USAF Pilot Critiques Red Flag Action
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It looks like Red Flag is as much an intel-gathering exercise as it
is a combat exercise. :)
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> See:
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> http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/RED11058.xml...
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> and
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> http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defense/index.jsp?plckController...
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> It looks like Red Flag is as much an intel-gathering exercise as it
> is a combat exercise. :)
Interesting quote:
"He praised the F-22 as the next great dogfighter. But
he faulted the fact that it carries too few missiles and
contends that the on-board cannon could be a life-saver,"
In this conflict, guns are also proving useful for strafing.
I wonder if the Navy and USMC are beginning to regret
their decision to go gun-less on thier versions of JSF?
I know there's a podded gun in the works for JSF, but
that will use up space/weight that could be used for
other things (podded guns are generally less space-
efficient than built-in ones).
WaltBJ
> I know there's a podded gun in the works for JSF, but
> that will use up space/weight that could be used for
> other things (podded guns are generally less space-
> efficient than built-in ones).
>
>
world of hurt with it.
Walt BJ
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According to:
http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/planes/q0163.shtml
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The gun on the JSF will be a 4-barreled version of the GAU-12/U
called the GAU-22/A. In it's podded form, it will be carried on a
dedicated centerline pylon between the aft portion of the weapons
bays.
I wonder what effect that will have on the aircraft's ability to drop
weapons from the bays?
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See:
I wonder if the guy in the video is going to suffer some damage to
his career because of this.
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> On Nov 7, 7:26 pm, WaltBJ <waltb...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> > SNIP>> I know there's a podded gun in the works for JSF, but
> > > that will use up space/weight that could be used for
> > > other things (podded guns are generally less space-
> > > efficient than built-in ones).
>
> > SUU23 on the F4D/E worked pretty good. 1100 rounds and you could do a
> > world of hurt with it.
> > Walt BJ
>
> According to:
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> http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/planes/q0163.shtml
>
> and
>
>
> The gun on the JSF will be a 4-barreled version of the GAU-12/U
> called the GAU-22/A. In it's podded form, it will be carried on a
> dedicated centerline pylon between the aft portion of the weapons
> bays.
>
> I wonder what effect that will have on the aircraft's ability to drop
> weapons from the bays?
No one?
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See:
http://livefist.blogspot.com/2008/11/livefist-column-vishnu-som-first-hand.html
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