NATO Fighter Jets Showcase Incredible Piloting Skills on European Highways - F-35, Gripen, A-10
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- Опубліковано 26 чер 2024
- The NATO allies' F-35A Lightning II, JAS 39 Gripen and A-10 Thunderbolt II aircrafts practised the delicate art of landing and take-off on European highways during the exercises.
0:00~ JAS 39 Gripen
1:26~ F-35A Lightning II
5:24~ A-10 Thunderbolt II
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I am extremely happy to welcome Finland & Sweden to NATO. They are wonderful nations, and as a US citizen I will gladly support their defense.
You reckon if Russia marches into Finland, the US will come to its rescue against the possibility of Russia levelling your cities with hypersonic nukes for which you have no protection and means to shoot down? I admire your courage but we need realism here.
When have you been in Finland and Sweden?
@@claus-not-santa ....why are there no bones in ice cream?
@@markp1506 Ask the producers………..
@@claus-not-santa …….for bones or ice cream?
Obviously, F35s are able to land on highways and that’s awesome. However, unlike Gripen, it wasn’t really designed for these kinds of dispersed operations. The maintenance, the staff requirements, etc. You need a big logistics machine and organisation behind the scenes to operate a F35 in combat. Meanwhile, Gripen was designed to do exactly this, in every aspect of the platform. A pilot plus just a minimal crew of conscripts with one technical leader (2 years of experience) is all that is required to have Gripen flying continuous combat missions from covert locations, using highways. All the equipment required to operate is housed in a standard container, even when it’s on its home airbase. So when shit hits the fan, you just pick up the very same container with a truck and scoot to some forest hideout somewhere next to a highway and continue operating in the same way from there, without any additional training needed to do so. Obviously, I’m not saying that Gripen is some super aircraft. It can’t operate from aircraft carriers and there are scenarios Gripen is not suited for. But Gripen is just a fundamentally different air combat platform compared to anything else around the world at the moment. I would love to see them in Ukraine, because Ukraine’s situation is exactly what Gripen was designed for.
Those clever Swedes...Gripen is best IKEA unit Designed to fly from any highway, yet fit sleekly into any living room decor?!?😂😂
Speaking of shit hitting fans, do F35's have the same sensitivity as F16s to debris on runways? I heard F16 runways are walked by ground staff to clear rubbish by hand.
I agree on all counts but, having said that, there is not much a Gripen cannot do. As for the F-35 Fighting Turkey, I suppose it could managed if it only needed fuel and ammo.
@@brendandennis5868
Unlikely. The placement of the F-16’s air intake is its biggest liability on the ground.
I can service the A-10, I've made one 1/48 model. Know every part of it ;)
A few years ago, traffic was shut down on the highway and we were forced to wait while a C-130 landed, turned and flew away again. A completely normal day in Sweden.
US Navy pilots: I'm carrier qualified. Swedish pilots: Yeah, but I'm public highway qualified.
Yeh...Public Hwy quallified with Zero traffic.
@@matrox I would prefer to land on a wider deck like an aircraft carrier has than a very long straight but NARROW road on a fighter jet.
It's not a highway. It's a countryroad and they made some extra meters wide for 1500 meters.
Man, that is not a highway, that is a Landsväg. They are really narrow.
that f35 is one sweet looking piece of equipment
I remember in the 90s I was living and working in Germany. I noticed a stretch of autobahn where there was what looked like a wide access road gated off with heavy steel gates. The 'access road' went for a few hundred metres then split into smaller roads disappearing into a hilly wooded area. I wondered if it was some sort of autobahn service area, but a German friend explained it was a cold war emergency military airfield and the smaller roads lead to secure underground bunkers for the aircraft.
In Finland there is publicly known at least some couple dozen places in the road network, which can be used as a airplane field if it becomes necessary. They practice the takeoffs and landings periodically, just like in the video. This is all just a part of preparation for defending the country against possible war of aggression. I believe also Baltic states have quite high rate of preparing to any kind of hostile movements. Finland did never cancel conscription so basically every finnish man have been trained for war, if they had no health issues preventing it. Nowdays also women have the option to go to army if they choose so.
