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People tend to forget the trainers used by the USN such as the T45 and even the first version of the T2 Buckeye although that was replaced by a twin engine version
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Is it true that F-117's are being removed from Type 1000 storage to replace F-111's in the RAAF?
The F-35 has now become an election issue in Canada ... the Liberals want to walk away. Elections are no time for this kind of grandstanding.
Since the intoduction of the F4 in the 1960's, only one carrier aircraft were introduced into the fleet with one engine. The A7. The A7 soldiered on until the twin engined Hornet was available in quantity. The F8 was a 50's design that was gone soon enough once the twin engined F4 was available.
What was deployed in the 40's and 50's is irrelevant.
Im still trying to work out why its irrelevant to look at the experiences of other nations. Last time i checed the F-35 was an international a/c designed to meet international needs. If we are prepared to look at foreign a/c, we would be able to examine a/c like the Mirage III as to accident rates
Some information that I have regarding accident rates.
About 114 RAAF Mirages served 5 sqns 1963 to 1988. They suffered about 1 loss per year overall, but as the fleet began to age, the loss rate began to climb to around two per year.
You can see the accident rate via this link
ADF Serials - Mirage III
The best print version for the RAAF Mirages that I know of is here
http://www.radschool.org.au/Books/the_raaf_mirage_story_opt.pdf
Not a specific accident related account, but gives a good service history just the same....
In the period 1965-73 the a/c with the highest accident rate per capita was the F4 phantom.
In 1965-73 the US lost to ACCIDENTS only in S E Asia
F-4 Phantom 162 aircraft
F-105 63
F-100 45
1975-93 the USAF had 204 F-16A "Class A" Accidents
The main reasons for losses were, according to a study by the USAF Formation position, phase of flight and primary cause of the mishap indicate that maneuvering, cruise and low-level phases account for the majority of the mishaps (71%),
air-to-air engagements associated with a higher proportion of pilot error (71%) than was air-to-ground (49%).
Engine failure was the number one cause of mishaps (35%),
collision with the ground the next most frequent (24%).
Pilot error was determined as causative in 55% of all the mishaps.
Pilot error was often associated with other non-pilot related causes. Channelized attention, loss of situational awareness, and spatial disorientation accounted for approximately 30% of the total pilot error causes found. Pilot demographics, flight hour/sortie profiles, and aircrew injuries are also listed.
Fatalities occurred in 27% of the mishaps, with 97% of those involving pilot errors.
The Indian AF is currently writing off a plane a month
Nowhere does the USAF study attribute a higher or better safety record to number of engines
according to Wikipedia :-
F-104 Starfighter Some operators lost a large proportion of their aircraft through accidents, although the accident rate varied widely depending on the user and operating conditions; the Luftwaffe lost about 30% of aircraft in accidents over its operating career, and Canada lost over 50% of its F-104s.
The Spanish Air Force, however, lost none.
The Class A mishap rate (write off) of the F-104 in USAF service was 26.7 accidents per 100,000 flight hours as of June 1977,(30.63 through the end of 2007]), the highest accident rate of any USAF Century Series fighter. By comparison, the rate of the Convair F-102 Delta Dagger was 14.2/100,000 (13.69 through 2007), and the mishap rate for the North American F-100 Super Sabre was 16.25 accidents per 100,000 flight hours.
Is it true that F-117's are being removed from Type 1000 storage to replace F-111's in the RAAF?
Excellent information! I'd wish other people would be as detailed about their information and not rely on media half truths and comic book logic.
There was nothing intrinsically dangerous about the Starfighter, since the Royal Norwegian Air Force operating identical F-104Gs suffered only six losses in 56,000 flying hours, and the Spanish Air Force lost not a single one of its Starfighters to accidents.