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U.S. Air Force warns Iran with huge show of strength as 52 fully-armed F-35A Lightning II stealth fighters...
The Daily Mail UK ^ | 06 Jan 2020 | Emily Crane

Posted on 01/06/2020 8:50:17 PM PST by blueplum

Full Title: U.S. Air Force warns Iran with huge show of strength as 52 fully-armed F-35A Lightning II stealth fighters worth $4.2 BILLION take off in a single wave after 'elephant walk' along Utah base runway

The U.S. Air Force has performed a huge show of strength by launching more than 50 fully-armed Lightning II stealth fighters in a single wave following an elephant walk down the runway. The 52 F-35A aircrafts, which are worth a whopping $4.2 billion, took off in quick succession from the Hill Air Force Base in Utah on Monday. The exercise carried out by the active duty 388th and Reserve 419th Fighter Wings showed the Air Force's ability to deploy a large force of the F-35As. While the exercise has been planned for several months, the execution...

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: f35a; f35alightning; hillafb; iran; military; usaf
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To: Spktyr
The B-52 wouldn’t be as much of a threat - these days it’s not a very good penetrator against modern air defenses. It can only be used if hostile air forces and much ground defense has been suppressed or destroyed.

So... next week, then...

61 posted on 01/07/2020 3:54:17 AM PST by Haiku Guy (If you have a right / To the service I provide / I must be your slave)
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To: Sacajaweau

They have more than a few new, modern systems. This was as of four years ago: https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2016-11/news-briefs/russia-completes-s-300-delivery-iran


62 posted on 01/07/2020 7:10:42 AM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: ETCM

The problem with that idea is that even with the mid-life SLEP, the AGM-86 hit end of life in 2019-2020. Electronic components only last so long - especially in equipment designed to be expendable. At this point, the AGM-86 isn’t considered reliable; the crew may hit launch and the thing just falls off the pylon without igniting the engine. Or it may launch, go off course and explode. Missiles have finite lifespans.


63 posted on 01/07/2020 7:16:46 AM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Haiku Guy

Pretty much, but again, the ‘52 isn’t nearly the initial threat it used to be - technology has moved on and the F-35 is far more threatening in terms of destroying defenses. The ‘52 is what happens to your country after your defenses are destroyed.


64 posted on 01/07/2020 7:23:33 AM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Spktyr

It can carry cruise missiles such as the AGM-86 or the JASSM-ER.


65 posted on 01/07/2020 9:49:26 AM PST by 2CAVTrooper (Political Science degrees, so easy Obama has one.)
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To: FreedomNotSafety

The AGM-129 ACM was retired in 2007 to placate some BS treaty with the Russians.


66 posted on 01/07/2020 9:52:15 AM PST by 2CAVTrooper (Political Science degrees, so easy Obama has one.)
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To: FreedomNotSafety

And the AGM-86C has been retired too.

Only the nuclear armed AGM-86B, and the conventional JASSM-ER is available.


67 posted on 01/07/2020 9:54:10 AM PST by 2CAVTrooper (Political Science degrees, so easy Obama has one.)
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To: Spktyr

Hi.

Happy New Year.

As you know air defenses would be suppressed by various means. Buffs have ECM and other counter measures.

Imho, we wouldn’t lose one BUFF.

5.56MM


68 posted on 01/07/2020 9:57:38 AM PST by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP! Finish THE WALL!)
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To: Spktyr
The B-52 wouldn’t be as much of a threat - these days it’s not a very good penetrator against modern air defenses.

Oh, I'm not so sure about that:


69 posted on 01/07/2020 10:02:34 AM PST by Cuttnhorse (Never fear the cow)
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To: Helicondelta

Mullahs will claim it’s a photo shop and that there were only a dozen planes doing touch and goes.


70 posted on 01/07/2020 10:15:38 AM PST by Rebelbase
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To: NormsRevenge

Jimmah was scared of a Soviet response.


71 posted on 01/07/2020 10:16:19 AM PST by Rebelbase
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To: Spktyr
The B-52 wouldn’t be as much of a threat - these days it’s not a very good penetrator against modern air defenses.

That's what the first 52 F-35's are for.

7

72 posted on 01/07/2020 10:19:35 AM PST by infool7 (When you have the Lord, nothing else is important and everything is fascinating!)
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To: Rebelbase

Jimmah was scared of a Soviet response.

..

and killer rabbits.


73 posted on 01/07/2020 12:18:39 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!!)
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To: Salamander

More like a swarm of locusts. — very deadly locusts.


74 posted on 01/07/2020 5:39:30 PM PST by Ban Draoi Marbh Draoi ( Gen. 12:3: a warning to all anti-semites.)
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