Marine reacts to the Insane Engineering of the F35

[@chromosome24]

They might use a fiber optic connection to avoid unintended emissions and to electrically isolate the probe from the f35.

[@vaenii5056]

I learned today that the technical documentation for F/A-18 has two million pages all in all. I can't even imagine what the manual for F-35 is like. 😄

[@randommadness1021]

Probably actually a lot smaller. These newer planes are much easier to fly and a lot of it is just start and go. Much like cars of today being a lot easier to drive than older ones are.

[@vaenii5056]

@@randommadness1021 I'm not talking about flying but technical documentation that is needed for maintenance, repairs, troubleshooting and things of that sort. It contains literally everything there is to know about the aircraft, I would imagine, judging by the absolutely staggering number of pages. Surely F-35 is technologically more advanced and complicated than last generation combat aircraft.

[@randommadness1021]

@@vaenii5056 yeah, that kinda goes without saying. They have specialist teams who deal with different parts of the craft, for instance, they can completely remove the full engine and take it into a specifically designed "tunnel" where they can test the engine. They can remove all parts of the aircraft and put them into specifically designed areas that are just for testing that part of the aircraft. That goes all the way from the engine, to the avionics all the way down to the pilots custom built flying suits and helmets. There are teams who are dedicated to each part of the aircraft which the people who are working on will be specialists on just that part of the aircraft. Meaning that they don't need to read millions of pages like you mentioned but there will be another specialist team who know how to test all the parts of the aircraft once they have all been put back on to the mainframe of the aircraft. If they guys run into any problems then they will be able to problem solve any problems which may occur during the rebuild of the aircraft after a refit. What I can't wait for is the next generation of aircraft that they are currently working on. I doubt many will have seen these things but they look like are straight out of star wars. Can't wait until they badboys are ready to go 🙂🙂👍

[@nilloc93]

@@vaenii5056 Depends on how much detail they go into on the repairs for the components vs just instructions to swap parts and send the broken one back to the factory. When I was a mechanic with the army we used to have these 1980's era 10 ton trucks, their repair manual was a series of 8 books, the modern replacement was just 3. Because instead of having a combination hydraulic/pneumatic/electronic system to control the specialty systems there is just an electronic control module. So the book just says "plug laptop into ECM, if it says its broken put a new control module in", instead of "get these 3 test kits, insert the air gauges on fitting X1 and X2, put the flow meter on hose Y, with your volt meter on connector Z start the engine and run at 2400 RPM, check pressure of X on these 2 gauges. If everything is good move on to test 2" and so on.

[@randommadness1021]

@@nilloc93 I think he was meaning what the amount of text would be like if for all they parts they were put onto paper, rather than being kept om computer files, like the one you mentioned that you just plug in. He's right in what he's saying about there being 2million pages for the older planes, there's probably 2million pages wort of text that breaks down just say the engine of the F-35A. And that the pilots are supposed to know exactly how every single part of the aircraft works, they cannot be expected to be experts and have read every single piece of text on how the whole craft works, they will still have to know the basics of each bit but obviously they also need to learn how to fly the the thing, they can't be expected to have read every single piece cause it would take a lifetime to read all of that by a single person. He is correct in what he's saying about how it would look if it all was written in books (it probably is somewhere) the amount of pages will be ridiculously long. No doubt why it was developed by 4/5 countries working together to be able to get the man hours it would take to get the F-35 built from scratch. I watched a video last week about how Lockheed Martin had turned an F-16 into a UAV. Should be interesting to see what their plans are for that!! 😂

[@KjetilBalstad]

X-Ray vision is exactly that. The sensor suite of the F-35 feeds data into the helmet, and thus the pilot can actually turn around in his chair and look behind and below, "through" the fuselage, of his own aircraft, see an enemy fighter, lock on to and engage this enemy with thrust vector capable missiles flipping around after being released. The same system can be used engaging targets on the ground. Obviously the range of this system is not equal to that of the phased array radar, however, it is sufficient for its use.

