the F35 is VERY well built. An it is VERY reliable. Newer compuers, and even newer cars (despite what older timers say) are very reliable. A long time f16 pilot now flying the F35 says that he often during excercies flew the f16 with "some" systems not working. But, pilots are not babies, and they work around issues all the time. That same pilot stated that EVERY single time he flew the F35, everything was up and worked perfect. You note in this video the over 90+ % up time. Newer jets simply are better in terms of maintains and up-time. The engine core on the f35 is the SAME ONE as the f22. So the f119 engine core was a game changer in the f22. it has nearly half the parts of previous engines. All important maintains parts are lowered to the bottom and can be accessed by a door, and in general serviced with basic tools. GET THIS: Lockheed states that the f119 engine had 50% LESS maintains then previous engines. The SAME design was used for the F35, but they IMPROVED the maintains, and even simplified the engine MORE. What does this mean? Well, the f135 single engine in the F35 is not only the most powerful engine put in a jet fighter, but the jet has 4 times less maintains then current two engine fighters. On carrier operations, this will be game changer. So with 60 jets, you don't have 120 engine cores. (double the engines means double the chance of a engine issue).And given that this new design reduces engine maintains by 50%, then the F35 is amazing in terms of up time. And Lockheed states that the f135 engine core has been designed and requires less love and care then the similar engine it based on used in the f22. Despite what internet hacks claim? The F35 is VERY good in this area - better then ANY current fighter in the market.
@M ZAKRIA No the report is 2019, but the incidence of coating peeling was 8 years ago and they have resolved the issue. It's bad and dishonest reporting to leave out these details.
I will second that comment 100%!You're so right!Of all the opinions of the F35,the one that matters most is what the pilots think!Not armchair pilots,REAL FIGHTER PILOTS!👍
@@isahbello9785 Are you a pilot,have you flown the F35,if not that means either you are another F35 haters for whatever reason,or just don't like either the RAF or let me guess,because it's an American made plane?Or number 3,you just don't like either the British or the Americans?
@Blob B I never said its a bad plane,I am just letting you know the pilots will say what the higher ups want them to say,I dont need to b a pilot to know that.
Isah Bello - Its obvious you have never been in the military of either the US or UK and know nothing about how the military works. I spent 11 yrs in the US army (2000-2011) with 2 tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan. My younger is also in the army and my older brother is a F-15E pilot in the US air force. I know for a FACT that pilots DO NOT do what you say because my older brother has told me a lot about the F-35 and F-22 when he has flown with and against them in training! He would never go say good things about any aircraft if was a piece of junk. The ONLY thing they won't tell you is the stuff that is classified! That means they aren't going to tell people like you everything that aircraft is capable of doing. I had a top security clearance when I was in the army because I worked for CID my last few years in the army. I know exactly how the military works and you obviously don't. So please don't act as if you do because people like me will just laugh at you and out you.
Only fair, we gave you ours too ;) The entire vertical lift system for the F-35B was a collaboration between Lockheed in the USA, and Rolls Royce in the UK, and we build every single one in Britain. The Harriers they're replacing were British planes too, don't forget.
Well done, Boys and thank the boys (the people we do not see, like my son who the man it the States who got it flying) Very proud of him, the head man (head mam, cannot name him but very proud of him). Go for it RAF/RN we are the best. m
@@davidhouseman4328 That assumes the United States cannot restart production at Lockheed. They could if there is need, they have not. Nothing is ever static with US defense, they pile on capabilities almost every other year.
@@mbukukanyau why does it assume they cannot restart production? They aren't going to rescind an export band on the off chance they will restart production sometime in the future and someone will want to buy it.
@@tams805 That would be if the aircraft only had to spend a third of the time undergoing maintenance. Why, then, was the proportion of flight time so low? Not a third. About a sixteenth. The object of the exercise, we are told, was to prove the thing. To prove something can be done, you actually have to do it. A proportion of down time like that only proves that it isn't combat capable. Eighteen years after first flight, $400 billion dollars - the most expensive military program of all time, and it isn't combat capable yet. Teething troubles my foot.
@@puffin51 Funny how you completely skipped everything else that was being said and went with the full mental gymnastics to try and find something wrong with it. I can't wait to see how increasingly desperate people like you will get as the F-35 keeps improving.
If I'm not mistaken the engine and the vertical/rolling landing component are completely seperate, but either way I'd imagine the wear in that component is pretty much the same either way, considering that the thrust is always passive through said component.
