Dark_Falcon Posted August 24, 2018 Posted August 24, 2018 Is what I just got a so-called freedom boner? Yes, but if it persists for more than 8 hours call your doctor.
shep854 Posted August 24, 2018 Posted August 24, 2018 Does it help to know that four of those are gators?
Dark_Falcon Posted August 25, 2018 Posted August 25, 2018 Does it help to know that four of those are gators? Yes, though those ships will be getting F-35Bs like the Queen Elizabeth. So they surely belong in the picture.
Panzermann Posted August 26, 2018 Posted August 26, 2018 Does it help to know that four of those are gators? Yes, though those ships will be getting F-35Bs like the Queen Elizabeth. So they surely belong in the picture. Rotary wings are aircraft too! #helolivesmatter
shep854 Posted August 26, 2018 Posted August 26, 2018 (edited) Keep this up, and anything with a patch of vacant deck becomes a carrier... #birdfarmpride Edited August 26, 2018 by shep854
Dawes Posted August 26, 2018 Posted August 26, 2018 At one time the UK was interested in buying a few V-22 Ospreys. I take it that has passed into oblivion?
Stuart Galbraith Posted August 26, 2018 Posted August 26, 2018 They have talked themselves out of it. Ultimately, we cant afford it. We have chinooks we could use for COD I guess.
DB Posted August 26, 2018 Posted August 26, 2018 The only ones who still think they can have V-22 wear funny coloured berets.
Dawes Posted August 26, 2018 Posted August 26, 2018 Have there been any UK exchange crew flying USMC Osprey's?
Stuart Galbraith Posted August 26, 2018 Posted August 26, 2018 It wouldnt surprise me. They have been exhanging RAF pilots with the USMC to fly the Harrier. Its highly likely the USMC are going to be staging off this ship for some time, so like as not they will be bringing some Ospreys of their own.
Dawes Posted August 26, 2018 Posted August 26, 2018 I would imagine that the USMC's Harriers are on their last legs.
Panzermann Posted August 26, 2018 Posted August 26, 2018 At one time the UK was interested in buying a few V-22 Ospreys. I take it that has passed into oblivion? They have talked themselves out of it. Ultimately, we cant afford it. We have chinooks we could use for COD I guess. The only ones who still think they can have V-22 wear funny coloured berets. I think the V-22 would have made a good one for one replacement for the now retired Commando Sea Kings to taxi the Royal Marines around, but with no money in the purse that is dead. What is so funny about green berets?
JasonJ Posted August 27, 2018 Posted August 27, 2018 JGSDF are getting Ospreys, plan was to get 17. As of now, all 17 have been paid for by yearly defense budgets. They are to be deployed in Saga, by 2021. Naturally the anti-Osprey-gumi is making a fuss about it.
Stuart Galbraith Posted August 27, 2018 Posted August 27, 2018 I would imagine that the USMC's Harriers are on their last legs. 2025, they have said previously they could keep going till 2030. There have been rumour's that they may convert at least some of the ex RAF fleet sold to them for spares into flyable aircraft. And of course as we know due to Treasury constipation, we withdrew those airframes with over a decade of life left on them.https://news.usni.org/2014/11/03/u-s-marines-retire-harrier-fleet-early-planned-extend-life-hornets At one time the UK was interested in buying a few V-22 Ospreys. I take it that has passed into oblivion? They have talked themselves out of it. Ultimately, we cant afford it. We have chinooks we could use for COD I guess. The only ones who still think they can have V-22 wear funny coloured berets. I think the V-22 would have made a good one for one replacement for the now retired Commando Sea Kings to taxi the Royal Marines around, but with no money in the purse that is dead. What is so funny about green berets? We already have Merlin's that can do that, though some of them have been put back into ASW work I gather. Top and bottom of it, we have a helicopter manufacturer going slowly bust wanting orders, we have a dire need for more helo's, and no money to buy them. Only in Britain. When Leonardo finally goes bust, they will probably put projects in place to convert all those whom worked there into Burger King operatives.
Nobu Posted August 27, 2018 Posted August 27, 2018 (edited) Saudi Arabia is obligated to purchase political and security assurances from the United States in the form of purchases of big-ticket equipment from the U.S. defense sector. Japan and Japanese are under a similar obligation. To a lesser extent in terms of how blatant the obligation is, but to a greater extent in terms of Japan's economic, industrial, and technological capability versus lesser nations incapable of developing their own kit, such as the aforementioned Saudis. The UK's obligation in this regard is even less. If a domestically produced solution is possible (and I see no reason why it would not be), London should choose it. There will come a day when Japan will do the same. Edited August 27, 2018 by Nobu
Stuart Galbraith Posted August 28, 2018 Posted August 28, 2018 We wont sustain UK defence industry though. We pat it on the head, tell it how important it is, then every time there is a budget shortfall cut the legs off it. Witness whats happening to Leonardo, or what happened to VDS. There is even less reason to buy domestically produced British weapons, now BAE own quite so much of the US Defence establishment.
Adam_S Posted September 1, 2018 Posted September 1, 2018 Interesting that Prince of Wales appears to have been built as the world's first semi-submersible aircraft carrier.
Stuart Galbraith Posted September 1, 2018 Posted September 1, 2018 Big Liz was modular construction too. Flight decks were built at Cammel Laird I gather. http://www.aircraftcarrieralliance.co.uk/hms-prince-of-wales/latest-news/2015/cammell-laird-delivers-its-final-carrier-block Is not submersible. Is so big you can see the tower over the horizon.
DB Posted September 5, 2018 Posted September 5, 2018 (edited) Apparently the first non-US weapon test. Note this is external carriage and the interesting launcher AOA. https://www.mbda-systems.com/press-releases/f-35-successfully-conducts-first-firings-of-mbdas-asraam/ Edited September 5, 2018 by DB
shep854 Posted September 5, 2018 Posted September 5, 2018 Apparently the first non-US weapon test. Note this is external carriage and the interesting launcher AOA.https://www.mbda-systems.com/press-releases/f-35-successfully-conducts-first-firings-of-mbdas-asraam/Yeah...airflow demands funny-looking solutions. External first shot makes sense; having a gremlin show up in the weapons bay would be less than optimal.
rmgill Posted September 5, 2018 Posted September 5, 2018 Is not submersible. Is so big you can see the tower over the horizon. Every Carrier is submersible once.
Adam_S Posted September 28, 2018 Posted September 28, 2018 https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/first-f-35-jets-land-on-hms-queen-elizabeth/ F-35 jets have landed on aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth for the first time. This event marks the first time an F-35 has ever landed on a non-American vessel and it helps bring an end to the eight-year hiatus since a British aircraft carrier last operated a fast jet from its deck. On the 25th of September Royal Navy Commander Nathan Gray made history by being the first to land an F-35B on HMS Queen Elizabeth.
shep854 Posted September 29, 2018 Posted September 29, 2018 (edited) Good show, chaps! Edited September 29, 2018 by shep854
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