@bruce parka Yeah, those dirtbags wanted their profits and were going to get them no matter what. That's why Brandon left $7 Billion USD worth of equipment setting behind in Afghanistan. The people had already bought had paid for it so it served no purpose to bring it home. Still, all that military spending is nothing compared to the $1 Trillion USD in profit ALONE that Pfizer made on their government mandated koof vaccines. That makes all the military spending look like a shrewd investment!
Really sad how like all other industries our aircraft manufacturers are gone. Hard to belive we once led the world with jet engine technology and planes like the English Electric Lightening.
My father worked at skunk works to the day he died... 1979..... My mother worked there before it was called skunk works... She was a Rosie the riveter and built PV one venturas and p38 she was a Lockheed lead woman meant that she was the head of all the riveters like a foreman she taught them.... And me I got to work with Lockheed on a military base top secret one.... I was working for the NSC I was hired by CIA..... I always feel immensely proud when à new Lockheed plane comes out and is deployed....... The company tries as hard as it possibly can to come up with the most advanced technology for all of us to use.... Lockheed is like a non-ending science experiment.... And even their old Vega planes were of a superior construction and quality..... When boeing couldn't even get their b-47 to fly or get off the ground they contacted Lockheed to finish it off for them so that they can display their brand new finished airplane...... That's nothing new to Lockheed....it was Lockheed who took over the Mars landing....completing the final sequence that the thing would not slam into the planet but with land correctly...I don't doubt they're mapping the planet out for our military bases.... So enjoy them there Brits. .. you got the Rolls-Royce of the skies right there.
I’ll bet that tanker is older than most of here😁. Most certainly older than it’s crew. I talked to an AF major at the Wright-Patterson air show about the B-52 he was AC of, the plane was exactly twice his age that year. Makes me feel old.
B-52 is a beast, way older than me. I hear some airframes will be celebrating their 100th birthdays in the future. The KC-135 is also proper solid old school Boeing plane. With the state of Boeing today you wonder if anyone there remembers them. Makes me sad how the corporate money counters have completely wrecked Boeing. These passing-thru Boeing executives are all about short term money gain. The golden days of Boeing were about family, engineering exploration and take a risk to achieve some amazing things in the American spirit.
@@anthonyglee1710 that's not true. The current model B-52 is the H model. They were produced between 1960-1962. So they are 60 years old. They are projected to remain in service for another 20-25 years, which will make them 80-85 years old. Not 100, but still very impressive.
You don't need good looking planes, you need efficiënt maneuverable and reliable combat planes! And this Certainly Not one of them, so as you say "a good looking expansieve useless plane"
Every time a new type of aircraft is deployed, you get the inevitable band of dreary folk singers harping on about how much better the old planes were. Great video 👍
Not this old man. If it wasn't for the US continuously pushing the technological envelope on it's military hardware, it would no longer be a super power that it is today. Sometimes you got to gamble and spend big to see the bigger paybacks.
Some of the best film clips of Lakenheath I've seen. Is someone up a ladder or on the base ? And a silly question, do they fly these F35A's directly from the US ?
Or, more likely, the Russian AF rank-and-file - upon being ordered to fight a real air force - will stay on the ground or run to a neutral country like China (Iraq '03-style)
@@TesterAnimal1 one thing is for sure , they ramping up production . It’s all in-house built unlike any other country, say f35 with new RR motors and the rest of foreign parts .
F-22A is the intended replacement for the F-15C, with an original USAF order of 750 Raptors. SECDEF Gates killed the F-22 program with the help of 2 White Houses before it could ever go into Full Rate Production. F-15Cs were left in the fleet costing billions to SLEP, since the airframes and surfaces were falling apart after 30 years of service. Why didn’t we just spend the money on the planned new F-22As vs sending $40-$60 million per F-15C for SLEP? To save money, they said. It was all BS treason from the start. Russia and China didn’t want 200 Raptors in each of their back yards. There is no 1-for-1 replacement for the F-15C.
@@afcgeo882 there was a bloody huge great aircraft in the background that was far too big to be anything other than a transport, it was face on, I thought the tankers would have gone to Mildenhall as usual there being the bigger fuel storage facilities there.
@@nickmail7604 That aircraft was a parked C-5. Air bases are supplied by cargo aircraft, no matter what or who is stationed there. These aircraft are assigned to their own bases and just deliver goods. The tanker in the video flew with the F-35s for fuel support from Texas to West Midlands. It likely landed empty or close to it, having offloaded fuel to those F-35s and possibly other aircraft along the way too. It is assigned to McConnell AFB in Kansas, and will return now. Also, Lakenheath has its own fuel farms. Otherwise where would they get the fuel for their fighters? Fuel is one of the ways that the bases contribute to the local economy, as it’s purchased from local, UK suppliers.
@@afcgeo882 I know they have fuel storage facilities there but the main tanker storage is where the tankers are based, at Mildenhall and let's face it the two bases are not exactly hundreds of miles apart are they?. The transport I commented on because in my near 60 years of driving past Lakenheath that is the first transport I have seen there that's all.
@@nickmail7604 Oh no… transports do come in. Any heavy/large equipment would require them. With the two new F-35 squadrons standing up you’ll see more transports bringing in equipment and parts. Generally, smaller deliveries will go to RAF Mildenhall, which has aerial port and storage facilities, but large items go straight to the operating base. If it has a runway, it gets at least occasional transport aircraft.