The British have come up with there own new way of landing thr f35 on a carrier really short landing.was watching something about it the other day. They come on like a normal landing but then rort of vertical land at the same time . Pretty cool
Why didn't we build our own jet. We built the harrier so why not show yet again what we can do as a nation. Yeah its a joint programme between the two countries but im sure we cam still do it
You really aren't that smart are you lol. First off the UK doesn't have neither the infrastructure, money or technology to build a 5th gen fighter. The F-35 was a US idea and are the ones that can up with everything but wanted partners to share the cost and let other countries build different parts of the aircraft. There is a HUGE difference between building a Harrier and freaking super advanced 5th gen fighter!!! The UK doesn't have the defense industry to even begin thinking about building a 4th gen fighter, much less a 5th gen one! There is a reason why the UK and all the other countries in Europe team up to build their fighters and that is because of the cost and lack of defense industry.
You really aren't that smart are you lol. First off the UK does have infrastructure, money and technology to build a 5th gen fighter. The key is to avoid unintelligent spending like Americans did by overcomplicating the platform and avoiding military industry complex.
@@mississippirebel1409 The UK doesn't make jets alone because it didn't make sense to, not because it's incapable. The JSF program started out with the UK talking to the US about a Harrier replacement before anything was designed, it wasn't anything like the US offering the UK some building work.
Gavin promised a two seater version forthwith .,.. can you deliver?? Best ,, No. 9 (AND yes that is the only way they will let me get a ride or two in one)
I love you guys! Glad to see the 🇬🇧 is still quite bad-ass. As an American, you guys saved our asses so many times, and we've lended a hand at times, I'm grateful, let's have a pint or two... We're in this together! 👍👍🇬🇧 🇺🇸
@Putin Did It indeed we will all die. AND, Hate will eat your soul. I hope you find a way out of it for your soul's sake, please. You hate me and my people, I do not hate you or yours.
@@CocoaBeachLiving Come on hurry up, I'm waiting to read you answer that brilliant question?Just read what you've already said? Could you be any more horrible and wrong if you tried?
Short take off vertical landing (STOVL). It can theoretically take off vertically if very lightly loaded but would use up a lot of fuel to do so and would need to get up pretty high before going forward. It is designed for short rolling take offs.
NO IT CANT!! Reading some Brits on here could not get any more embarrassing. None know anything about aircraft yet all want to talk about them? And read what these uneducated Brits think, you could not make it up! The F-35B Was claimed by the USA to be able to do what the Harrier could do while also being supersonic and stealthy. This is what we were told, you've all heard it as has everyone, but the biggest technical headache the British always had to build the Harrier was the VTO - transferring from ''lift'' (downward nozzles) to forward flight (rear facing nozzles) and flying away. At 7 mins 50 seconds you'll watch a Harrier perform a proper VTO. Enter this in youtube search... 2013 MCAS Yuma Air Show - AV8B Harrier Demo'' Watch it from lift off to, more importantly, flying away, and you'll see the transfer of nozzles take place. I bet nobody can show me a single piece of footage of the F-35B doing this? Because it can't!
Posing inside these vehicles for popularity ratings game is ridiculous, these are not the race of who is in the most popular expensive automobile, these are the honour of a nation upon which it defense rests.
So proud to see the RAF with these 6 F-35Bs .... let’s get the remaining 132 delivered please. A mixture of these and the Typhoons has got to be a handy bit of back up for our transatlantic cousins:)! My only question is why is the defence secretary referring to 6 fighter jets as ‘she ‘ ? Obviously doing her best to dismiss gender stereotypes..... or not.... Go and stick the kettle on love and make us a cup of tea :)
Bobleeswag You’re right she is being traditional as the custom of calling planes ‘she’ comes from boats/ships but the way she uses it as a pronoun describing future plans just sounds odd especially when she uses ‘her’ but either way it’s still a proud moment! :)
Bobleeswag Fun fact: The UK is the only level 1 international partner in the F-35 programme meaning we contributed about 10% of the research and development cost as well as active participation in testing - that’s why we were the first international country to take delivery. Another cool fact is Norway ordering 52 & Denmark 27 - when you consider the size of their respective militaries they’re significant numbers - Love how they’re stepping up and playing a role in defending the Baltic region from the Russians .
Yeah, it's most probably because most Ships are female. In the Royal Navy, all ships are referred to as 'she', so I suppose you can do the same for airplanes.
It's part of the total emasculation of our country, alas. It seems a bit strange that so many western nations now have women as defence secretaries too. #
@@kodiak64 it's the opposite. This is a defence Secretary that respects the traditions. She's a royal navy reservist, ships are female, so of course a ship of the sky is also female.
