Recent content by beaupower32

I can't believe that this was even seriously considered.

Looks small, but its bigger than you think.

Me and the crew. I'm in the Blue and Yellow shirt. We were bigger at one point, but many people here are leaving and going to Luke. Good crew otherwise. Great plane also, hardly ever comes back with problems.

My plane AF-03 dropping flares. These were just public released yesterday. Enjoy.

Yep, taken last year. Flight test to see how well the two types linked up. Very successful from what I was told.

I’d like to address CAS. There are many stories stating the F-35Bs the USMC will declare IOC with are not as capable as the A-10 when it comes to the CAS mission. While that is true today with 2B software, it won’t be true in the future when all the F-35Bs are flying with 3F software. Remember...

Just by that quote right there, nothing will be able to fly into dense air defenses if a F35 can't do it. You might want to re-think that...

Its not so much taking off, its landing vertically is what counts. They will be operating on the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship which can get in closer to the shore than what the super carriers can. Smaller decks require the aircraft to be able to land without arresting gear.

It is very weird thing to see, can hardly describe it. Closest thing I can think of is take a video camera, turn on the black and white filter, and cup it in your hands to where the only view is the screen and enjoy. Pilots have said that at night they would rather fly with DAS than with night...

Last I heard yes they are still on time. I did find this, F-35D+ to Feature Titanium Bathtub and GAU-8 Avenger | The Tactical Air Network Figured I would give you guys a sneak peek at what is new in the F-35 world, before Syscom sees it on yahoo and reports that it is real. BTW...

With as many engineers telling me this, (again they are engineers, what do they know, wink wink) I will take their word for it. :)

The software currently loaded on my jet is the most current verson there is. No other jet has the software that is on my jet at the moment.

We been dropping a long time. My plane AF03 is about to start shooting for the current software we have on board, which is a head of every one else. If you actually pull your head out your ass syscom you would have known we have been shooting for a long time. Or did you not read that part on...

I got to spend time in the sim. Very impressive. Wish I had one at home... Just got word that we are going to shoot live missiles and bombs off my plane a little later this year. Will be exciting, can't wait.

Any combat aircraft has a chance of being a goner going into defended airspace. Its part of the risk. Stealth aircraft just have the capability to get them more time to get in and out, plus closer and a lot easier than say a F-16 or Tornado. The F-35 primary role is air to ground, it carries the...