Many Squadrons have achieved
IOC with the
F-35 we currently have them in to soon. And the "
Gorilla in the room" is simply that for land based equipment
FOC has been always the standard and we've corrected many units from many countries to achieve that standard.
All you have to do is look at the last 2 years of submissions. They were mostly about fixing those same issues.
This has been done in the past as well as was submitted for all other equipment "
classes" including this thread.
Every time we rush to get something in due to external or other reasons, we pay a steep price, more so for Don and I would think to an unknown degree Andy.
For one, and to be nice, this "
stuff" overclocks my ram!
The clock is running and these type of issues take away from all the equipment that is actually at
FOC but
ARE NOT in the game because we're chasing these issues.
I mentioned earlier I have such equipment dating back to
2015, I recently found from files kept from a different browser.
ONLY Israel has declared their
F-35i at
FOC on
DEC. 06, 2017 after a year of training and evaluation.
https://www.algemeiner.com/2017/12/0...y-operational/
Second Squadron comes on line operationally on
10 Aug. 2020.
https://www.jewishpress.com/news/isr...al/2020/08/10/
And Israel does what it has always with any foreign piece of equipment they but after "
playing with it" awhile,
they improve upon it. In this case it took just
4 years to do so in
NOV 2020.
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/is...tel-nof-648867
https://theaviationist.com/2020/11/1...just-received/
Remember Israel's Strategic and Tactical situation has never allowed for such things as budget delays, logistical supply issues (
ODIN for us as already posted.) but, the
most important item of all is their not flying our F-35's and therefore NOT dealing with our issues .
Like
INDIA, VIETNAM etc. from one of those above last last patches can only buy the
T-90S and
NOT the better
T-90A or if you wish substitute foreign operated
ABRAMS with
NO DU armor as a "starter" on that topic.
I hope on this equipment we're not "
drifting away from our core values", some won't like what I just wrote, and that's OK with me. But it doesn't change nor should it from how we've operated out here for so many years now.
Well this post has now gotten me in the right frame of mind to fight the "
Redman" tomorrow. I feel bad for the person in the suit as our training Lt. likes it when I train the way we're expected to fight. And we got a "new hire" class, should be fun!
Have a good night/morning all!
Regards,
Pat