Just because they don't VTO, doesn't mean the can't STO from less than the full length if the carrier. Ie see them take of from an American class without out a ramp, or from near the end of QE.
They were bought to be put on carriers. So if they’re not on carriers they’re NOT operationally ready for the role the UK tax payers bought them. £95 million😂😂 what lies. The MOD allocated £170m per f35b in last years budget.
@@lennytheburger > Japan is citing spatial disorientation by the pilot as the likely cause of last April’s F-35 fighter jet crash. A news release by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force said the pilot’s last radio transmission, 15 seconds before the time of the crash, indicated he was conscious at the time, making it unlikely that a loss of consciousness due to G-forces was responsible for the crash. It also said there were no indications of mechanical or other issues with the Lockheed Martin-made aircraft
Why have we retired the tornado there is no needs what it could do the f-35 could not do as well as it (in my opinion) she could of flown for so much longer but the f-35 is always welcome
ISIS LOL The British are supporters of ISIS and terrorism anyone that does not know this needs a slap for being so uneducated. Ignorance is no defence.You're simply vile people and I'm one of them. But I still know right from wrong, unlike many of my so-called countrymen that have embarrassed this country no end. I hope we get an absolute annihilation. It's all we deserve, with this new type of person here, I'd sign up elsewhere to fight against it.
We've spent years bombing the hell out if this group we support? My ignorance is apparently not listening to quack theories on the internet.
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Got to wonder about a nation that has a woman Secretary of Defense. Sexist Remark? Probably but when you have Teresa May as MP and this woman as Defense Secretary you have to wonder where the men went. Does Teresa May really believe this woman is the very best person for the job? I doubt it.
@ I'm not sure what more you would be expecting? Being a Royal Navy reservist shows she cares and she has some previous experience from being minister of state for the armed forces.
The irony is the British defence minister seems to have no idea about this fighters and her luck off understanding says it all,she's just another hard line Tory day dreamer wants to be primeminister
There are no such things as a mass produced VTOL Russian fighter aircraft. Neither of the current Russian naval aviation offerings for carriers could work on the Queen Elizabeth class carrier.
The SU-33 isn’t a VTOL aircraft and would not work the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carrier. Neither is the MiG-29K. In fact, the Russians/Soviets never mass produced any VTOL fighter aircraft, only mass producing the YAK-38 carrier attack aircraft and prototyping the YAK-141. If you want the Queen Elizabeth to work as intended, you’d need either Harriers or F-35Bs. Of course, if you’re talking about regular aircraft, SU-35s could technically work, though I’m not sure why you would trust Russia with the UK’s defense.
How? Politicians are already appointed to portfolios they barely have prior experience in to begin with. A woman taking on the role would hardly be detrimental, let alone be any different from a male pollie having the job.
The current Defence Secretary is a Royal Navy reservist and has been for some time. So she should know more about defence matters than the average male minister!
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@@stevebarlow3154 But just what did she really do in the Royal Navy? That's the issue. I'm old school and from a Navy family (although I wasn't in the Navy) and think it's a terrible idea to have women aboard ships. Most retired Navy men agree with me. However active Navy people aren't going to say this fearing the end of their careers.
@ I don't know what she did/does in the RNR but Penny Mordaunt worked her way up to being a junior officer, so the Navy must have thought she was reasonably competent. The research about women serving aboard ship that I've read about would seem to show that whilst weak in some areas, brute strength for example, they are generally better than men at things that require attention to detail and persistence. HMS Darling, which I think is the Navy's most technically advanced ship, has a female skipper. She is presumably there on merit, I don't think the Navy would give anyone command of a warship just for PR purposes.
Teething issues. The f35b will be the greatest fighter of its time when its issues are solved. the same thing was said about eurofighter and look at today's typhoons.
No problems with the RAF f35b during this operation is good news. The f18 had many problems at the start but now its awesome. So will the f35!
the F35 is VERY well built. An it is VERY reliable. Newer compuers, and even newer cars (despite what older timers say) are very reliable.
A long time f16 pilot now flying the F35 says that he often during excercies flew the f16 with "some" systems not working. But, pilots are not babies, and they work around issues all the time. That same pilot stated that EVERY single time he flew the F35, everything was up and worked perfect.
You note in this video the over 90+ % up time. Newer jets simply are better in terms of maintains and up-time. The engine core on the f35 is the SAME ONE as the f22. So the f119 engine core was a game changer in the f22. it has nearly half the parts of previous engines. All important maintains parts are lowered to the bottom and can be accessed by a door, and in general serviced with basic tools.
GET THIS:
Lockheed states that the f119 engine had 50% LESS maintains then previous engines.