Wow ! I’m impressed 👍
@@captainhappy Excellent! Impressive!
Even a few warthogs (aka Tank killers) in the mix!
As all airfields are prime targets there is no other option than to turn to highways. The Germans did it on a small scale during WWII and kept doing it during g the Cold War.
If they tried doing this in England, the potholes would rip the undercarriage right off
Roll of eyes!! They selected a good quality road for the video!
We have our fair share of potholes also in Finland. Our road infrastructure gets back a fraction of the amount our government taxes road traffic. It's been like that for couple decades now.
These are not any highways "in europe". These are dispersed stretches that are purposly reinforced and planned to be used as make shift runways when they were built to handle this since their inception and made sure to always be upkept to the highest standard. At least that has been the case for the Swedish highways as this kind of operation has been part of Swedish doctrine for the last 50-60 years.
Beat me to it :-)
@@newera478All nordic contrys have their fair share of frostbitten roads.
Come for the F-35, stay for the A-10
I came
That was unexpected
A10 more iconic than F16s and F35 I think
The mighty A10, keep it going!
that fly by whistle sound is all most as good than BRRRRR. my favorite mill plane easily.
Only the MAGAts owned by Boeing and Lockheed are preventing that.
As a Former Grunt...It's a Grunts Best Friend.
@@JoJo-ps4ml Baby. Once a grunt, always a grunt. 4/23rd 9ID. Best Regards and Best Wishes!
@@Jakedelus "The wheels on the bus go ... BBRRRRTTTTTTT..".
That ATC guy standing around is also pretty cool!
The man
This is the expeditionary version of JPALS (Joint Precision Approach and Landing System), developed for aircraft carrier use, to put the F-35 down on the wire within a meter or so of required landing position. It's an automatic system that was then adapted to land use, specifically for this purpose. It means US and Allies can rapidly build prefab mat airfields anywhere and the F-35 can land on them, with perfect precision, in any weather, day or night, without using lights, or an IFR runway's instrumentation. With that tech you can use any road, or an island in the western Pacific, or a prefab runway in the outback of Australia, or a road in Scandinavia, to build a new F-35 forward operating base in less than a week to rapidly change the regional airpower equation. Enabling deep strikes from temporary forward operating bases.
In Switzerland we had landings of F/A 18 on highway mid June. I love fighter jets.
Man that F-35 Lighting II is an amazing piece of aircraft that landing was insane!!! 👽
Alien-tech
Pakistani pilots are doing it for the last 15 years
@@shaharyarqureshi6894 Americans have been doing it since WWII on moving Ships 🛳️ actually Allied pilots have to learn to fly in America also.
@@shaharyarqureshi6894 as a matter of fact the purpose of that exercise was to show Russia and China they could blow up airfields and we including all Allied pilots could land anywhere in the world and again we’ve been doing it since WWII
@@shaharyarqureshi6894 Actually I was wrong we’ve been doing it since 1910
Gripen is a underrated, extremely capable aircraft.
Saab cars where underrated too
I dont think its very underrated & neither was Saab as a car brand?
Instead i think neither are "as common" simply because they were/are being produced in smaller numbers? in the case of cars (when they still made them) they clearly didn't even get to a quarter of the production of their competition & you could easily find 5x the BMW or Mercedes or Volkswagen dealers for every Saab dealer, in the case of F35 vs Gripen i'm 99% sure they produce something like double the amount of F35's a year (or more?) because it's simply a much bigger (collab of) organization(s)
And at the end of the day when a government finally decides to upgrade their jet fleet they want them as soon as possible 🤷♂
It's a capable and affordable plane, but unfortunately not stealth which is the name of the game nowadays.
