Hot Dog's Ketchup Filled F-35 News Thread

[LmRaptor]

Previous thread:
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=106268

Norway approves F-35 buy.
http://www.f-16.net/news_article4368.html

F-35 looks for Paris 'bump'
http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/th...aris-bump.html

[quadbike]

Can you put the thread number ?

[djcross]

New public access site for F-35 info by LM.
http://www.f35.com

[aurcov]

The EO-DAS and was "virtually" tested in Northern Edge:
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs...entId=blogDest

[SpudmanWP]

That is a little misleading; it was the F-35 (as a whole) that was tested "virtually" in Alaska. The Blk3 hardware (EOTS & EODAS) and software were "actually" there flying in a BAC-111 testbed aircraft and they were tested against "actual" threats at Northern Edge.

[SpudmanWP]

They also had the APG-81 & data-links as part of the tests.

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/art...r-testing.html

Participating in the Northern Edge exercise for the second time, the AN/APG-81 radar demonstrated robust electronic protection, electronic attack, passive, maritime and experimental modes, and data-linked air and surface tracks to improve legacy fighter situational awareness.

[raptor2019]

USAF Turning to Flexible Multirole Aircraft



As the U.S. Air Force shrinks, multirole aircraft are going to play an ever larger role in the service’s inventory, the air arm’s top civilian official said.

The service’s strategy “favors retaining multirole capabilities going forward,” Air Force Secretary Michael Donley said Feb. 2. “The tactical air forces are going to get smaller and still be required to address a broad spectrum of threats.”