The SAME design was used for the F35, but they IMPROVED the maintains, and even simplified the engine MORE.
What does this mean?
Well, the f135 single engine in the F35 is not only the most powerful engine put in a jet fighter, but the jet has 4 times less maintains then current two engine fighters.
On carrier operations, this will be game changer. So with 60 jets, you don't have 120 engine cores. (double the engines means double the chance of a engine issue).And given that this new design reduces engine maintains by 50%, then the F35 is amazing in terms of up time. And Lockheed states that the f135 engine core has been designed and requires less love and care then the similar engine it based on used in the f22.
Despite what internet hacks claim? The F35 is VERY good in this area - better then ANY current fighter in the market.
@M ZAKRIA
No - that was in 2011. They have a new ceramic based paint that fixes that issue.
@M ZAKRIA
No the report is 2019, but the incidence of coating peeling was 8 years ago and they have resolved the issue. It's bad and dishonest reporting to leave out these details.
They wouldn't deploy it if it weren't!
*Aaaaayyyyy good to see the homeys across the pond flexin that strength* 👌🇺🇸🇬🇧
Please don't say across the pond it's an ocean. Im sorry to look like an a hole lol.
@@jennynelson6516 You got scientific pepe facts to back up your claim? I always thought the Atlantic was a majestic *river* 💁
Nah i thought it was a city
You made my day hahah Nice one mate
@Nadia Baig You catfishin me bro?
What the pilots and Commanders say about the plane is the only opinion that matters. Seem pretty confident.
I will second that comment 100%!You're so right!Of all the opinions of the F35,the one that matters most is what the pilots think!Not armchair pilots,REAL FIGHTER PILOTS!👍
Lol,the pilots will say what thier superiors want them to say.
@@isahbello9785 Are you a pilot,have you flown the F35,if not that means either you are another F35 haters for whatever reason,or just don't like either the RAF or let me guess,because it's an American made plane?Or number 3,you just don't like either the British or the Americans?
@Blob B I never said its a bad plane,I am just letting you know the pilots will say what the higher ups want them to say,I dont need to b a pilot to know that.
Isah Bello - Its obvious you have never been in the military of either the US or UK and know nothing about how the military works. I spent 11 yrs in the US army (2000-2011) with 2 tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan. My younger is also in the army and my older brother is a F-15E pilot in the US air force. I know for a FACT that pilots DO NOT do what you say because my older brother has told me a lot about the F-35 and F-22 when he has flown with and against them in training! He would never go say good things about any aircraft if was a piece of junk. The ONLY thing they won't tell you is the stuff that is classified! That means they aren't going to tell people like you everything that aircraft is capable of doing. I had a top security clearance when I was in the army because I worked for CID my last few years in the army. I know exactly how the military works and you obviously don't. So please don't act as if you do because people like me will just laugh at you and out you.
Up the RAF congrats we need loads more lightnings.
No we need su 35s lol
But you cant buy it becaue as a result of the brexit GB wont have enough money to buy those fighters.
@@sarius452 Brexit is a good thing
@@branofattrebates2847 are you joking? How can you be like that? Together you are stronger that simple and the Britains didnt get it. Thats sad.
@@sarius452 and what do you know about what we need ???
WELL DONE to the RAF :)
I'm liking both the New F-35 and the New defence minister in equal measure lol
Worth every penny wow ..
I bet the pilots feel like iron man.when wearing those helmets.
I’m glad Britain has gotten our Technology it really brings us together showing respect for one another across the river we share! ✊🇬🇧🇺🇸
Only fair, we gave you ours too ;)
The entire vertical lift system for the F-35B was a collaboration between Lockheed in the USA, and Rolls Royce in the UK, and we build every single one in Britain. The Harriers they're replacing were British planes too, don't forget.
ThePeople'sPanzer Absolutely. USA and Britain are stronger together!
Mega training
A nice lower intensity mission to start things off.
This bird has still got a lot to prove.
M ZAKRIA Citation needed. Otherwise, STFU.
alredy proven effective. istraeli f=35 infiltrated iran air space and taken pictures of it's defenses. without even detected.
@@shywarrior865 this is good news actually.
Great job done Britain
The daughter of Kelly McGill's is a mp???? Looks to me like a high way to the danger zone
Daley Wilk winning comment!!!!
damn 😂
138!!!! Might almost have an air force again
Fleet air arm too
@@lanselithgow5865 138 includes FAA. It's the total number Britain are buying, not the RAF
As I see your defense minister has the same likeability and aura of competence and dedication as ours here in Germany.