@@QuerientjeI still miss my Saab 96 built in 1972. Had to say goodbye in 1986.😥
The F-35s make it look easy and smooth. An F-35B would really be in it's own! A-10s are smooth as well. The low speed performance of these aircraft is impressive.
グリペン有事には高速で離着陸できるってのは聞いてたけど理論値とかじゃなくガチだったのか……
しかもA-10はともかくF-35まで
脳汁出るわ
グリペンからではなく冷戦時代に運用されたドラケン、ビゲンも同様の運用を可能にしてます……ただＡ－１０やＦ－３５を一般道を離着陸させるとなると航空甲版並の管理を要するので即応性に関してはサーブ社の戦闘機は優れてます。スウェーデンの高速道路は滑走路と同じ仕様にされている事やシェルターが点在していたり高速道路を隠すための偽装用の住宅がある。
そうだね。トンネルが格納庫になるし、中に整備用のハンガーも併設されているんだよ。
Alright sir, pull it over, you were speeding on the highway. Any weapons in your vehicle? Let me see your pilots license. Ahh, so you think your some hotshot flyboy. Give ya a warning ticket this time. Now fly out rambo.
Very funny😂Rick : Syd : Australia
Had that once from a UK copper. Mate got caught speeding, and the first line from the copper was "Hello Wing Commander, having problems taking off this morning?"
@@johnmartin2464😂very good.
Swedish pilots sure can fly. Really sweet skills.
Norwegian F-16 Pilots have been known to be the bad ass of the skies. Now we will see how this transit into the new platform. Starting from scratch, basically.
Slight correction, Gripen is not landing on swedish highways, it lands on country roads. Swedish highways are almost always divided with barrier in the center making them unsuitable to land on, also the close proximity to forested terrain next to country roads make it ideal for hidden mobile service and resupply.
The F35`s look like straight out of a movie....
Imagine going to 7-Eleven to get a Big Gulp in a Gripen
The sound of the Thunderbolt though...🤩
Notice how close the nose wheel follows the center line. If you're not a pilot you may not realize how much training it takes to get this right every time.
I have enough trouble following center line while on a bicycle
One funny thing about these landing strips on Finnish highways is that when the first ones were constructed in early sixties they were publicly described as "emergency landing strips" for commercial passenger flights. But they were not marked on aviation maps at all... Except later on the American ones. But not on Finnish maps.
The usage of dispersed airbases is key a design feature of the Gripen required by the Swedish Airforce and has been for the last 3 Swedish fighter systems
It’s nice to have more runways than planes. The Gripen fighter was designed such that it doesn’t need dedicated runways
The fighter was designed to make money und to kill people.
ありがとうございます！
I used to live next to one of these "auxiliary landing strips" as the euphemism was - in Joutsa, Finland. There was also another one next to the garrison where I did my military service near Niinisalo.
Always nice to know that the mighty A-10 is on your side (except in the case of a friendly fire).
スウェーデンの戦闘機分散配備は実用性もだけど、あちこちから戦闘機が集結するロマンもあってすごく好き
I think it’s very practical. It requires far less man hours of maintenance per flight hour than the F-16 and only one has to be a specialist. And still 100% nato compatible.
beautiful to see those jets land on roads
@jamiefairlie4837 - А скоро падать будут . И не только на дорогу !🤣
I wish Ukraine had received Gripens, they are really adapted to Ukraine's circumstances, way more than the F-16.
It’s only a matter of time. Now the french has promised mirage as well so there is no reason to prevent the ukrainians to use gripen any more…
I wish the war can stop.
While I think it's possibly true, the nature of how Sweden's air force was designed to be distributed isn't necessarily something that can be mapped over to a centralised force in short order.
The challenge of operating three separate fighter systems with unique requirements on crew and maintenance resources might be a stretch even for someone as motivated as the Ukrainians would be
You're signing up for the trenches in Ukraine? Or has another dude to go first?
Salutes to the pilots! Greasing those landing! Shit hot!