The 790th F-35 was delivered at the end of April. Most F-35s are F-35As, not Bs. It’s about a 520/200/70 breakdown between A/B/C variants. They really are 3 different airframes that should have been designated F-35, F-36, F-37 or something like that.
This is the F-35A, which is the standard, Air Force variant for land-based missions. The B variant is the STOVL variant to be used on aircraft carriers by the UK and on amphibious assault ships by the US Marine Corps. The C variant is the carrier-based CATOBAR Navy variant to be used on US carriers. Lakenheath received its first Lightning IIs in December 2021. The new 495th Fighter Squadron will comprise of 24 F-35s. A second squadron of F-35s is planned as well, so the total force will be 48 aircraft.
@@jrftworth Yes. Looks like the Air Force reversed their course late last year. It seems that their structural tests aren’t looking so goon on the Charlies.
@@afcgeo882 that's utterly false. All F-15C/D's at Lakenheath are being transferred back to the United states. The two squadrons of F-15E's will remain while the 493rd FS will convert to the F-35 and the 495th FS has been reactivated and they will be equipped with the F-35. So the 48th Fighter Wing will have the following 492nd FS F-15E 493rd FS F-35A 494th FS F-15E 495th FS F-35A
$77.9 million unit flyaway for Lot 14, maybe $79.2 million for the tail codes with 19-XXXX. Super Hornet with all the sensors attached, pylons, EFTs, is more. F-15EX is more. Gripen E was $85 million estimated in 2015, more now. Rafale is $158 million Typhoon 142 million Euros for the latest German deal of 38 F-35s are the most affordable fighters on the Western market right now, and include all of their sensors, ECM, and countermeasures that don’t need to be bolted-on like all the other fighters. The price is actually going to go up on them because they’ve been sold for too low and L-M can’t keep up with demand.
we are blue,we are red,we are Black and White we are Red and Yellow,Brown,We are them,they,we Gay we Straight,We Democrats and Republicans but we are all together USA!!!!!!!! A Motherfucking free Country with Huge Dreams.We Proud!
The Lockheed Martin f35 is a lemon . There are outstanding defects not rectifiable since it was developed in 2001 , that’s 21 years ago. I think it’s a good plane for Lockheed Martin as customers are locked in for the next 20 years , making the company rich 🤑
@Gavin Pope Canada, Germany and others are scrambling to buy them. That’s just the latest in a long string of evidence of how absolutely dominating this war plane is. The F35 has the highest mission capable rate of all Air Force fighters with over %76. It scares our adversaries and will prove to be the most important deterrent asset of the first half of the century. It unites the west and provides capabilities that NATO has always wanted.
NATO isn’t going to advertise if they are planning or are currently using stealth technology in the Russia Ukraine war. Without doubt Europe, UK and the US will be crawling with Russian spies watching the comings and going’s from military airbases. Back in the Cold War days this was all a bit of a game and those playing didn’t want anyone to get hurt, nowadays with a lunatic ( and a religious lunatic at that) at the Russian helm I think it is all deadly serious.
Well we know how Americans belief is their planes better than russias tech , history shows a long reality america lives in dream land . All but one plane has been knocked out the sky
(04:20) That´s odd. The American flag must never be displayed other than the blue-and-white starfield be at the upper _left._ You have not flopped the footage. Mystery!
@@robertcook2572 When 540 guys have to take on a column of T-34s and 5000 enemy infantry, that sorta thing can happen. I guess you forgot to add that part into your fascinating post.
I don't think I've ever heard a louder jet than the F-35. My house is often under the landing pattern for the F-35 training base here in the US. Can tell the difference between F-16 without looking up.
Engine is literally THE most reliable fighter engine ever built. Ruckus in the media is much ado about nothing. We lost 143 F-16s in its first 10 years of service with 71 fatalities, and that was the safest single engine fighter in USAF and NATO service until F-35A came along. Airframe is top-notch. Not sure what you’re referring to. It has the longest-rated airframe life of any fighter that has actually been tested to over 3x its rated service life. Gun works. They’ve been using the gun on deployment for years. It took at least 10 years to get the A-10A’s GAU-8 functional and safe, because gun exhaust was stalling the engines and shaking things apart. An A-10 rattled its nose apart not long ago, destroyed the nose landing gear, and the pilot had to belly-land it. It’s still not fully solved on the A-10, just managed well. Self-diagnostics and prognostics on F-35s are one of the main things that keeps them so safe. When the Belgians were asked about the 800+ deficiencies, they said, “Only 800? Send us as many as possible, because we have over 1000 deficiencies on our F-16s.” In the past 10 years, we have lost 65 F-16 airframes with 38 fatalities. F-35A had 1 early airframe catch fire at Eglin, written off. A Japanese Defense Forces pilot went unconscious and dove into the ocean at a 60˚ angle, written off, 1 fatality. Another pilot tried to land one at night with the speed-hold on at over 200 knots, bounced it off the runway and ejected, aircraft smashed into the runway-written off. That’s over the past 15+ years. In the early days with the F-16, we were losing so many airframes every 2 weeks, that it was constantly grounded. F-14, F-15, and F/A-18 also had way more losses and fatalities than you could imagine. With the teen fighters, we lost 516 airframes and 189 fatalities over their first 10 years of service. It was not good, but went underreported. F-35A has a little hiccup, and the internet filled with children in adult bodies freaks out. “Oh no, what a POS!!!"