Very good 🙂🙂🙂 airplane ✈️
Good to see RAF get some new teeth to add to the force but I am still going to the army when I am old enough to go
As long it not flying over Huawei 5Gs area
Can't climb
Can't turn
Can't escape (too slow)
Can't dogfight
😂 Doesn't have to do any of those things.. You are dead before you know it's there... Fool
speed doesn’t matter it can go 9gs and can climb nearly as well as an f-16 also dogfights don’t happen anymore
Just that helmet mounted controls and information , is the game changer.. it means the pilots doesn't even have to aim their planes to fire.
That’s been a thing for a while, before f35
!!!! Most advanced!!!!!!!!!!
Omg wow!!!
Well done, Boys and thank the boys (the people we do not see, like my son who the man it the States who got it flying) Very proud of him, the head man (head mam, cannot name him but very proud of him). Go for it RAF/RN we are the best.
m
We should have bought f35a's also
I will only be comfortable with Britain ordering the f35A when we know we're getting 138 of the b variant.
Why? It's already going to be years til we can fill our carriers and you want to slow that down even further buying a mix.
@@davidhouseman4328 only if an f35a order wont stop uk buying 138 f35b
@@jamiewalker8131 our order rate is purely a financial question. Money for A's means less money for B's.
What we should've really done is not buy the B but buy the A and C.
Those helmets alone, cost more than some peoples houses and cars, combined.
They do, and there is no regret. It's all about information.
@@davidhouseman4328 And information can win a battle before it has even begun.
@@loosecannon8340 yep, or at least let you avoid it.
helmet is the eye of the tiger
how did they address the overweight issue? & is that fix only for the uk?
it's not a helmet but a laptop on the head
British f-35b? I swear those are American jets
Beautiful! ;)
Why no roundels?
No, the worlds most advanced stealth fighter is the F22, that is why no one else but the US can have it.
kenya catholic wrong the worlds most advanced is the F-35 the worlds most maneuverable 5th gen fighter is the F-22
kenya catholic and the F-35 we have are different than other countries
The F22 was the most advanced jet in 2006 when exports were banned. As production was stopped years ago there is no point in rescinding that ban.
@@davidhouseman4328 That assumes the United States cannot restart production at Lockheed. They could if there is need, they have not.
Nothing is ever static with US defense, they pile on capabilities almost every other year.
@@mbukukanyau why does it assume they cannot restart production? They aren't going to rescind an export band on the off chance they will restart production sometime in the future and someone will want to buy it.
very nice, Iran still flys F4 Phantoms
RAF is a shadow of its former self it's a shame
@Blob B Surely that's the same for every countries air force? lol
Six of them flew 225 hours in four weeks. That's under 10 hours per week, on average. This is a success, yet. What does a failure look like?
You do realise that probably only two go out at a time, with two on standby and two undergoing maintenance?
@Ace of Spades No. Is there some reason why the old adage "train hard, fight easy" does not apply to the F-35?
@@tams805 That would be if the aircraft only had to spend a third of the time undergoing maintenance. Why, then, was the proportion of flight time so low? Not a third. About a sixteenth. The object of the exercise, we are told, was to prove the thing. To prove something can be done, you actually have to do it. A proportion of down time like that only proves that it isn't combat capable. Eighteen years after first flight, $400 billion dollars - the most expensive military program of all time, and it isn't combat capable yet. Teething troubles my foot.
That concurs with other disturbing info : 1 (2hr) flight, 2 days down time . Not even factoring combat damage!
@@puffin51 Funny how you completely skipped everything else that was being said and went with the full mental gymnastics to try and find something wrong with it. I can't wait to see how increasingly desperate people like you will get as the F-35 keeps improving.
Wow
Blahblahblah...... We have spent billions and billions trying to develop what the f16 in origin was developed to avoid....
Not even close to being the case
The original design idea of the F16 has long been rejected for the F16 itself. The F16 isn't successful as a day fighter, but as a multirole aircraft.
First time I’ve seen the RAF Lightning’s do a conventional landing, why do they mostly do short landings, won’t that ware the engine down faster?
If I'm not mistaken the engine and the vertical/rolling landing component are completely seperate, but either way I'd imagine the wear in that component is pretty much the same either way, considering that the thrust is always passive through said component.
I'd guess it's because they need more practice of vertical landings. But also remember they look cooler on videos.