[@stewartmackay]

We've bought these in the UK for our new carriers, but frankly we could do with twice as many. They need to up the budget.

[@stewartmackay]

@@FunnyVideoCollector Thats not the point.

[@furiousscotsman2916]

@@stewartmackay Kinda is lol. The F-35 is for the carriers hence why we bought the B model, the Typhoon is our land based interceptors and are still getting updated, we do not want or need F-35B for airbases.

[@novicetoelite]

The helmets are around $400k! The channel @fluctus made a video about it

[@heinz57channel39]

So the new apple vision.

[@jonathanrichwine1996]

I worked on the F-35B in the Marine Corps from 2015-2020.

[@Yuki_Ika7]

i heard it took a while to work out the kinks but when it works it works wonders

[@Nediac800]

Expeditionary comms guy here. Fiber optic cables can transmit a ton of data at once, but is also not susceptible to electromagnetic interference like a copper cable is. It is very delicate, but it’s very dependent on the sheathing. We use TacFiber cables that have a thick, solid sheathe around them that makes them take bends about as well as a copper cable, and are probably more durable than one. I’m assuming whatever expensive stuff they’ve got on the F-35 is probably specifically meant for supersonic speeds

[@raiju02]

23 years in the USAF. Aircraft are identified by MDS (Model, Designation, Series). F-35A: Model is F for Fighter, Designation is 35, and the Series is A. The ABC for the series is not pronounced with the phonetic alphabet. Instead pronounced A = aye, B = bee, and C = see. Hope that helps.

[@johnnunn8688]

Of course, if you were talking to someone over a crackly radio, you might want to say Alpha, Bravo etc for clarity?

[@chugachuga9242]

@@johnnunn8688 you would be more likely be saying either the F-35’s nickname, “Lightning ll”, or whatever that pilot/aircraft’s radio callsign.

[@randommadness1021]

@@chugachuga9242 more likely be calling them whatever the missions called assigned names given to the missions most important planes assigned names and then followed by their call sign then what part of the mission they are currently at eg cat 1 has ingressed and achieved objective cat 1 is now egressing can SEAD stay in place until cat 1 has passed point b then full burn and catch up with cat 1 and give support if needed then head home lads. Edit: obviously that is very basic and assumed that the mission has been very successful, which it be fair it should be giving the price of the hardware and the quality of the Intel being spot-on, or as close as it could be.

[@CombatArmsChannel]

Thanks!

[@johnnunn8688]

@@chugachuga9242 which Lightning 2, A, B or C?

[@jkorkea]

love to have these in Finland in the future 😍

[@jaakkomaaniemi2136]

They'll be the A model. No vertical lift stuff. But it'll be interesting to see conscript ground crews supporting them at a road base somewhere in the middle of a forest in January.

[@herrakaarme]

Not the B. We don't have small aircraft carriers. Not that we would have large either, for the C version. Finland will get a modified A, with the drag parachute, like Norway has. Hornet was actually a carrier aircraft, but seems like the generals didn't consider that essential this time, but they still required the brake chute to make the use of road bases safer.

[@SomeNordicMan]

​@@jaakkomaaniemi2136 Eipä noita B-malleja hirviästi Suomessa tarvita

[@Rentta]

Well not exactly these. We get A variant so no vertical liftoff stuff but better maneuverability

[@jkorkea]

@@jaakkomaaniemi2136 tää oli tiedossa, F35 Lightning II on silti indikaatio, maantiekiitoradalta nousu riittää

[@Ade2bee]

‘We haven’t yet scratched the surface yet’

[@scottishnerd2201]

The take-off at 18:34 looks like one of the QE class aircraft carriers.

[@Yuki_Ika7]

correct (for those who do not know QE here stands for Queen Elizabeth)

[@chrispearson3333]

@@Yuki_Ika7 Thanks for pointing this out. 15% + UK techonogy involved in developing this aircraft from our harrier programme. But hey, musn't mention any of that lol.