@@spooky3669 800+ “deficiencies” among 3 airframe variants, many of those being opportunities/requested changes, not contractual changes. None of them are 1A, which is safety of flight. Meanwhile, F-16s have over 1000 real deficiencies including ones that have caused death recently.
@@LRRPFco52 The cost and reliability of the F-35, especially when compared to the F-16 is staggering considering that the F-35 is much slower. When compared to the BAE typhoon (similar age) they are downright obscene. Also the F-35 uses now obsolete electronic technology, how will Lockheed adapt it to counter modern detection systems, such as p.i.r.a.t.e and the Russian S360 series radar?
@@spooky3669 Thanks, Spooky, I knew there were issue's, but not that many. considering that its now over 20 years old, is it likely that they will be able to rectify it?
@@ahbenjamin2889 "nothing to match these beasts" refers to the F-35 as a fighter. No suggestion of only USAF or the US pilots themselves unless the original author in reference to "these beasts" is referring to the USAF pilots flying them. End of subject (at last).
@@glynndor9448 Indeed Glynndor check at 2minutes and 4 seconds of the video. What do I see ? A American star on the tail highlighting a US Air Force jet ... indeed, end of subject .
F-35As have higher readiness rates and lower MMHPFH than any other fighter in the inventory. Forward-deployed F-35A units maintain very high FMC rates.
They will reliably fly for decades before needing SLEP. They put static test F-35s through the stress test apparatus that bends and twists the airframes to see what will fail. Service life rating is 8,000hrs, but the F-35A bender has already exceeded 27,400hrs 2 years ago without structural failure. That's unprecedented.
They are. Russian planes are 30-40 years old and still fly in real war conditions. That being said., easy to feel proud on aviation advances that were never put against capable air defenses (and probably never will).
@@johndorian3685 Won't happen. Shooting down a few of them will impact the sales pitch. Remember that F-117 were also meant to be invulnerable and the Yugoslavs shot it down with S-125 from the 1960s! Nato is sending stocks of arms to get rid of them, new ordets are coming in
This wasn't an overseas mission. These aircraft were being delivered to Lakenheath. Typically when pilots deploy away from their base, they have a cylindrical travel pod that is normally carried under the wing (non stealthy aircraft) or in the weapons bay (stealthy aircraft)
@@jrftworth When I was stationed at RAF Bentwaters the Germans would fly in when the base exchange opened. Load up their F4 travel pods and fly back to Germany
@@jrftworth Not quite. The USAF has been forward deployed to the Uk 🇬🇧. The UK only uses F35B. Most likely their clothes and amenities are brought in by military cargo planes.
@@ricky1231 These are brand new F-35's being delivered from the factory in Fort Worth TX. They aren't F-35's based stateside going to Europe for a deployment.They only required tanker support to get across the Atlantic. They likely had a single travel pod in the weapons bay or a small duffel bag in the cockpit to get them by for a day or two. They were either pilots based at Lakenheath or other USAF pilots based stateside and caught a ride back on the tanker
@@jz.7196 not Moscow based - do they have CZcams? 😉 based in a country that just recently ordered the f35... well, I guess sales numberd speak for themselves and Norway tested the f35 while still flying the f16... so it must be true, agility apparently not so important anymore.
@@WeSRT4 I am pretty sure the circuitry is full of Chinese hardware. The Chinese had to get something in return for the millions that they paid to the Biden family.
F-35s have very tight turn radii, not that they matter much. Read about Dutch pilots in F-35As beating USAF F-16C Aggressor pilots for a week straight in BFM (dogfighting), while they were carrying bombs inside the bays. After repeatedly defeating the F-16 Aggressors, they went out and delivered live bombs on the training ranges in Nevada to maximize the training value of the area. Keep in mind they were doing a lot of guns-only fights, which doesn’t allow the advantage of the HMDS Helmet-cuing. In reality, if someone was allowed into the F-35 WVR Missile parameters, they would still be very out-matched, since F-35s have significant IR VLO measures integrated into the airframe and engine. If they hunt you down at night, you’re especially screwed and there isn’t anything you can really do about it.
@@jrftworth So...Cracking in the tail surfaces, inability for sustained supersonic flight and a still-limited flight envelope ISN'T something buyers should concern themselves with ? Good to know.🤔
@@pauldean8638 must be a Putin Puppet like Your boy Trump. How’s the war going for the Russians? A lot of dead Russians coming back to the motherland in body bags 😂😂😂
@@fanfeck2844 “After being outfought by a block 40 F-16 which was hauling two drop tanks the unnamed test pilot wrote a scathing five page report which described how the F-35 remained at a distinct energy disadvantage for every engagement.”
Would be interesting to see how F-35 performs against russian air defences. Perhaps send a few to Ukraine along with a couple of retired or on leave pilots.
Not sure why you would want to put a less powerful engine in an F-35. They already have the most powerful engine of any fighter in the world. F135-PW-100 43,000lb in full AB, 28,000lb in mil power F119-PW-100 35,000lb in full AB, 26,000lb in mil power F-35A accelerates faster than a Raptor in the subsonic regime, but F-22 overtakes it from Mach 1 on-out.
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"No problem, sir, we're here to serve". The finest response you can get from any service member in any capacity. Well done tower.
to serve the military industrial complex.... money money money
@@a5kobe313 Hell yea. Down with that.
@@a5kobe313 , @Two2onefive
When your way means polite answers aren't fitting anymore, well, i'll chose their way.