The British have come up with there own new way of landing thr f35 on a carrier really short landing.was watching something about it the other day. They come on like a normal landing but then rort of vertical land at the same time . Pretty cool
Wear not ware
Bring back Gavin
good to see/hear a fellow ulsterman at the helm
looking forward to the tempest
Why didn't we build our own jet. We built the harrier so why not show yet again what we can do as a nation. Yeah its a joint programme between the two countries but im sure we cam still do it
You really aren't that smart are you lol. First off the UK doesn't have neither the infrastructure, money or technology to build a 5th gen fighter. The F-35 was a US idea and are the ones that can up with everything but wanted partners to share the cost and let other countries build different parts of the aircraft. There is a HUGE difference between building a Harrier and freaking super advanced 5th gen fighter!!! The UK doesn't have the defense industry to even begin thinking about building a 4th gen fighter, much less a 5th gen one! There is a reason why the UK and all the other countries in Europe team up to build their fighters and that is because of the cost and lack of defense industry.
You really aren't that smart are you lol. First off the UK does have infrastructure, money and technology to build a 5th gen fighter. The key is to avoid unintelligent spending like Americans did by overcomplicating the platform and avoiding military industry complex.
@@mississippirebel1409 The UK doesn't make jets alone because it didn't make sense to, not because it's incapable. The JSF program started out with the UK talking to the US about a Harrier replacement before anything was designed, it wasn't anything like the US offering the UK some building work.
Gavin promised a two seater version forthwith .,.. can you deliver?? Best ,, No. 9 (AND yes that is the only way they will let me get a ride or two in one)
M ZAKRIA where did you get that info
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@Putin Did It indeed we will all die. AND, Hate will eat your soul. I hope you find a way out of it for your soul's sake, please. You hate me and my people, I do not hate you or yours.
@Putin Did It SPOT ON MAN!
@@CocoaBeachLiving Come on hurry up, I'm waiting to read you answer that brilliant question?Just read what you've already said? Could you be any more horrible and wrong if you tried?
@Putin Did It AGAIN SPOT ON.
Can the F35B takeoff vertically? I've only ever see it land vertically, but takeoff conventionally with its engines down.
Short take off vertical landing (STOVL). It can theoretically take off vertically if very lightly loaded but would use up a lot of fuel to do so and would need to get up pretty high before going forward. It is designed for short rolling take offs.
yes it can
Yes, it can takeoff vertically. That's not how it's intended to operate though.
NO IT CANT!! Reading some Brits on here could not get any more embarrassing. None know anything about aircraft yet all want to talk about them? And read what these uneducated Brits think, you could not make it up! The F-35B Was claimed by the USA to be able to do what the Harrier could do while also being supersonic and stealthy.
This is what we were told, you've all heard it as has everyone, but the biggest technical headache the British always had to build the Harrier was the VTO - transferring from ''lift'' (downward nozzles) to forward flight (rear facing nozzles) and flying away.
At 7 mins 50 seconds you'll watch a Harrier perform a proper VTO. Enter this in youtube search... 2013 MCAS Yuma Air Show - AV8B Harrier Demo''
Watch it from lift off to, more importantly, flying away, and you'll see the transfer of nozzles take place.
I bet nobody can show me a single piece of footage of the F-35B doing this?
Because it can't!
Oh and also, I'm not asking you, ok, I'm telling you!
War is a Racket. Google it. This lemon is THE classic example. 48” spanner anyone?
Posing inside these vehicles for popularity ratings game is ridiculous, these are not the race of who is in the most popular expensive automobile, these are the honour of a nation upon which it defense rests.
Sorry to see GB going down this road...they used to build their own fantastic everything. $$$$$$$$$$95 mil for a single plane, yeah that's real smart.
this is a good toy for Londonistan citizens
So proud to see the RAF with these 6 F-35Bs .... let’s get the remaining 132 delivered please. A mixture of these and the Typhoons has got to be a handy bit of back up for our transatlantic cousins:)!
My only question is why is the defence secretary referring to 6 fighter jets as ‘she ‘ ? Obviously doing her best to dismiss gender stereotypes..... or not.... Go and stick the kettle on love and make us a cup of tea :)
I like how she is being traditional.
Bobleeswag You’re right she is being traditional as the custom of calling planes ‘she’ comes from boats/ships but the way she uses it as a pronoun describing future plans just sounds odd especially when she uses ‘her’ but either way it’s still a proud moment! :)
Bobleeswag Fun fact: The UK is the only level 1 international partner in the F-35 programme meaning we contributed about 10% of the research and development cost as well as active participation in testing - that’s why we were the first international country to take delivery. Another cool fact is Norway ordering 52 & Denmark 27 - when you consider the size of their respective militaries they’re significant numbers - Love how they’re stepping up and playing a role in defending the Baltic region from the Russians .
