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[ABULDOG74]

Olá camaradas, tenho a impressão que a versão B é a versão mais adiantada e a que tem tido mais exito nos testes operacionais.

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[Carlos Lima]

Olá camaradas, tenho a impressão que a versão B é a versão mais adiantada e a que tem tido mais exito nos testes operacionais.

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Não.

A versão A está mais adiantada.

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[ABULDOG74]

Pelo menos é a que mais aparece em testes no YOUTUBE.

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[Carlos Lima]

Pelo menos é a que mais aparece em testes no YOUTUBE.

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A realidade é que os Harriers estão no osso e os Marines estão correndo para ter o F-35B com alguma capacidade pronto para uso o mais rápido possível.

É por isso que no Youtube parece que eles estão mais adiantados.

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[ABULDOG74]

Pelo menos é a que mais aparece em testes no YOUTUBE.

ADSUMUS

A realidade é que os Harriers estão no osso e os Marines estão correndo para ter o F-35B com alguma capacidade pronto para uso o mais rápido possível.

É por isso que no Youtube parece que eles estão mais adiantados.

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Obrigado pela informação.

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[Carlos Lima]

F-35 ganha nos EUA a primeira asa feita na Itália.

Produção de asas do F-35 na Itália está garantida para 835 unidades até o momento.

Essa aeronave com asas italianas irá para a USAF quando estiver pronta.

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articl ... g_set.html

F-35A Gets First Italian-Made Wing-Set

(Source: Lockheed Martin; issued May 27, 2015)

The first wing-set manufactured by Italy’s Alenia Aermacchi is mated to an F-35A airframe at Lockheed’s Fort Worth facility. (Lockheed photo)


FORT WORTH, Texas --- The first F-35A wing-set produced by Italy’s Finmeccanica-Alenia Aermacchi has entered the F-35 production line in Fort Worth, marking a milestone for the Lockheed Martin - Alenia Aermacchi collaboration on the program.

Finmeccanica-Alenia Aermacchi produced the full wing-set at the F-35 final assembly & check-out (FACO) facility in Cameri, Italy. The entry into the electronic mate and assembly (EMAS) – where the forward fuselage, wing-set, and aft fuselage are joined, is an important production milestone for Finmeccanica-Alenia Aermacchi’s F-35 program, exhibiting high performance on a vital part of the aircraft while demonstrating the key involvement of the Italian aerospace industry.

The work contracted to Finmeccanica-Alenia Aermacchi, a strategic co-supplier of F-35A full wing assemblies, is one of the largest manufacturing projects for the Italian F-35 program, with 835 full wing assemblies planned. The Cameri FACO is owned by the Italian government and operated by Finmeccanica-Alenia Aermacchi in association with Lockheed Martin.

The Cameri FACO’s F-35 production operations began in July 2013 and rolled out Italy’s first F-35A aircraft, AL-1, in March, 2015; its first flight anticipated there later this year. The FACO will assemble both Italy’s F-35A conventional takeoff and landing variants and F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing variants, and is scheduled to assemble the Netherlands’ F-35A aircraft in the future.

The F-35s will replace Italian Air Force and Italian Navy AV-8 Harriers, Panavia Tornados, and AMX fighters.

“From the beginning of the program, Italian industry has influenced the aircraft's design and capabilities. Italian-made parts and components are installed in every F-35 produced,” said Jack Crisler, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Business Development vice president. “Italian industry will support the F-35 for more than 30 years, from production of parts and final assembly of aircraft to replacement parts and regional sustainment work.”

F-35A aircraft AF-88, with the Alenia Aermacchi wing-set, will be operated by the U.S. Air Force at Nellis AFB, Nevada, upon delivery.

More than 115 production F-35s have been delivered to customers and have flown more than 33,000 flight hours, fleet-wide.

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[Bolovo]

Só pra entender, a Itália está montando o F-35 inteiro?

[Carlos Lima]

Só pra entender, a Itália está montando o F-35 inteiro?

Sim...

Ela está fazendo as asas de todos os F-35 A / B e tem a sua própria linha de produção aonde em Março saiu o primeiro F-35A de lá...

Made in Italy...



Com esse agora são dois saindo atualmente da linha de produção italiana...

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[Penguin]

Só pra entender, a Itália está montando o F-35 inteiro?

Ver link:
https://www.f35.com/global/participatio ... ticipation

[Carlos Lima]

Ingleses e Americanos acompanhando os testes do F-35B no USS Wasp...

E lá vem a 5 geração...

ABOARD USS WASP: The continuous sorties of F-35Bs flying on May 26, watched by British and US press, was almost numbing. Six planes aboard the ship flew sortie after sortie, four from the Green Knights squadron at Yuma and two from the Warlords at Beaufort.

As Lt. General Davis, deputy Marine Commandant for aviation, said in response to a question about the date for Initial Operating Capability (IOC) of the F-35B: “It will be this summer. We are clearly focused on July. But it is in the hands of the professionals and they are making it happen.”

The professionals he had in mind are maintainers from three squadrons, the Green Knights (Yuma), the Warlords (Beaufort) and VMX-22 (New River). The ship’s executive officer (XO), Capt. Andrew “Mongo” Smith, highlighted the ability of a 25-year-old ship to become part of fifth generation warfare and operate the F-35 showed the flexibility of both the ship and the Navy-Marine Corps team.

