08.01.2015, 20:41
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Also nicht 2019 sonders 2017 trotzdem eine Peinlichkeit für die USAF da jede F35A ja mit der Gun Serienmäßig ausgerüstet ist.
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Zitat:Pentagon: F-35 Gun Will Fire in 2017
Joe DellaVedova, a spokesman for the F-35 program office, said the fifth-generation stealth fighter’s GAU-22 gun and the Electro-Optical Targeting System — two key systems to provide close air support to ground troops — will be operational with the installation of the Block 3F software update in fiscal 2017.
The Jan. 7 statement from the program office followed recent news articles in The Daily Beast quoting unnamed Air Force officials saying the gun won’t work until 2019 and that the targeting system is already outdated compared to similar systems on existing fourth-generation fighters.....
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F-35 Program Office: Gun Remains On Schedule
WASHINGTON — The gun on the F-35 joint strike fighter remains on schedule to go operational in 2017, the Pentagon said Wednesday.
The Daily Beast reported on Dec. 31 that the gun would not be able to be used until 2019, but in a statement F-35 Joint Program Office spokesman Joe DellaVedova described that story as a "misreporting" of the facts......
Also nicht 2019 sonders 2017 trotzdem eine Peinlichkeit für die USAF da jede F35A ja mit der Gun Serienmäßig ausgerüstet ist.
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Turkey To Order 4 More F-35s, 5 More Chinooks
NKARA — Turkey's top procurement panel decided Wednesday to order four more F-35 fighter jets and five more CH-47F Chinook heavy transport helicopters, the government announced.
Turkey's procurement agency, the Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (SSM), said in a press release that the top panel for procurement, the Defense Industry Executive Committee, convened Monday and reviewed ongoing programs.
It said the government decided to order four more F-35s from the multinational Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) consortium, in which Turkey is a member. The move increases Turkey's official orders to six. Turkey plans eventually to buy 100 F-35s.....