@bruce parka Yeah, those dirtbags wanted their profits and were going to get them no matter what. That's why Brandon left $7 Billion USD worth of equipment setting behind in Afghanistan. The people had already bought had paid for it so it served no purpose to bring it home. Still, all that military spending is nothing compared to the $1 Trillion USD in profit ALONE that Pfizer made on their government mandated koof vaccines. That makes all the military spending look like a shrewd investment!
@bruce parka stupid conspiracy theoriests everywhere nowadays !!! don't be surprised!!
I bet they still have that new stealth jet smell.
That KC-135 looks brand new! Those F-35s came out of the factory in 2019. Nice!
What a beast the KC-135R is and those F-35a lightnings looked cool clear day too
My father was at RAF Feltwell, we used to see the Super Sabres in the early 1960’s from Lakenheath.
Beautiful coverage thank you!!!!!!!!
So awesome it sends shivers down my spine👍🇦🇺💯
That is some good looking kit
Grown men with their toys, awesome!
They're who keep Putler from erasing Beale.
Really sad how like all other industries our aircraft manufacturers are gone. Hard to belive we once led the world with jet engine technology and planes like the English Electric Lightening.
My father worked at skunk works to the day he died... 1979..... My mother worked there before it was called skunk works... She was a Rosie the riveter and built PV one venturas and p38 she was a Lockheed lead woman meant that she was the head of all the riveters like a foreman she taught them.... And me I got to work with Lockheed on a military base top secret one.... I was working for the NSC I was hired by CIA..... I always feel immensely proud when à new Lockheed plane comes out and is deployed....... The company tries as hard as it possibly can to come up with the most advanced technology for all of us to use.... Lockheed is like a non-ending science experiment.... And even their old Vega planes were of a superior construction and quality..... When boeing couldn't even get their b-47 to fly or get off the ground they contacted Lockheed to finish it off for them so that they can display their brand new finished airplane...... That's nothing new to Lockheed....it was Lockheed who took over the Mars landing....completing the final sequence that the thing would not slam into the planet but with land correctly...I don't doubt they're mapping the planet out for our military bases.... So enjoy them there Brits.
.. you got the Rolls-Royce of the skies right there.
Monday 9 May they should put a special military presentation on for Russia and Belarus
I’ll bet that tanker is older than most of here😁. Most certainly older than it’s crew. I talked to an AF major at the Wright-Patterson air show about the B-52 he was AC of, the plane was exactly twice his age that year. Makes me feel old.
There are two known occasions where the grandson of an original B52 pilot actually flew the SAME aircraft as his gramps! That's longevity!
B-52 is a beast, way older than me. I hear some airframes will be celebrating their 100th birthdays in the future. The KC-135 is also proper solid old school Boeing plane. With the state of Boeing today you wonder if anyone there remembers them. Makes me sad how the corporate money counters have completely wrecked Boeing. These passing-thru Boeing executives are all about short term money gain. The golden days of Boeing were about family, engineering exploration and take a risk to achieve some amazing things in the American spirit.
@@anthonyglee1710 that's not true. The current model B-52 is the H model. They were produced between 1960-1962. So they are 60 years old. They are projected to remain in service for another 20-25 years, which will make them 80-85 years old. Not 100, but still very impressive.
Wow, evocative words, I'm from uk but you can't beat that.
Give us a squadron of these over a super yacht.
Mmm yeah there's say at least a handful of $500mil boats which is easily the cost of a few $80m f35. And it's the best version of the f35.
When I was there, there was a F-111 nuclear strike group on alert. Good times.
Based in Germany in 78 and had to help pickup pieces (pilot error) of one of those F111’s.
I agree. I was at Ramstein and Rhine Mein in late 80’s.
I went to high school at Lakenheath in the mid 80’s and let me tell you those F-111’s were loud as heck. Great times
60 years of aviation in between the F-35 and its 707-based tanker.
KC135 Came before the 707.. both from dash80
Brilliant and awesome 😁👍
Nice!... I wish we had some of these planes 👍🇳🇿
good to meet you on that day . great video .I have watched a few of your other videos great stuff
Awesome
From 79-82/90-92 with the F 111 s 492nd and 494th, keep going congratulations 48th TFW your our peace!! Ssgt J Ellis retired
With all that fire power , just PR
I definitely need 2 model kits of this Bird and F22
what a plane.
Just another quiet weekend, somewhere in England
that is a good looking plane- has a kind of inevitableness to the design like the sabre had.
i think its ugly as f.... but each to our own lol
Good looking? I hate to see your partner…lol…
You don't need good looking planes, you need efficiënt maneuverable and reliable combat planes!
And this Certainly Not one of them, so as you say "a good looking expansieve useless plane"
@@spooky3669 F15
If you look real close they still have the sticker price on them and little bobbles on the tyres
And probably that new plane smell too
@@2500vtg yeah
I wonder if they use those little pine tree freshness things too
If i pulled 5Gs they'd need one lol
62-3052, looking good for a 60 year old jet.
Great end to the Bank Holiday :)
what's a bank holiday?
I am pretty sure they upgrade it with a floating balloon so it is much easier to recover from the water
The Grim Reaper insignia on the vertical stabiliser at 1:38 fucking cool. Is this 493 squadron?
They arrived with LN tail markings ...
I was stationed there for the F111 to F15E swap
DAMN WE HAVE THE MOST BAD ASS MILITARY IN THE WORLD! THAT FEELS REALLY GOOD
yeah you sure do, pity the country is imploding though
Delivered from Fort Worth TX
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the F-35 is like the Raptors cheeky little brother
They’re the Harrys to the Williams.