[@jipasd]

On long ranges and at high speeds optical cables need to be carefully installed, but on short ranges and at lower data speeds, even a fishing ling basically does the trick.

[@evrydayamerican]

He makes the CGI footage himself. I remember about 1 year ago on his channel he said somthing about spending a lot of money so he can create better videos.

[@evrydayamerican]

Ur right you really don't want to get into a 1 turn dog fight in the F35. It can do it but better leave that to the Viper or Raptors.

[@No1harris_98]

Ooh another combat arms upload to enjoy

[@FlukeTog]

Hive mind. Just remember you have to think in the language of Firefox. Awesome video.

[@maikelvandeput7447]

I can't stop watching this ... this is engineering on his best , everything till the smallest peace is thought thrue . I wonder what the effect would be when you simply forgotten to wash your hands when maintenance this plane

[@williepoo7741]

Been watchin you for a while and now im leavin for basic at fort sill in a week. Luckily got 35L which im stoked about. Your video wit nikko convinced me to pick that mos. Appreciate you 👊

[@steven95N]

9/10 Its not just a fiber optic cable. Theres a steel cable with a fiber optic cable bundled with it for strength. Youre right, fiber optic cable is very fragile but the fiber optic cable isnt whats bearing the weight, the steel cable is.

[@thinhnguyenduy4099]

This thing has fly-by-wire, the stick and pedals arent connected directly to the control surfaces and the engine nozzle, they are just the input commend to the computers, and the computers will calculate the best combination of control surfaces deflection angle to make the plane fly to the pilot desire.

[@n3v3rforgott3n9]

Yup and they have an auto land function for carriers where a device on the carrier can control the F35 down. Also they have put in auto terrain avoidance systems into many modern military jets that can take control of the plane if the pilot goes unconscious to avoid terrain and level out. This has apparently saved 7+ pilots lives already.

[@evo3s75]

The Yak-141 was actually the first mach capable VTOL jet

[@NatPat-yj2or]

You didn;t talk too much at all. This is a great reaction video, and you said it all at the end, about how much work went in to making the F-35. To reflect your comments... my roommate has been an aerospace engineer since 2006. Starting in that same year, when he graduated with his master's degree, he went to work for a collaboration based in the F-35 Division of Safran Aerospace, where he was on the design team that was developing the composite material with an extremely high tensile strength for certain high stress structural components on the F-35. The Safran project to develop this composite had been going since 2003, several years before he joined. He said for the first couple weeks, his jaw was on the floor constantly because he could not compute the amount of people, time, resources and money was needed to develop just one component of the jet. He had initially thought he was working for Safran and only with Safran, but he found out that he would be working with engineers, scientists and consultants from dozens of other companies, including.... Boeing / Lockheed Martin / Raytheon / General Dynamics / General Electric / Pratt & Whitney / BAE Systems / Samsung / Northrop-Grumman / NASA / ESA / ALCOA / Rockwell / DuPont / 3M / Huntington-Ingalls / Airbus / Booz Allen Hamilton / OshKosh / Honeywell / Lucas Oil / RTX / Healthnet Federal Svc / and Textron. There are others but I don't remember them all. Remember, this is for just ONE component. This was one project out of over 1,000 similar projects taking place all over the world for the production of the F-35. Many of these F-35 projects are still in operation, working hard to improve existing technology and to make the F-35 even better and cheaper. It is an incredible thing to watch all of these competitors working together, sharing secretive information, sharing employees, helping each other to work for the same goal. People need to know more about this. It's inspirational and a testament of what the US and our allies are capable of when we work together instead of against each other.

[@callsign_spear]

Would like to hear your thoughts on the SAS Tough enough “who dares wins” tv series that pits civvies and/celebs through a rough idea of what selection is like, after a lot of series it’s still interesting to watch. This plane is amazing fantastic video.

[@ac1455]

13:00 seems like a potential weakness is that this can only be used once, so enough missiles could still get the job done. If there isn’t already, maybe then there could be more jammers on different lines so when one is destroyed, another line can be deployed.

