F-35 could go...hmmm
11-19-2015, 11:22 AM
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F-35 could go...hmmm
F-35 Could Go To Middle East If Necessary
BY GILLIAN RICH, INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY
The Marine Corps said it was capable of deploying Lockheed Martin's F-35 to the Middle East, if necessary. The F-35B variant was declared combat-ready by the Marines in July and set for deployment to Japan in 2017.
But as tensions rise over Islamic State terrorist activity in the Middle East, deployment plans could change.
"If a contingency arose, and I've got an IOC squadron, I could put six or more F-35Bs on the USS Wasp and sail into harm's way and do the job and basically do what our nation needs to do with a fifth-generation aircraft from a seabase, the first one ever," Marine Corps Deputy Commandant for Aviation Lt. Gen. Jon Davis told USNI News.
After the terrorist attacks on Paris, President Obama said it would still be a mistake to send ground troops into a war against ISIS but vowed that U.S. activity would intensify in Syria.
While the F-35 is ready to for combat, it doesn't mean it will be used for this mission.
"The aircraft has the capability to deploy anywhere right now — including the Middle East," 1st Lt. Sarah Burns, a public affairs officer, wrote in an email to IBD. "With that said, the Marine Corps is maintaining a very deliberate timeline to ensure the F-35 introduction into the fleet is done safely and responsibly, thus unless absolutely necessary, the aircraft will not deploy until 2017."
The U.S. sent 12 A-10s to Turkey last month to help fight ISIS. The planes were also deployed last year to Kuwait.
The Air Force eventually plans to use the new F-35 to perform close air-support missions that the A-10 is famous for, but A-10 supporters have raised concerns about the new stealth fighter's ability to withstand a direct hit, its ammunition capacity and loiter time compared with the A-10.
BY GILLIAN RICH, INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY
The Marine Corps said it was capable of deploying Lockheed Martin's F-35 to the Middle East, if necessary. The F-35B variant was declared combat-ready by the Marines in July and set for deployment to Japan in 2017.
But as tensions rise over Islamic State terrorist activity in the Middle East, deployment plans could change.
"If a contingency arose, and I've got an IOC squadron, I could put six or more F-35Bs on the USS Wasp and sail into harm's way and do the job and basically do what our nation needs to do with a fifth-generation aircraft from a seabase, the first one ever," Marine Corps Deputy Commandant for Aviation Lt. Gen. Jon Davis told USNI News.
After the terrorist attacks on Paris, President Obama said it would still be a mistake to send ground troops into a war against ISIS but vowed that U.S. activity would intensify in Syria.
While the F-35 is ready to for combat, it doesn't mean it will be used for this mission.
"The aircraft has the capability to deploy anywhere right now — including the Middle East," 1st Lt. Sarah Burns, a public affairs officer, wrote in an email to IBD. "With that said, the Marine Corps is maintaining a very deliberate timeline to ensure the F-35 introduction into the fleet is done safely and responsibly, thus unless absolutely necessary, the aircraft will not deploy until 2017."
The U.S. sent 12 A-10s to Turkey last month to help fight ISIS. The planes were also deployed last year to Kuwait.
The Air Force eventually plans to use the new F-35 to perform close air-support missions that the A-10 is famous for, but A-10 supporters have raised concerns about the new stealth fighter's ability to withstand a direct hit, its ammunition capacity and loiter time compared with the A-10.
11-19-2015, 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by RhinoPherret
F-35 Could Go To Middle East If Necessary
"If a contingency arose, and I've got an IOC squadron, I could put six or more F-35Bs on the USS Wasp and sail into harm's way and do the job and basically do what our nation needs to do with a fifth-generation aircraft from a seabase, the first one ever," Marine Corps Deputy Commandant for Aviation Lt. Gen. Jon Davis told USNI News.
"If a contingency arose, and I've got an IOC squadron, I could put six or more F-35Bs on the USS Wasp and sail into harm's way and do the job and basically do what our nation needs to do with a fifth-generation aircraft from a seabase, the first one ever," Marine Corps Deputy Commandant for Aviation Lt. Gen. Jon Davis told USNI News.
6 of them, huh? Let's not win the war all in one day!
11-19-2015, 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by TankerDriver
If a contigency arose? A contigency arose on 9/11/01 and it hasn't slowed down since. What more contigency could possibly arise to justify sending them over there? We bought'm. Use'm!
6 of them, huh? Let's not win the war all in one day!
6 of them, huh? Let's not win the war all in one day!
They would obviously use them in the same manner and method of the Harriers which they would replace on the USS WASP.
11-19-2015, 03:18 PM
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Originally Posted by USMCFLYR
Marine Air - of whatever flavor - isn't meant to win the war
They would obviously use them in the same manner and method of the Harriers which they would replace on the USS WASP.
They would obviously use them in the same manner and method of the Harriers which they would replace on the USS WASP.
11-19-2015, 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by F4E Mx
They would crash them?
Possibly.
I look forward to hearing (well not really) how the -35B holds up to a deployed environment - even WestPac much less aboard ship or a forward deployed base (and by forward deployed I mean even Al Asad back in a 2004 timeline sort of operating environment)
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