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Video: Marines F-35B STOVL Operations
Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121 performs a refueling exercise with the F-35B Lightning II at Red Beach aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Dec. 11. The refueling exercise was part of Steel Knight 16, a combined arms live-fire exercise which prepares 1st Marine Division for deployment as the ground element of a Marine Air-Ground Task Force. Video by Sgt. Brian Marion and Cpl. Alissa Schuning. (www.youtube.com) Altro...
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Did he just takeoff with part of the "canopy" open?
That's the cover for the lift fan inlet.
On a carrier would that eliminate the need for a cat launch?
That is the idea, also makes smaller airfields near a combat zone feasible as you won't need to build a 7000 ft runway.
That is incorrect. The carrier version has a launch bar attached. There is no aircraft in the Naval inventory that is carrier based and only takes off via VTOL. That is what the amphibs are for.
The F-35 has been fitted with a catch and launch bar for this specific reason. They will be launched via the cat.
https://youtu.be/blnY-E1_zZY?t=6m8s
The F-35 has been fitted with a catch and launch bar for this specific reason. They will be launched via the cat.
https://youtu.be/blnY-E1_zZY?t=6m8s
I never said it would only be used as a VTOL, it does provide the option to be used in VTOL operations as necessary.
Yes. The Marines will use the VTOL on amphibs. Since this is aimed at replacing the F-18 in the next decade, there will be the VTOL and carrier config. I was really hoping the F-22 would win out.
But I'm more concerned with the V-22 replacing the C-2. Guess I'll need to find that old thread and join the party.
But I'm more concerned with the V-22 replacing the C-2. Guess I'll need to find that old thread and join the party.