Every time a new type of aircraft is deployed, you get the inevitable band of dreary folk singers harping on about how much better the old planes were. Great video 👍
Not this old man. If it wasn't for the US continuously pushing the technological envelope on it's military hardware, it would no longer be a super power that it is today. Sometimes you got to gamble and spend big to see the bigger paybacks.
@@ph11p3540 The only payback this POS gives is to the bank account of Lockheed Martin execs and their cronies in US government.
@@ph11p3540 totally agree.
Maybe not better, but our modern planes stand on their shoulders..
"Band of dreary folksingers" Where?
@1:35, Holy sh*t!. these guy's are sporting the "Sanna Muerde".
Some of the best film clips of Lakenheath I've seen. Is someone up a ladder or on the base ? And a silly question, do they fly these F35A's directly from the US ?
Not a silly question. They almost certainly fly non stop with a tanker or rendezvousing with tankers.
Sure! It’s not that long of a flight from Massachusetts to England.
I wonder how many times they would have refuelled on the way over
F-35 have radar enlarge nodules on
Very nice. Me want.
Will f15 remain there as well?
Are these US F35As? Because I thought we only purchased the C?
They are F-35A's owned/flown by the USAF based in Britain. The RAF bought F-35B's.
To my knowledge only the U.S. Navy has bought the F-35C thus far.
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Those F35s and F22s would decimate Putin's airforce within a week
I'd give it five days tops.
6-12 hours tops.
Or, more likely, the Russian AF rank-and-file - upon being ordered to fight a real air force - will stay on the ground or run to a neutral country like China (Iraq '03-style)
Why do people want war with Russia? War is horrible, and Russia WILL go nuclear if they are threatened. Stop poking the bear
Hitler also made the same mistake on the Eastern Front.
What is the 4 engine jet?
KC-135R aerial tanker
Hey Vlad…..that engine will be the last thing you hear. Enjoy
Last thing anyone hears is the howl of a su57
@@pauldean8638 anybody ever heard one? Do they exist?
@@pauldean8638 before they hit the ground?
@@michaelalmasian4710 yeah how would they hit the ground exactly ? It’s f35 that like the dip in the ocean
@@TesterAnimal1 one thing is for sure , they ramping up production . It’s all in-house built unlike any other country, say f35 with new RR motors and the rest of foreign parts .
The Me110 over Britain again
Is this a replacement for the F-15c?
F-22A is the intended replacement for the F-15C, with an original USAF order of 750 Raptors. SECDEF Gates killed the F-22 program with the help of 2 White Houses before it could ever go into Full Rate Production. F-15Cs were left in the fleet costing billions to SLEP, since the airframes and surfaces were falling apart after 30 years of service. Why didn’t we just spend the money on the planned new F-22As vs sending $40-$60 million per F-15C for SLEP? To save money, they said. It was all BS treason from the start. Russia and China didn’t want 200 Raptors in each of their back yards.
There is no 1-for-1 replacement for the F-15C.
Yes, it is.
@@LRRPFco52 that's a whole other discussion. The F-35 is replacing the F-15C/D at Lakenheath
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All some F35A USA
1:50 Look, no hands
WW3! Let's get on with it! Wheeeeee!
Transports and tankers at Lakenheath? Interesting.
The tanker came with the fighters. It’s assigned to McConnell AFB there is no transport in the video.
@@afcgeo882 there was a bloody huge great aircraft in the background that was far too big to be anything other than a transport, it was face on, I thought the tankers would have gone to Mildenhall as usual there being the bigger fuel storage facilities there.
@@nickmail7604 That aircraft was a parked C-5. Air bases are supplied by cargo aircraft, no matter what or who is stationed there. These aircraft are assigned to their own bases and just deliver goods.
The tanker in the video flew with the F-35s for fuel support from Texas to West Midlands. It likely landed empty or close to it, having offloaded fuel to those F-35s and possibly other aircraft along the way too. It is assigned to McConnell AFB in Kansas, and will return now. Also, Lakenheath has its own fuel farms. Otherwise where would they get the fuel for their fighters?
Fuel is one of the ways that the bases contribute to the local economy, as it’s purchased from local, UK suppliers.
@@afcgeo882 I know they have fuel storage facilities there but the main tanker storage is where the tankers are based, at Mildenhall and let's face it the two bases are not exactly hundreds of miles apart are they?. The transport I commented on because in my near 60 years of driving past Lakenheath that is the first transport I have seen there that's all.
@@nickmail7604 Oh no… transports do come in. Any heavy/large equipment would require them. With the two new F-35 squadrons standing up you’ll see more transports bringing in equipment and parts. Generally, smaller deliveries will go to RAF Mildenhall, which has aerial port and storage facilities, but large items go straight to the operating base. If it has a runway, it gets at least occasional transport aircraft.
How many F35,s is that now in total? .... And these are not the "B" varient I take it.. Thank you
F-35B is for UK's 2 carriers.
The 790th F-35 was delivered at the end of April. Most F-35s are F-35As, not Bs. It’s about a 520/200/70 breakdown between A/B/C variants.
They really are 3 different airframes that should have been designated F-35, F-36, F-37 or something like that.
