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RAF to get F35A ?

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SingleSpey
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Re: RAF to get F35A ?

Post by SingleSpey » Tue Feb 18, 2025 11:57 am

F-35B certainly couldn’t operate from a dispersed pad such as Sid’s Strip used by the Harriers on the Falklands.
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EGDR
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Re: RAF to get F35A ?

Post by EGDR » Tue Feb 18, 2025 7:55 pm

SingleSpey wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 18, 2025 11:57 am
 F-35B certainly couldn’t operate from a dispersed pad such as Sid’s Strip used by the Harriers on the Falklands.
They are able to and have operated from AM-2 matting
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Re: RAF to get F35A ?

Post by lmgaylard » Wed Feb 19, 2025 1:32 pm

NorvilleRogers wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 18, 2025 10:32 am
cat1 wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 18, 2025 8:13 am
 Specifically, the F-35B is a STVOL, not a VTOL.

So yes, the F-35B technically requires a runway to operate.

The harrier was a VTOL, so could vert with weapons attached as above

I'm aware I'm teaching the textbooks, sorry!
I think the text books call it STOVL.
VSTOL- Vertical or Short Take-Off & Landing.
'its a lot less bover in the hover'
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