[@drbear2029]

the idea is to be a last resort if all else fales which is why there is only one but should they need more because the fly at a hivemind another f35 can deploy theirs

[@Senno_101]

“Scratched the surface yet” is what he said …

[@kaljaukko5439]

Finland got these bad boys! 👍

[@Rentta]

Not these bad boys. A model this video is specifically about B model (different beast in various ways)

[@drmarkintexas-400]

Thank you for sharing 🏆🇺🇲⭐🙏

[@Shredderof_POWDA]

@25:50 "I don't know how that works" As he talks over the video explaining...how it works lmao. 🤫

[@nodical802]

2:47 bruh indeed.

[@DonaldHolben]

Been a member on that channel for 5 years!

[@380Scania]

RAF and Royal Air Force have the F35B. Lots of articles online state a pilots gelemt can cost $400k whether its true or not I am unsure. Greg 🇬🇧

[@chrispearson3333]

The thurst part, and I believe if I'm not corrected the helmet were the UK's continbution to the project.

[@carl6167]

The French army has been posting a series of videos about the French Boot Camp. (CFIM L'école du soldat) I am curious about how a both army and marine would think of it :)

[@papalazarou7880]

Class fighter jet! Glad we’ve got them, hopefully we can get some more. 🇬🇧🇺🇸

[@streaky81]

The answer to the question in re fibre optics is kevlar by the way, it's almost always sheathed in kevlar for commercial uses, 99.99% sure it will be in that use case. It's a decent video but it talks more about the engineering - my personal favourite video about the F-35 is Hypohystericalhistory's video on the subject where they discuss the real-world capabilities and the costs of the project or more accurately why things people say about the costs are absolute nonsense.

[@streaky81]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4LKf6qoqbuikJY

[@seanbrazell7095]

I imagine the fiber optic extrusion doesn't unspool but just ejects already extended and connected by pivot joints like the difference between nunchucks and a whip. Cause yeah, fiber optical are made of glass to transmit using light rather than electricity. That's one of the potential ways future soldiers (and civilians) could be augmented to think and react faster by replacing or augmenting or brains to think at the speed of light instead of by natural electrical neural communication. Great video!

[@DenDodde]

Doesn't have to be glass. Any transparent material will work. You just pay a bandwidth penalty with things like cheap plastics.

[@georgehh2574]

How to tell someone knows little of actual physics...

[@georgehh2574]

And you can't replace nerves with fibre optics.... that's not "one of the potential ways".

[@Kamellion]

64 of that puppy's siblings, the F-35A, are coming to Finland starting 2026. Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden have decided to combine their air forces to a single joint fleet and that "Nordic Air Force" will have a fleet of 143 F-35's and 120 JAS Gripens (60 C/D and 60 E variants) so in total 263 fighter jets. I can already hear the desperate whining and crying of the vatniks. 😄

[@n3v3rforgott3n9]

XD the only good Vatnik is a crying one. F35A has a much better range and payload capacity the the B variant.

[@saaamember97]

The guy said "... surface, yet ..."

[@PlutoKushChris]

i wouldve thought this stuff should be kept a secret

[@11ccom]

Good stuff.

[@gandigooglegandigoogle7202]

the biggest fan in the world! it should come with a built-in washing machine! that’s why woman loves him so much!...it is the king of laundry!!

[@christiankessler5811]

The Swiss Air Force has decided to buy the F35. It will replace the outdated FA 18. In my opinion the F35 is the only right choice.

[@emceha]

Some pilots make jokes about "one button takeoff" so I think as much as possible is automated so pilot have to think about what is going on outside of his aircraft.

[@randommadness1021]

I think they just call it "Fat Amy" whether it's the A,B or C???

[@saltwiththat]

It is a chubby and ugly plane to be fair. Incredible piece of engineering though so the looks don’t really matter!

[@randommadness1021]

@@saltwiththat yeah, it's a shame it doesn't look as good as it is. Like having an old, brown, vauxhall corsa that has a brand new bugatti engine, wheels, brakes etc 😂

[@Jorgensen99]

"My War" uploaded byt Metziker when? You can't miss out on it!