One of the Marine pilots involved with the ship integration-testing said:

“No one in the world has ever sent an airplane off of an amphibious ship with this level of situational awareness and fusion between aircraft to aircraft and aircraft to ship. The fusion of the data aboard the airplanes and your ability to see what other planes are seeing a number of miles away from you, as well as what the ship is seeing, and then to be able to communicate with them without using the radio is a tactical and strategic advantage that can not really be over stated.”

Together, the Navy-Marine Corps team is transforming the Gator Navy, which has historically operated amphibious ships for assault by helos, amphibious vehicles, and infantry, to one that can assault from sea at great distances. It is turning what was a Greyhound Bus role to shaping an entirely new strike capability appropriate for 21st century operations. It began with the introduction of the Osprey and is being empowered by the integration of the F-35B with the Marine Corps force.

This change was presaged in a Marine Corps exercise last year involving San Clemente Island. Operating from the training base in Twentynine Palms and landing on California’s San Clemente Island, approximately 100 students from the Infantry Officer Course in Quantico flew aboard Ospreys to eliminate cruise missile threats and take back an airfield from enemy forces.

The Infantry Officer Course at Quantico paired with VMX-22 conducted the exercise and the Ospreys were accompanied by specially configured Ospreys using an airborne Wi-Fi network that linked the tables carried by the squads riding in the Ospreys. The Cat Bird, the F-35 surrogate sensor aircraft, sent maps and images as well as text messages about the objective to the Marines as they flew.

The Ospreys carried the force; the F-35 surrogate provided the cover so the force could be inserted more effectively. This is how the Marines are looking at a key aspect of the F-35 approach to providing close air support for a 21st century ground insertion force.

The CO of VMX-22, Col. “Horse” Rauenhorst highlighted that their work as a squadron was focusing on the integration of the Osprey, the F-35 and the new CH-53K helicopter as key elements to create a more lethal and survivable MAGTF. The infantry Marine forces can be inserted at greater distance, with greater flexibility to enhance their effectiveness and survivability. That is the whole point of the innovation being tested aboard the USS Wasp.

One aspect of the effort for ship integration of the F-35B aboard the ship was maintenance at sea. Maintainers from the three squadrons – the Green Knights from Yuma, the Warlords from Beaufort, and those from VMX-22 – worked together for the first time aboard the ship. And according to the maintainers their approach worked very well.

The report from the team aboard the ship was straightforward: “we could maintain the plane on ship very well and saw no loss of capability compared to maintaining the plane ashore.”

The Brits were aboard as well and are training with the Marines at Beaufort, S.C., the base where all foreign F-35B pilots and the foreign maintainers as well. The Italians will be coming next; both the Italian Navy and Air Force will operate F-35Bs.

I have now had a chance to visit all three new large deck ships where the F-35 will play a key role: the HMS Queen Elizabeth on March 31 in Scotland; earlier aboard the USS America, and the CVN-78 (Gerald Ford). The British carrier is designed for the F-35B and the engagement of the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force with the Marines and the Navy is very significant, and personnel clearly were looking for lessons learned aboard the ship to integrate with the standing up of the new class of the UK’s very innovative carriers which the United Kingdom is building.

Lt. Cdr. Neil Mathieson and Lt. Cdr. Beth Kitchen represented the Royal Navy. Mathieson was visiting the ship and returning to the UK with lessons learned; Kitchen is based at Beaufort and is an integral part of the Royal Navy-Marine team, notably with regard to rolling out the maintenance process and effort.

“The F-35 can be surrounded by myth and legend. But it is a real testimony to the capabilities of the maintainers of the Royal Navy, the Royal Air Force and the USMC to adapt to the new technological challenges,” Kitchen said. “Their knowledge of aircraft systems is now being applied to a new air system and taking steps forward into the unknown. It is a testament to the professionalism of these maintainers that they are just getting on with the job of making this aircraft work. Every single person involved in this detachment are passionate about this aircraft — and not just because it is a sexy looking aircraft — but they want to see it working in every operational environment.”

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[saullo]

Esse era o caça que não daria certo.
O pessoal não sabe a capacidade que os norte-americanos tem de consertar um projeto que começa meio capenga.
Lembrem-se que o Phantom F-4 foi alvo de críticas e se tornou um ícone e sucesso de exportação e depois o F-14 também teve um desenvolvimento crítico e se tornou um expoente de super caça.

Abraços

[mmatuso]

Eu até si emociono aqui vendo cada matéria que sai do F35 e como ele foi um acerto de 100% em seu desenvolvimento e cada novo passo que é dado para solapar definitivamente o comunismo da face da terra.

Tremei-voz comunistas de todos os cantos!O maior caça de todos os tempos está chegando!

[Penguin]

O momento de dar problema e saná-los eh durante a fase de desenvolvimento mesmo. Depois eh bem mais complicado.

[Carlos Lima]

Avaliação noturna a bordo do USS Wasp...



Enquanto isso em Edwards AFB...



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[Skyway]

Quem foi que declarou publicamente uma vez que o F-35 tinha capacidades acima do que a FAB precisa?