This is the F-35A, which is the standard, Air Force variant for land-based missions. The B variant is the STOVL variant to be used on aircraft carriers by the UK and on amphibious assault ships by the US Marine Corps. The C variant is the carrier-based CATOBAR Navy variant to be used on US carriers.
Lakenheath received its first Lightning IIs in December 2021. The new 495th Fighter Squadron will comprise of 24 F-35s. A second squadron of F-35s is planned as well, so the total force will be 48 aircraft.
@@afcgeo882 Lakenheath is getting rid of all their F-15C/D's. They will have 2 squadrons of F-35's and two squadrons of F-15E's
@@jrftworth Yes. Looks like the Air Force reversed their course late last year. It seems that their structural tests aren’t looking so goon on the Charlies.
what's happening to the the 15's?being retired?
They're not being retired, they're being transferred to Air National Guard units in the states
The F-15Cs are staying at Lakenheath, alongside the two squadrons of F-35s, as per US and UK publications.
@@afcgeo882 that's utterly false. All F-15C/D's at Lakenheath are being transferred back to the United states. The two squadrons of F-15E's will remain while the 493rd FS will convert to the F-35 and the 495th FS has been reactivated and they will be equipped with the F-35.
So the 48th Fighter Wing will have the following
492nd FS F-15E
493rd FS F-35A
494th FS F-15E
495th FS F-35A
@@jrftworth While that is what’s happening, and publications from 2021 stated otherwise.
the other 4-engine plane is an tanker aircraft? interesting...
What’s the sticker price on one of these ? 🤑
$77.9 million unit flyaway for Lot 14, maybe $79.2 million for the tail codes with 19-XXXX.
Super Hornet with all the sensors attached, pylons, EFTs, is more.
F-15EX is more.
Gripen E was $85 million estimated in 2015, more now.
Rafale is $158 million
Typhoon 142 million Euros for the latest German deal of 38
F-35s are the most affordable fighters on the Western market right now, and include all of their sensors, ECM, and countermeasures that don’t need to be bolted-on like all the other fighters. The price is actually going to go up on them because they’ve been sold for too low and L-M can’t keep up with demand.
@Bobbyb why? You can't afford one
we are blue,we are red,we are Black and White we are Red and Yellow,Brown,We are them,they,we Gay we Straight,We Democrats and Republicans but we are all together USA!!!!!!!! A Motherfucking free Country with Huge Dreams.We Proud!
Bye bye rushia 🔥
The Lockheed Martin f35 is a lemon . There are outstanding defects not rectifiable since it was developed in 2001 , that’s 21 years ago. I think it’s a good plane for Lockheed Martin as customers are locked in for the next 20 years , making the company rich 🤑
You wish! Eat some more rice.
Same 'ole background. New jet in front.
If it’s as effective as it is ugly, it will prove to be a great fighter.
If you that is ugly, you should see the other option for the JSF program (X-32)
I hope it is effective and just not a "fake Raptor". Iv'e seen them at airshows and they're loud.
@Gavin Pope Is it not full of Chinese microchips too? That could be the problem.
@@SnowmanTF2 true, what were Boeing thinking there? 😂
@Gavin Pope Canada, Germany and others are scrambling to buy them. That’s just the latest in a long string of evidence of how absolutely dominating this war plane is. The F35 has the highest mission capable rate of all Air Force fighters with over %76.
It scares our adversaries and will prove to be the most important deterrent asset of the first half of the century. It unites the west and provides capabilities that NATO has always wanted.
Time to test their stealth, by flying stealthely alongside Russias border.
Not only alongside☝️🤨
Could land them on red square, they wouldn't notice.
NATO isn’t going to advertise if they are planning or are currently using stealth technology in the Russia Ukraine war. Without doubt Europe, UK and the US will be crawling with Russian spies watching the comings and going’s from military airbases.
Back in the Cold War days this was all a bit of a game and those playing didn’t want anyone to get hurt, nowadays with a lunatic ( and a religious lunatic at that) at the Russian helm I think it is all deadly serious.
Well we know how Americans belief is their planes better than russias tech , history shows a long reality america lives in dream land . All but one plane has been knocked out the sky
Already done this and they the response from the Russians was nothing...
(04:20) That´s odd. The American flag must never be displayed other than the blue-and-white starfield be at the upper _left._
You have not flopped the footage. Mystery!
In the military, the US flag is always moving FORWARD. Just like if it was on a stanchion. You will see this on any US military equipment.
@@chriswilliams8926 It wasn't moving forward at the Battle of Osan
@@robertcook2572 When 540 guys have to take on a column of T-34s and 5000 enemy infantry, that sorta thing can happen. I guess you forgot to add that part into your fascinating post.
@@titanuranus Exactly the butt-hurt response I was hoping for! I've won my bet, thanks to you!!
@@chriswilliams8926 Same for the UK
It`s for Ukraine?
No, they belong to the USAF
I don't think I've ever heard a louder jet than the F-35. My house is often under the landing pattern for the F-35 training base here in the US. Can tell the difference between F-16 without looking up.
Sounds like a couple pigs are squealing in there somewhere.
I've lived near Luke US air base F-35 fly overhead a lot also F-15's. not that loud.
The most advanced single engine for a jet ever built
The F-35 sure looks like a stubby puppy. Not an airplane you want to ask to the prom, like, say, the F-22.
Yep and doesn't have the cool moves like an F-22.
F-35 Quarterback of the skies. Brains vs brawn.
I wonder how old that KC135 is.
Have they sorted out the engine/airframe/gun /self diagnosis computer yet?