[@SomeNordicMan]

Finland just choose to replace Hornet F/A 18s' with F35s

[@randommadness1021]

Will probably keep their hornets. The hornets can provide the likes of speed which the F-35 cannot. Good choice of plane to buy to help bulk up the current arsenal.

[@SomeNordicMan]

@@randommadness1021 Nah, they will be decommissioned in the end of the decade (pretty much end of their life cycle, they have been modernized multiple times during their usage in FDF). Hornets will most likely to be recycled and some will be moved to museums. After 2030 there might be a chance to keep some of them in reserve, but not in a regular service. This has happened to all the previous main fighter aircrafts of FDF before.

[@SomeNordicMan]

@@randommadness1021 The only exception is, if we face a realistic threat from our eastern neighbor in the coming years. (But this is also only speculation)

[@randommadness1021]

@@SomeNordicMan Dunno if you seen the video I think it was by Lockheed Martin? Anyway, whoever it was, they turned a few F-16's into UAV's, so knowing that war makes money, and the amount of money that goes into fighter planes these days it is easy to think that the old planes could be used as bait, to get the opposition to turn on their radar revealing themselves (just as the US done during the gulf war) plus it has that added bonus of being able to be flown with a PS4 controller so that they can also fight and not just act as bait. The opposition will need to treat the planes the same way regardless of if there's a real pilot in it or not. I don't doubt for a second that some of them will end up as museum pieces, just not as early as I think you think they will be. These "old" planes still have a role to play for at least another decade. Maybe more, depending on how much aerial warfare takes place over the coming years.

[@SomeNordicMan]

@@randommadness1021 That might be, but I doubt Finland has the money to turn our F/A 18s to drones (if that's even possible) and we need the permission from the seller country (USA) to do that. We will see what will happen to our drone capabilities when we join the NATO, drones are badly needed.

[@trauma._]

the footage at 1:58 looks like CGI and not real footage, so probably someone that made it themselves, yes

[@jacka3621]

Not sure if the USMC have used this landing tactic but the Royal Navy FAA tends to have a slow rolling landing that allows for higher weight (fuel & ammunition importantly) whilst landing. VL is still used but I've mostly seen a rolling landing used now

[@AA-xo9uw]

The UK still does not use the SRVL at sea despite the ITF tests back in October of 2018. Much additional work and training needs to be done before the tactic is approved for operational use. RVLs are SOP on the beach. The Marine Corps was employing modified RVLs when recovering aboard LPHs back in the early 70s and even the FDR during a Med cruise by VMA-231 back in 76-77.

[@KaneNox]

Who doesn't love a good surface $hit. 🤣

[@hxrgxun]

Hydra irl...

[@MrJimmyT]

Remember when everyone said it was a massive flop and a waste of money, now everyone wants one.

[@FLORATOSOTHON]

Since March 25 is the Greek independence day this is a rather long video from Kings and Generals, that combines all parts in one video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpSaooCsfrFmnas Some points regarding the video: The Souliotes were Greek not Albanian. The first governor of Greece Kapodistrias was killed by the Maneates, but the role of the British and French behind these events is considered to be influential. Kapodistrias having been the Foreign Minister of Russia was not liked by the western powers. By the way Kapodistrias was responsible for the organization of the Swiss state and is honored in Switzerland.

[@fahdelmassoui1138]

we need your analysis of the special group HAHO HALO Moroccan force thx you

[@epicfacepalm95]

Johnny Harris has a great video on submarines i think you wil like

[@FLORATOSOTHON]

