,
Pat

[Suhiir]

It's NOT "stealth" like the F-117 (or even F-22) it's more like a drastically reduced radar signature.

Aircraft carriers, and their planes, exist primarily to protect the fleet NOT support ground actions. Sure they train for and can do ground support (quite well) but during an amphibious landing their #1 priority is protecting the shipping. Plus the USMC aircraft need to be transported to the landing zone somehow and you sure don't want to have to reduce the complement of the carriers to haul them.

The main reason to sacrifice payload with the "B" model has absolutely nothing to do with ships however. It has everything to do with NOT needing to seize an airport immediately to support the landing. VTOL aircraft can make do with any parking lot or dirt road.

[Suhiir]

I always find it immensely amusing how many so-called "experts" are ignorant of, or flat-out ignore extremely relevant data and/or reasons when they complain about things (specially military hardware).
I guess we should have listened when the experts told us the expense and amount of training needed to use the longbow didn't justify it's adoption over the crossbow.

[Suhiir]

Nice document bubblehead!
Good find.

[Suhiir]

Nov 2014

The F-35C, naval variant of the F-35 JSF, completed it's initial carrier qualification tests.

https://www.f35.com/news/detail/f-35...rcraft-carrier