"Henry J Cobb" wrote in message
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Kevin Brooks wrote:
"Henry J Cobb" wrote in message
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Will there be AF units attached to Army "flying columns" to setup ad hoc
Foward Area Refueling Points for Air Force F-35Bs alongside the Apaches?

FARPs are not your specialty, are they? If they want to do a FARP, they
have
a number of options, just like those in the Army aviation community have
a
number of options. Use of helos is one option, or use of helos in
combination with assets sent forward by ground transport, or indeed by
ground assets only. They could in some cases eben use C-130's operating
from
a designated FLS. What, you think the USAF has nobody capable of driving
a
truck? In most cases, though, you could expect them to set up a FOB
(forward
operating base) instead of a FARP. The USMC manages to do this kind of
thing--why do you think it beyond the ability of the USAF and Army?

If you have to lay out a full landing strip for the C-130's why would
the AF need F-35Bs, couldn't they just use F-35As?

Holy crap, Henry--*FLS* does NOT mean "full landing strip". It is a
*forward* landing strip, using what is called the MOS (minimum operating
strip length) for that type of aircraft. care to hazard a guess as to the
difference between a MOS for a C-130 and one for a CTOL tactical fighter? A
section of straight road can be used for a C-130 FLS, or engineers can carve
one out in rather quick fashion (then usually termed an "assault strip",
usually with a dirt surface or at most a geotextile/geogrid--and no, you are
not operating F-35A's off of that, either).

You see what happens when you start second guessing and belittling what you
have absolutely no grasp of? When are you going to get off this kick that
you know more than the guys who wear the blue and green suits?

Brooks


-HJC