The F-35A is the standard Air Force version, that is also exported to most countries. Greece has expressed interest for 20 + 20 F-35As, to my dismay since the new fighter squadrons of the Hellenic AF have 24 aircraft, so the interest should have been for 24 + 24 aircraft to do the order job correctly and properly equip a two squadron wing. I think the US Congress approved an initial sale of 30 F-35As to Greece. The F-35B is the US Marines version with STOVL capabilities for use in amphibious assault ships. This is the most complicated and expensive version of the F-35. It will also be exported to countries that use small aircraft carriers with ski jumps in order to replace the Harrier, like Italy. The F-35C is the US NAVY's version with heavier landing gear, arresting hook, a larger wing and increased range relative to the F-35A. A very interesting plane, but very expensive both to buy and operate. From what is publicized on the Internet the fly-away cost of an F-35 is between 90 and 110 million USD and its flight hour cost is up to 38 000 USD, compared to about 12 000 USD for an F-16. In any case, for more down to earth issues, these are two short videos from recent military exercises taking place in March 2023, between US and Greek Forces. The first video involves the US Air Assault School operating for the first time in Greece: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eni1nKmJjsetd68 The second video involves a US and Greek exercise in the tank firing range at Petrohori (Stone village) in Thrace in north eastern Greece during exercise Thracian Cooperation 2023: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHTcqKCjiK1pi9U

[@Rentta]

Well Finland chose them over Rafale, Gripen and Super Hornet partly due to unit cost + operating cost being lower than first 2.

[@AA-xo9uw]

"The F-35C is the US NAVY's version"(sic) The Charlie is operated by both the Marine Corps and the Navy.

[@Brian-rb1bu]

Harrier jets have been landing and taking off for decades

[@Markus117d]

Yes, But they don't weigh as much, Hense the different design for the F35b.

[@evrydayamerican]

This is why Russia can in no way continue to make a Real Stealth Jet. It takes years and years of development and billions to pay the smart people to come up with this. China is just now making something like the B2 while we have already a working prototype of the Next Gen planes B21, FAXX. Plus we wre working on NGAD.

[@adamdriver1016]

A truly incredible jet. But this isnt a purely American jet. It's 70% American, 30% British. The name is the biggest giveaway. This is Lightning 2; Lightning 1 was the utterly bonkers English Electric Lightning jet. The British were were there from the start, developing all aspects, with a British test pilot flying the first ever F35B. A nod to the BAe Harrier that led the way with VSTOL capability. Lets hope AUKUS delivers the same results for Australia with their new hunter killer subs.

[@My_initials_are_O.G.cuz_I_am]

It's named after Lockheed P-38 Lightning.

[@dann756]

The A is your natural plane. The C is everything you want. The B is the nasty sister you wish went home but didn't 😢🎉

[@badstar9670]

Vertical lift? Like a harrier?

[@Bob10009]

It is STOVL - short take off and vertical landing. Taking off vertically demands too much thrust and reduces payload too much.

[@randommadness1021]

Yep. Both VTOL (Vertical take off and landing) planes.

[@AA-xo9uw]

@@randommadness1021 Incorrect. F-35B is STOVL not VTOL. Harrier/Harrier II is V/STOL.

[@randommadness1021]

@@AA-xo9uw semantics.

[@Bob10009]

@@randommadness1021 not semantics at all. F-35b cannot take off vertically with any weapons. It is not VTOL.

[@FDCNC]

I guess calling it a decepticon isn't an understatement.

[@Vladikusx]

Hi, pls react to this combat fotage this is insane! "Соледар-Сіверськ. К2. Бій за "Т-образку". ЧАСТИНА ПЕРША. Вагнери атакують "

[@randommadness1021]

It's all about stealth these days, especially with plane. Its main role is a bomber, but it can also dogfight if it has too. This bomber is supposed to try and get as close to its target as it can without being seen then releasing its bombs, which will then reveal itself to the enemy but now that it has just lost some weight (the bombs) it can then fully power up its engines and gtf out of there no doubt that there will be F-22's coming in behind them to help should there be any enemies who are wanting to be brave af and take on at least 1 F-35 & probably 2 F-22's. Suicide mission imo, but it's why the likes of China have been developing hypersonic missiles.

[@georgehh2574]

It's not a bomber, it's a multirole fighter. It's main role is not bombing.

