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nafod40,
Then you can appreciate why I rarely post. I read a lot. Once in awhile some one who will post something so off the wall it gets my dander up and I speak up. The google search you mentioned is a good example. If you followed the thread you will see my "credibility" was established very quickly. I actually chatted with the original poster and knew who he was refering to and what program the SEAL had been through. Once the dust settled, he understood why every one was up and arms over the wording he was a Navy Pilot. There are some good friends of mine that read this NG and rarely post anymore for the same reasons. Many who are reading this know me in real life so as I stated earlier, Joe Smith doesn't give me credibility, I really dont care and I shouldn't have let it get to me the way it did. Let's call it a bad day at the office. Jake PS - As for insider tidbits, I have never done so. Any comments I make or have made can be found in the mainstream press and unclassified material that if you know where to look, you can find it. "Kevin Brooks" wrote in message ... "Jake Donovan" wrote in message news:dqf_b.12902$iB.7776@lakeread06... I really, really hate to mess with your "credibility" but the F35 was NOT designed as a carrier aircraft. The JSF concept was for an aircraft that can be used by different players with differnt requiremnets. NOT as a CARRIER aircraft. As much as I hate to defend Andrew, your argument does not really make much sense. The program was indeed designed to accomodate different customers with differing requirements, one of which is the requirement for carrier compatability in *both* the F-35C and F-35B. The JSF program was NOT one where the competing firms were told, "Design and build us a land based fighter, then come back and tell us how you would make it carrier compatable." The need for carrier compatability was included in the original JSF program requirements, so the products were indeed designed to include that capability. Note that Andrew was commenting on the "F-35" program (AKA JSF), not the "F-35A". The F-35C was. Argue all you want, but that leaves two other variants of the F35 that were NOT designed to be carrier aircraft. The A, a CTOV variant for the Airforce to replace F-16's, A-10's, and yes, in the up coming future, the F-22. The F-35A was designed to *replace* the F-22? Where in tarnation did you get that rather strange idea? It is intended to replace the other aircraft you note, but not the F-22. Now if you want to argue that the F-35B is an aircraft designed as a Carrier Aircraft, I know some Marines that would like to chat with you. What, you know some Marines who'd claim that the AV-8B was not designed with carrier requirements in mind? Or who would claim that the AV-8B is *not* routinely deployed shipboard, just as the F-35B will be? The B will be replacing AV-8B's and land based F-18's. You mean those same "land based" F-18's that sometimes are tasked to be part of a CAW? Sure, it can land on a carrier but it is not being built to trap aboard CV/N's using arresting gear or Cat launches. Do you think that the fact that both the RN (or would that be RAF under the Joint Harrier Force concept, or both services?) and the USMC do indeed plan to operate the B model from naval vessels (i.e., "carriers") might be taken into account during its design? The Brits have a little different take on the uses but they pretty much fall in line with the above. I doubt that, since your info as outlined above does not seem to be very accurate. Respectfully Jake PS - Oh, wait a minute, please quote some credible documentation to back up your above statement. I don't seem to be able to find any. Well, why don't YOU find us some "credible documentation" that states that the JSF program did not take carrier compatability into account from the outset, and indeed make that a program requirement, or that the F-35B is neither intended to be operated from shipboard by the USMC nor does its design incorporate any of the requirements for such shipboard use? Brooks "Andrew C. Toppan" wrote in message ... On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 14:36:35 GMT, R. David Steele wrote: The F-35 is basically the same plane as the F-22. It has been modified to be a carrier aircraft. Huh? The F-35 is absolutely nothing like the F-22. The F-35 was not "modified" to be a carrier aircraft, it was DESIGNED AS a carrier aircraft. -- Andrew Toppan --- --- "I speak only for myself" "Haze Gray & Underway" - Naval History, DANFS, World Navies Today, Photo Features, Military FAQs, and more - http://www.hazegray.org/ |
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