Lockheed Martin's chief executive has dismissed concerns raised by the Pentagon's top evaluator that the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will not be fully combat ready by 2020, when the Australian Air Force is due to take delivery of its first jets. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-02/f35-fighter-jets-concerns-dismissed-by-lockheed-martin-boss/8317284
下面是澳洲評語 03/01/17 One of Australia’s most experienced military aviators, Squadron Leader Andrew Jackson, is a RAAF instructor teaching pilots from a range of nations, including the US, to fly the JSF. Jackson is one of two Australians who are flying the F-35s from the US to the Avalon air show in Victoria over the coming days. He says it’s vastly better than any fighter he’s flown. ‘This aircraft will give fighter pilots a level of situational awareness that far exceeds legacy platforms,’ Jackson says. ‘Experiencing this level of capability first hand is something every pilot dreams of.’
"[...]against a "Red" force of as many as 20 aircraft at a time -- enemies intent on jamming their radar and killing their planes, aided from the ground by batteries of advanced surface-to-air missiles
"The result: The F-35s achieved a 15-to-1 "kill ratio," shooting down 15 bad guys for every F-35 that got splashed."
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Several countries have increased their JSF orders in recent months after thoroughly examining its capabilities. Israel, which spends defence dollars very carefully, says it’s very pleased with its purchase and it could buy 75 aircraft.
The Royal Australian Air Force set to take delivery of new EA-18G 『Growler' attack jets http://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/inventions/the-royal-australian-air-force-set-to-take-delivery-of-new-ea18g-growler-attack-jets/news-story/00b4ccb656095aa318a5d5f546b2c8ef
As newly retired RAAF boss Air Marshal Geoff Brown said at the rollout ceremony for the first Australian jet at the Boeing plant in St Louis on Wednesday, “(Growler) will have the biggest strategic effect on the ADF since the F-111 in the 1970s.”