[@MsLeewood]

The uk 🇬🇧 us 🇺🇸 Hawker Harrier jump jet. Vertical take off 1969. and Mc Donald Douglas F4 phantom ll great aircraft. But check out the Uk 🇬🇧 Electric Lightning 1962 v U2 and concord it will blow your mind.

[@AA-xo9uw]

"Mc Donald Douglas"(sic) McDonnell Douglas

[@Random-outside]

Raf harrier jump jet . Best was and that was 40yrs ago, faulkands. I will never know y that was scrapped and tornado kept. 100% vertical take off and landing.

[@Stuboy]

VSTOL Taken from the UK Harrier

[@johnnunn8688]

No, different system entirely.

[@AA-xo9uw]

STOVL not V/STOL and the F-35B does not employ vectored thrust like the Harrier/Harrier II nor does it rely on the infamous hot gas ingesting compressor stall generating Pegasus of the Harrier/Harrier II.

[@johnnunn8688]

@@AA-xo9uw what do you call that jet pipe that swivels from horizontal to straight down, if not vectored thrust?

[@johnnunn8688]

@@FunnyVideoCollector, did I not say that Harrier is an entirely different system?

[@junsuwaib4948]

For me the best multirole fighter jet in whole world SU-57 from russia, & F-22 raptor from America,the best boomer B-2 from America,the best one engine MRF F-16 V 70/72

[@andreww1225]

f 22 is better

[@VideoDotGoogleDotCom]

A Minuteman nuclear missile is even better, but neither of those are for sale, so a moot point.

[@andreww1225]

@@FunnyVideoCollector last part is false

[@andreww1225]

@@FunnyVideoCollector then why are we still wasting money trying to keep them going until the 6th generation jets replace them? wouldn’t we just replace them with f35 if they were truly that much better? f35 is cheaper

[@andreww1225]

@@VideoDotGoogleDotCom what are you talking about?

[@VideoDotGoogleDotCom]

@@andreww1225 F-22 is not for sale, so it might as well be an alien dreadnought. F-35, on the other hand, has been sold to numerous countries.

[@Moontrue1on1]

world most expansive copy of a JAS39

[@louismechler4338]

Take your meds

[@1DumbTrumpfanboy]

JAS39😂

[@Moontrue1on1]

@@louismechler4338 look up what company had to get in and fix the datalink and help to build the new trainer plane....

[@AA-xo9uw]

Let us know when the Saab starts operating regularly from the deck of a LHA/LHD/CVN, madame.

[@twocontradictions]

lol. Come back when Saab gets a customer before Lockheed Martin takes it. 😴

[@Bob10009]

One thing they didn’t mention is that the front lift fan is British designed and built……as is the rear fuselage, the ejector seat, a lot of the avionics…..20+% of the entire aircraft 😎🇬🇧 Oh, and ours will carry ASRAAM and Meteor missiles instead of Sidewinder and AMRAAM. Again British built and……better.

[@Gperalta]

I can guarantee you if America doesn't have it, it ain't better 😁😘

[@AA-xo9uw]

"the front lift fan is British designed and built"(sic) Patented and designed by Lockheed/Bevilaqua/Shumpert. Rolls-Royce participated in the development and all lift fans are built by Americans at the former Allison plant in Indianapolis operated by Rolls-Royce North America, a subsidiary of Rolls-Royce.

[@Gperalta]

@AA yeah I'm sure they're keeping their machines how almost all top secret machines are and sourcing from many different companies, it really is mind boggling to see how much enginuity went into these aircraft, so many brilliant minds and so many moving components all coming together to make one of the craziest war machines ever invented!

[@Benjd0]

The UK also rolled a lot of their R&D from the VAAC Harrier control systems to make vertical flight easier on pilots. It's likely why it was a British test pilot from BAE Systems who was first to fly the X-35B prototype back in the day as well.

[@Gperalta]

@@Benjd0 yeah absolutley agree!

[@ellisd3165]

i heard surface shit too

[@kenjie870]

Not sure im trippin or something is your eye brows is that really thick