A ship is always a she, makes sense to me another vessel is too.
Go guys!
Someone should ask Penny what model of F-35 we’ve ordered. Then we can see if she really knows what she’s talking about.
I object to the craft being referred to as her, something that powerful should be called He!
Yaaaay we would never have'em!
ENGLAND, WHY DID YOU GET RID OF THE HARRIER JUMP JET??? WAS IT PURELY POLITICAL LIKE THE LOCKHEED L1011?
I don't like the new defence secretary.
why? did u like the former one?
@@rushyscoper1651 preferred... Don't really like either
Sooooo..... their mission is to fly?
The rafale best f-35 bad
I bet the chinese has already hacked this airplane
If they did, then they may proceed for mass production.
@Dan The car guy I think they rather use the hacking to know how to shoot down this airplane
🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🍾🍾🥂🥂
Well done Brits!
Lemon
Why is the defence secretary referring to the plane as 'She' ?
Tradition calling ships she so can be with planes
Yeah, it's most probably because most Ships are female. In the Royal Navy, all ships are referred to as 'she', so I suppose you can do the same for airplanes.
It's part of the total emasculation of our country, alas. It seems a bit strange that so many western nations now have women as defence secretaries too. #
@@kodiak64 it's the opposite. This is a defence Secretary that respects the traditions. She's a royal navy reservist, ships are female, so of course a ship of the sky is also female.
Is it because they're expensive to keep and prone to breaking down?
BUT THEY CAN'T PERFORM A VTO..LOL ANY DAMAGE TO THE RAMP OR DECK THE CAN'T GET ANY JETS AIRBORNE!
Just because they don't VTO, doesn't mean the can't STO from less than the full length if the carrier. Ie see them take of from an American class without out a ramp, or from near the end of QE.
From now on nobody can say that it is not worth a..... Penny !!!! 😄😄😄😄
lol female defense secretary... absolutely no idea what shes doing.
Safe to use against terrorist, but please don't put our pilots in danger and use these Lemons against a Real Power!
Yawn
Colonel Chuck have you read it’s training reports?
Blob B that’s good and it was against all aircraft not only f-16s
Blob B the F-16 can’t even compete with the F-35 it’s not as capable
There are no operational missions.
Ummm, you're wrong.
Locutus494 Ummmm, I am if you redefine what operational is. 😂
They were bought to be put on carriers. So if they’re not on carriers they’re NOT operationally ready for the role the UK tax payers bought them. £95 million😂😂 what lies. The MOD allocated £170m per f35b in last years budget.
They are bought for both. The balance is slightly more RAF, even if both will fly from land or sea.
Well this is awkward....
Here’s hoping penny is as good as or better than gavin
lol remember when it crashed into the ocean haha
That’s because the pilot lost consciousness, not because the plane failed
@@brrrt8212 and why did he lose concuinsness
Lenny the burger I don’t know, you try pulling 10gs and see if your still awake
@@lennytheburger > Japan is citing spatial disorientation by the pilot as the likely cause of last April’s F-35 fighter jet crash.
A news release by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force said the pilot’s last radio transmission, 15 seconds before the time of the crash, indicated he was conscious at the time, making it unlikely that a loss of consciousness due to G-forces was responsible for the crash.
It also said there were no indications of mechanical or other issues with the Lockheed Martin-made aircraft
You're welcome 🇺🇸🇺🇸
Called this months ago
An aircraft that was 20 years in the making ... beggars belief. About as long - from birth - that it takes to make a pilot.
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Why have we retired the tornado there is no needs what it could do the f-35 could not do as well as it (in my opinion) she could of flown for so much longer but the f-35 is always welcome
From what i heard the maintenance costs were starting to spike. Not through age, but flight hours.
Lack of secure datalink, obsolete radar, non nato compliant pylons as of 2014 and it has quite a large rcs
ISIS LOL The British are supporters of ISIS and terrorism anyone that does not know this needs a slap for being so uneducated.
Ignorance is no defence.You're simply vile people and I'm one of them. But I still know right from wrong, unlike many of my so-called countrymen that have embarrassed this country no end. I hope we get an absolute annihilation. It's all we deserve, with this new type of person here, I'd sign up elsewhere to fight against it.
We've spent years bombing the hell out if this group we support? My ignorance is apparently not listening to quack theories on the internet.
Got to wonder about a nation that has a woman Secretary of Defense. Sexist Remark? Probably but when you have Teresa May as MP and this woman as Defense Secretary you have to wonder where the men went. Does Teresa May really believe this woman is the very best person for the job? I doubt it.
