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paradimg shifts going on soon.
With the emergence of technologies like UAV, I can already hear gears stripping. g One thing is for sure - change will come in ways none of us will reasonably anticipate. I wouldn't rule out a resurgence of cockpit opportunities for BOTH the one and two-anchor communities. -- Mike Kanze 436 Greenbrier Road Half Moon Bay, California 94019-2259 USA 650-726-7890 "When you enter the voting booth, vote for the guy you think will go to jail last!" - Anonymous "nafod40" wrote in message ... Doug \"Woody\" and Erin Beal wrote: Don't take that as NFO bashing. I've got a lot of respect for B/N's, WSO's, and RIO's in the systems weapons and sensor supported weapons roles. It's great to have one guy totally focused on target acq and weapons support leaving the pilot to flying form and avoiding the threat. I just think that their additional utility (given current technology) in the air-to-air arena is limited. I'm sure I'm going to get many responses from this one. Seriously, folks, not a troll. I think the real battle of the decade is going to be how many pilots will remain in the cockpit. There's going to be some paradimg shifts going on soon. |
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Mike Kanze wrote:
paradigm shifts going on soon. With the emergence of technologies like UAV, I can already hear gears stripping. g One thing is for sure - change will come in ways none of us will reasonably anticipate. I wouldn't rule out a resurgence of cockpit opportunities for BOTH the one and two-anchor communities. I can picture a largish jet with serious knots, legs, and loiter time taking off to do battle, surrounded by a small flock of way-smart UAVs. a mix seems to intuitively make sense. |
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AESA?
Someone needs to write a FAQ for this group, if there isn't one already...:-( That's the bells&whistles version of the APG-79 radar, that does everything from air-to-air to air-to-ground to jamming. Needs the ACS (advanced crew stations) to be effective. _____________ José Herculano |
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Jose- Looking at what an F/A-22 (single seater) and a B-2 (twin-seater) can
do, I find it harder and harder to justify a thing like an F/A-18F. BRBR But how ya gonna get that thing to sit off a coastline, no friendly airbase w/i 1000 miles and 'rattle the saber'??? Geeezzz, a squadron of B-2s(6) cost the same as a CV and airwing. P. C. Chisholm CDR, USN(ret.) Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye Phlyer |
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Jose- And remember that the current squadrons deploying at sea with the
F/A-18F have rear cockpits that are barely different from the front ones... the advanced rear cockpit is yet to fly operationaly. I don't believe the F can turn a real advantage over the E. BRBR Kinda like the F-15E??? No? P. C. Chisholm CDR, USN(ret.) Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye Phlyer |
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Thomas- Yes, but the JSF will replace F/A-18Cs, also single-seaters, not the
Es and Fs. BRBR E's are going to replaced by JSF-no? And something better replace the -F for night, AW strike... P. C. Chisholm CDR, USN(ret.) Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye Phlyer |
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AESA=Active Electronically Scanned Array
"John Penta" escribió en el mensaje ... On Wed, 05 Nov 2003 10:50:10 GMT, "Doug \"Woody\" and Erin Beal" wrote: I'd agree with you all the way up to the air-to-air mission. Most of the Tomcat converts I know claim that the RIO sucked SA away from the pilot... BUT when AESA comes on line, and the folks at Boeing split up the cockpit, the WSO in will have plenty to do that the pilot would never be able to handle by himself. --Woody AESA? Someone needs to write a FAQ for this group, if there isn't one already...:-( John |
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José Herculano wrote: AESA? Someone needs to write a FAQ for this group, if there isn't one already...:-( That's the bells&whistles version of the APG-79 radar, that does everything from air-to-air to air-to-ground to jamming. Needs the ACS (advanced crew stations) to be effective. _____________ José Herculano And more in general stands for Active Electronically Scanned Array, which is the name for the type of antenna/emitter group. Instead of a mechanically swivelling antenna (with complicated waveguides and a heavy hydraulic system to move it around) this has a flat, fixed array consisting of multiple emitter/receiver modules. The beam is controlled electronically and at least in theory such a radar can use multiple modes simultaneously. In the F/A-18F (with the ACS) this could mean that for instance the pilot would have an air-to-air mode selected, while the NFO in the back could be using a ground-mapping mode at the same time. A small number of USAF F-15Cs (from the 3rd FW in Alaska if I'm not mistaken) already fly with a radar with such an antenna: a modified version of the regular APG-63(V)1 (unsurprisingly) called the APG-63(V)2 . The first F/A-18F fitted with the APG-79 has already undertaken its first flight. Regards, Ralph Savelsberg |
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E's are going to replaced by JSF-no?
Nope, only F/A-18A/B/C will be replaced by the F-35. Later, perhaps the F/A-18D from the Marines as well. F/A-18E/F are to be flown in mixed airwings with the F-35. _____________ José Herculano |
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But how ya gonna get that thing to sit off a coastline, no friendly
airbase w/i 1000 miles and 'rattle the saber'??? Hombre, I was playing the one-seater vs the two-seater. The Air Force birds were for comparison in that. Although I wouldn't mind seeing a navalized F/A-22, but I believe that will happen, as it is said here, in the afternoon of St Never's day. _____________ José Herculano |
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