There are 835 issues of which 7 are critical!
Engine is literally THE most reliable fighter engine ever built. Ruckus in the media is much ado about nothing. We lost 143 F-16s in its first 10 years of service with 71 fatalities, and that was the safest single engine fighter in USAF and NATO service until F-35A came along.
Airframe is top-notch. Not sure what you’re referring to. It has the longest-rated airframe life of any fighter that has actually been tested to over 3x its rated service life.
Gun works. They’ve been using the gun on deployment for years. It took at least 10 years to get the A-10A’s GAU-8 functional and safe, because gun exhaust was stalling the engines and shaking things apart. An A-10 rattled its nose apart not long ago, destroyed the nose landing gear, and the pilot had to belly-land it. It’s still not fully solved on the A-10, just managed well.
Self-diagnostics and prognostics on F-35s are one of the main things that keeps them so safe.
When the Belgians were asked about the 800+ deficiencies, they said, “Only 800? Send us as many as possible, because we have over 1000 deficiencies on our F-16s.”
In the past 10 years, we have lost 65 F-16 airframes with 38 fatalities.
F-35A had 1 early airframe catch fire at Eglin, written off. A Japanese Defense Forces pilot went unconscious and dove into the ocean at a 60˚ angle, written off, 1 fatality. Another pilot tried to land one at night with the speed-hold on at over 200 knots, bounced it off the runway and ejected, aircraft smashed into the runway-written off.
That’s over the past 15+ years. In the early days with the F-16, we were losing so many airframes every 2 weeks, that it was constantly grounded. F-14, F-15, and F/A-18 also had way more losses and fatalities than you could imagine.
With the teen fighters, we lost 516 airframes and 189 fatalities over their first 10 years of service. It was not good, but went underreported. F-35A has a little hiccup, and the internet filled with children in adult bodies freaks out. “Oh no, what a POS!!!"
@@spooky3669 800+ “deficiencies” among 3 airframe variants, many of those being opportunities/requested changes, not contractual changes. None of them are 1A, which is safety of flight. Meanwhile, F-16s have over 1000 real deficiencies including ones that have caused death recently.
@@LRRPFco52 The cost and reliability of the F-35, especially when compared to the F-16 is staggering considering that the F-35 is much slower. When compared to the BAE typhoon (similar age) they are downright obscene. Also the F-35 uses now obsolete electronic technology, how will Lockheed adapt it to counter modern detection systems, such as p.i.r.a.t.e and the Russian S360 series radar?
@@spooky3669 Thanks, Spooky, I knew there were issue's, but not that many. considering that its now over 20 years old, is it likely that they will be able to rectify it?
The Russians have nothing to match these beasts.
Go USA , Go USA
... and the Rest of the World who were part of the F-35 project development.
@@glynndor9448 With respect, the fighter jet is emblazoned with US Air Force Livery and those are Americans flying it . End of subject.
@@ahbenjamin2889 "nothing to match these beasts" refers to the F-35 as a fighter. No suggestion of only USAF or the US pilots themselves unless the original author in reference to "these beasts" is referring to the USAF pilots flying them. End of subject (at last).
@@glynndor9448 Indeed Glynndor check at 2minutes and 4 seconds of the video.
What do I see ? A American star on the tail highlighting a US Air Force jet ... indeed, end of subject .
@@ahbenjamin2889 (Yawn)
I'd like to thank Tsar Puny for fully funding these 5th Gen fighter-bombers.
Still flying, I wonder for how long?
F-35As have higher readiness rates and lower MMHPFH than any other fighter in the inventory. Forward-deployed F-35A units maintain very high FMC rates.
For many years
They will reliably fly for decades before needing SLEP. They put static test F-35s through the stress test apparatus that bends and twists the airframes to see what will fail. Service life rating is 8,000hrs, but the F-35A bender has already exceeded 27,400hrs 2 years ago without structural failure. That's unprecedented.
Like watching paint dry
This is what airpower looks like. Russia needs to take some notes from their 20 year old playbook.
They are. Russian planes are 30-40 years old and still fly in real war conditions. That being said., easy to feel proud on aviation advances that were never put against capable air defenses (and probably never will).
@@georgemavrides3434 send F-35 to Ukraine to battle test.
@@johndorian3685 Won't happen. Shooting down a few of them will impact the sales pitch. Remember that F-117 were also meant to be invulnerable and the Yugoslavs shot it down with S-125 from the 1960s! Nato is sending stocks of arms to get rid of them, new ordets are coming in
@@georgemavrides3434 the USA alone just sent 90 of M777 those are not old. How many F-117 they shot down and how many sorties F-117 had ?
@@georgemavrides3434 Serbians, you mean.
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On these overseas missions I’ve always wondered where the pilot puts his luggage?? I’m guessing it’s on a support aircraft? Can anybody awnser this ?
This wasn't an overseas mission. These aircraft were being delivered to Lakenheath. Typically when pilots deploy away from their base, they have a cylindrical travel pod that is normally carried under the wing (non stealthy aircraft) or in the weapons bay (stealthy aircraft)
@@jrftworth When I was stationed at RAF Bentwaters the Germans would fly in when the base exchange opened. Load up their F4 travel pods and fly back to Germany
@@jrftworth
Not quite. The USAF has been forward deployed to the Uk 🇬🇧. The UK only uses F35B. Most likely their clothes and amenities are brought in by military cargo planes.