Look her up, she has a solid defence background. People didn't have an issue with the career politician, Gavin Williamson.
Doubt she'll be there long. Boris will probably give Williamson his old job back when he inevitably wins the leadership campaign.
@ I'm not sure what more you would be expecting? Being a Royal Navy reservist shows she cares and she has some previous experience from being minister of state for the armed forces.
So who’s the milf
Cant wait for a Soviet era air defense system to down one of these.
@Buddy > What kind of moron are you? I truly hope you are not from a NATO country, if you are, you are no better than a traitor.
Arfter this guffaw guffaw how we larf at the taxpayer plebs and cannon fodder guffaw guffaw
The irony is the British defence minister seems to have no idea about this fighters and her luck off understanding says it all,she's just another hard line Tory day dreamer wants to be primeminister
What showed she had no idea?
Except isreal has used f-35s since 2015
Not in operations since 2015. But regardless they aren't flying the f35B.
snurk agurk Israel flies the F-35I variant
Neither modern warships or airplanes are very appealing to the Eyes... Maybe effective, but not nice to look at
I love ugly war machines, you know they're built for a purpose.
Have you seen the Arleigh Burke class destroyers of the US Navy? Best looking ships ever, I also like the look of the F-35.
Complete waste of taxes
Yes Ivan
Cheaper to buy Russian aircraft and fit them with Rolls Royce engines and Britsh electronics.
Lol, you're dumber than dirt.
Air superiority is not achieved by being cheap.
We have the option of more Typhoons. What Russians can't do is cutting edge.
There are no such things as a mass produced VTOL Russian fighter aircraft. Neither of the current Russian naval aviation offerings for carriers could work on the Queen Elizabeth class carrier.
SU-57S all the way🇷🇺
Still think we should of bought sukhoi fighters
Edit : not for the Navy only for the air Force
The SU-33 isn’t a VTOL aircraft and would not work the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carrier. Neither is the MiG-29K. In fact, the Russians/Soviets never mass produced any VTOL fighter aircraft, only mass producing the YAK-38 carrier attack aircraft and prototyping the YAK-141.
If you want the Queen Elizabeth to work as intended, you’d need either Harriers or F-35Bs.
Of course, if you’re talking about regular aircraft, SU-35s could technically work, though I’m not sure why you would trust Russia with the UK’s defense.
@wolf it the fifth Stupid comment, inform yourself about air to air combat and try again.
@@kurousagi8155 Or perhaps a steam catapult as originally planned.
Stobat superflankers or ditto mig 35. Skijump takeoff but arrested landing
Ps the indian navy has operated them quite successfuly
Why’s the f35 a “she”
Just like ships airplanes are female
Comes with portable vagina?
@@TriggaHappy00121213 That would make those long flights more interesting 😆
first
A women defence sec. A sign of decline.
How? Politicians are already appointed to portfolios they barely have prior experience in to begin with. A woman taking on the role would hardly be detrimental, let alone be any different from a male pollie having the job.
info beam - You may recall that it was a female PM who defended the Falklands. Her male defence minister was a reluctant follower.
The current Defence Secretary is a Royal Navy reservist and has been for some time. So she should know more about defence matters than the average male minister!
@@stevebarlow3154 But just what did she really do in the Royal Navy? That's the issue. I'm old school and from a Navy family (although I wasn't in the Navy) and think it's a terrible idea to have women aboard ships. Most retired Navy men agree with me. However active Navy people aren't going to say this fearing the end of their careers.
@ I don't know what she did/does in the RNR but Penny Mordaunt worked her way up to being a junior officer, so the Navy must have thought she was reasonably competent.
The research about women serving aboard ship that I've read about would seem to show that whilst weak in some areas, brute strength for example, they are generally better than men at things that require attention to detail and persistence.
HMS Darling, which I think is the Navy's most technically advanced ship, has a female skipper. She is presumably there on merit, I don't think the Navy would give anyone command of a warship just for PR purposes.
Taxation draining flying lemons.
Citation please?! (From a reputable source)
Teething issues. The f35b will be the greatest fighter of its time when its issues are solved. the same thing was said about eurofighter and look at today's typhoons.
@MI6 'Pierre Sprey f-35', on youtube will start you off on the long list of what's wrong with it.
@MI6 From some1 pretending to be the British Government's Foreign Intelligence Service, I don't take that response v. seriously.
made in china
Or not
Shehin Muhammad well China will probably copy them.
@@someaussieguy140 See: J-20 (reverse engineered F-35) Chinese hackers broke into the Pentagon & stole Terabytes of Blueprints & data