Posted on 01/25/2022 7:28:56 AM PST by Yo-Yo
I wonder if it’s just an accident, or if it’s another example of the F35 being a lousy platform?
Male or female pilot?
Was he masked?
the pilot was distracted by “white rage”
How much do these things cost??
The Marine Corps doesn't have F-35Cs.
Did they forget to remove the rain cover from the plane like the English did?
Mutual professional failures in the service, or are we witnessing at mark 18 torpdo?
I want to know more information about the pilot , and their carrier qualifications . Were the qualifications gun decked like a lot of them are in today’s Navy?
“I want to know more information about the pilot , and their carrier qualifications . Were the qualifications gun decked like a lot of them are in today’s Navy?”
Diversity!
It must have crash-landed on the deck. I’m amazed the pilot would have time to know the landing was off, and still be able to eject successfully.
Carrier operations are the most dangerous thing apart from combat that you can do.
There were studies during the Vietnam War that recorded the heart rates of Navy pilots, and the heart rates during a carrier landing were higher than even dogfighting combat or being shot at by an anti-aircraft missile.
The F-35 is shaping up to be a decent fighter with many unique capabilities.
Yes, they do. The Marine Corps operate both the F-35B STO/VL variant, and the F-35C carrier variant.
Just curious how many hours in 5th gen combat aircraft you have? Test pilot school grad?
“The F-35 is shaping up to be a decent fighter with many unique capabilities.”
No, it is not. Even the military is trying to dump the pig.
The Air Force F-35A variant costs about $80 million. The F-35C Carrier variant costs about $115 million.
Right, I tend to agree so I don’t think this necessarily is a platform problem.
New planes have complicated shakedowns, since problems in operations can sometimes only be discovered during operations and then fixed.
I really hope this turns out to be a cheap fix, rather than an expensive or systemic problem.
This accident was during arrested landing onto the carrier, not on takeoff like the British F-35B incident.
We have no details yet, but my speculation is that the aircraft successfully landed onto the carrier, but after it disconnected from the arresting wire it may have lost braking and slowly rolled over the side, injuring the sailors and forcing the pilot to eject.
We'll soon know what really happened.
If you have to ask...
...you can't afford it.
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