@@ricky1231 These are brand new F-35's being delivered from the factory in Fort Worth TX. They aren't F-35's based stateside going to Europe for a deployment.They only required tanker support to get across the Atlantic. They likely had a single travel pod in the weapons bay or a small duffel bag in the cockpit to get them by for a day or two. They were either pilots based at Lakenheath or other USAF pilots based stateside and caught a ride back on the tanker
It's all in the tanker.
The nightmare of orks and pigs operaters
UNited States air fource heavy
I only saw one f35 and that belonged to the 495th fighter sq. ? Flown by us airforce pilot.
You can clearly see tail numbers 195493 and 195495 in the video. They both belong to 495th FS at Lakenheath.
Auto Pilot TAXI!!?? lol no hands while steering
My gas station flys with me
Demonstrating that they actually can fly a turn - with a monstrous radius 😄
Doesn't need to do tight turns... It will kill the enemy without them even knowing it's there.
@@jz.7196 not Moscow based - do they have CZcams? 😉 based in a country that just recently ordered the f35... well, I guess sales numberd speak for themselves and Norway tested the f35 while still flying the f16... so it must be true, agility apparently not so important anymore.
@@teejohnston2635 The enemy will not know what hit them anyway. The age of dogfights is over.
@@WeSRT4 I am pretty sure the circuitry is full of Chinese hardware. The Chinese had to get something in return for the millions that they paid to the Biden family.
F-35s have very tight turn radii, not that they matter much. Read about Dutch pilots in F-35As beating USAF F-16C Aggressor pilots for a week straight in BFM (dogfighting), while they were carrying bombs inside the bays. After repeatedly defeating the F-16 Aggressors, they went out and delivered live bombs on the training ranges in Nevada to maximize the training value of the area. Keep in mind they were doing a lot of guns-only fights, which doesn’t allow the advantage of the HMDS Helmet-cuing. In reality, if someone was allowed into the F-35 WVR Missile parameters, they would still be very out-matched, since F-35s have significant IR VLO measures integrated into the airframe and engine. If they hunt you down at night, you’re especially screwed and there isn’t anything you can really do about it.
I hope you signed up for the ""extended warranty"...you'll need it.💲💲💲💲💲
No, not really. There's nothing wrong with the aircraft, the problem has been with computer software and other related stuff
@@jrftworth So...Cracking in the tail surfaces, inability for sustained supersonic flight and a still-limited flight envelope ISN'T something buyers should concern themselves with ? Good to know.🤔
STILL CALLING THE F-35 A AMAZING DEAL? ALMOST 200 MILLION TO OWN, 35 THOUSAND A HOUR TO FLY, AND HOW LONG IN THE WEEDS ?.
Take care of that thing! They took 2 cents more out of my paycheck each month for that bird.
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We were never asked. Have a referendum on US warplanes and B61-12 nuclear bombs being re-introduced in eastern England.
Putin won't ask you either, but he takes the offensive.
Delivering gifts 🎁 for Putin 🇺🇸🇬🇧❤️🇺🇦
czcams.com/video/NVeEp5piMBI/video.html
Ha ha ha keep dreaming
@@pauldean8638 must be a Putin Puppet like Your boy Trump. How’s the war going for the Russians? A lot of dead Russians coming back to the motherland in body bags 😂😂😂
I’ll never forget the American military test pilot summing up the F-35, “Can’t Climb, Can’t Fight, Can’t Run”.
But you did forget his name?
@@fanfeck2844 “After being outfought by a block 40 F-16 which was hauling two drop tanks the unnamed test pilot wrote a scathing five page report which described how the F-35 remained at a distinct energy disadvantage for every engagement.”
@@squangan and where can I read about this pilot that has no name
@@fanfeck2844 Apparently you know how to use a computer, figure it out.
@@squangan all you had to say is you don’t have a clue. We wouldn’t judge you 😜
i heard this thing like water more than air🤣🤣
The F-14 loved water even more, they crashed left and right in the drink
Would be interesting to see how F-35 performs against russian air defences. Perhaps send a few to Ukraine along with a couple of retired or on leave pilots.
I'd be sending a couple of them through to the Kremlin just for fun
Wonder if Elon Musk can buy one of these with the spare change in his pocket and put a Raptor engine in one of these.
Not sure why you would want to put a less powerful engine in an F-35. They already have the most powerful engine of any fighter in the world.
F135-PW-100 43,000lb in full AB, 28,000lb in mil power
F119-PW-100 35,000lb in full AB, 26,000lb in mil power
F-35A accelerates faster than a Raptor in the subsonic regime, but F-22 overtakes it from Mach 1 on-out.
@@LRRPFco52 Poster probably meant a Raptor rocket motor: 230 metric tonnes of thrust (515,200lb)
@@LRRPFco52 Exactly!
@@AlanHaywood if that's what he meant, than that's even more ignorant than the other possibility.
@@jrftworth
I assumed he was joking
To the Russian Oligarchs - the F35 has your number.
Pity Ukraine has not got a squadron of these!
Cant give them this type of new tech. They arent any type of formal ally like NATO etc.
But They would be able to attack. Moscow undetected.
The jet exhaust smells strongly of lemon 🍋
I worked on the flightline for 16 years and didn't smell anything resembling lemons when an aircraft taxied by
@@jrftworth ...some could taxi?
@ Yeah stupid, aircraft taxi down the ramp
Ok now disperse and hide them so Mr. 'P' can't take them all out.