Those Gripen are sure a sexy plane. NATO Strong!
F-35はB型かと思ったらA型なので驚いた。
驚かない！
ガッカリした！
まあいつ吸気ハッチ開くのかって見てたら、出てきたのがA１０。
すっかり怒りは何処へやらw
it's A型
Awesome to see a CCT guy directing the traffic in a situation like this. Makes perfect sense 👍🏻
That is truly awesome looking 🤘
Can hear so many voices: „Puti, just try to take us on“. Love it! You rock Sweden!
🦁かわいい動画に癒やされました🦁 ノルウェー空軍のドラッグシュート付きのF-35Aは特に好きです。レーダーリフレクターとサイドワインダー用のパイロンを両方つけているのも良いですね。(今のところサイドワインダーは機外に搭載します)
Not gonna lie, that F-35 cockpit looks like a flying saucer cockpit. It's very sleek and pristine! Additionally, the orange tint relative to the F-22's window tint is an extra bonus. It's like the orange tint and the colour of the blue sky makes it almost have a purple tone too.
日本有自主研发的五代战机吗
lol the A 10 landing is so smooth. The F35, on the other hand, does that so fast.
I thought the F35 was going down a bit too hard lol.
@@dixonqwerty yeah, first one scared me a bit xD
Different wing sweep means different aerodynamics, and accordingly different speed and angle of attack on the glide path.
F35の着陸シーンだけ2 倍速で再生されていますね。
With the F35, Vietnam and Afghanistan would have been won.
Beautiful
Nice!
Nothing new for us in Sweden. Building the "Base 60" system started in the late 50´s in Sweden with a number of road sections that could be used as runways. There were also hidden facilities for repair and communications near these roads.
すばらしい
グリペンは国情から高速道路に臨時飛行場に使うというのが条件だけど、グリペン自体も（民間航空機の様な）運用時間に無駄がない様な設計になっているので常に
一機の航空機が補給、パイロットの交代等を短時間で行いながら常に上空に送り出すという思想で作られているし。
米軍機でA-10 は上記の運用条件を満たしていると思うけど、まさかのF‐35Aが上記の条件で運用出来るとか、ハイテクなだけに整備に時間がかかりそうな気がしてたんですが。
I think the Norwegians wanted this so their planes have parachutes, I think, to make the landing possible. I think it requires lots of manhours of service per flighthour and every one must receive training and education before they can be used.
@@TheFrewah the parachute is to land on icy conditions where breaking is difficult
Yeah, the F35 won't re-arm and re-fuel in 10min with a ground crew of a few conscripts and a technician, also note that the F35 didn't land on an actual normal road; yes the strip is used as a road for regular vehicles, but Finland, unlike Sweden, are depending largely on "regular" modified/significantly widened roads for dispersed operations, where Gripen can really take off and land on a regular 16x800m road.
Norway F-35As.
A-10の離発着誘導してるのCCT１、2人…？どこでも航空管制出来て戦闘スキルもハイレベルなのって、ホントすごくてカッコいい仕事よな
Hello, Baaaaby! Gorgeous way to start the day! Love the smell of jet fuel in the morning!😊😅🎉😂❤
They do this in Finland a lot
Greetings from Ukraine! I wish Finland a peaceful sky!
@@user-ks5kc5qs2c I live in the United States. My late father was conceived here in the United States, born in Finland, and returned to the United States with my Grandmother when he was 7. I just visited his first cousins in 2022. I did not want to leave. Such a beautiful country!
how do we know where is the next spot ?
@@bobsnabby2298 I believe the Finnish forces would let the public know when the highway is being closed. They do these exercises in the summer. You can search for videos of past exercises here on UA-cam by typing: "Finnish Air Force landing on highway" or something like that.
This video is smoking hot. Kudos to the servicemen running those aircraft.
Useful capability 👍
Sweden has been doing this since the 50s.
The US Interstate system was envisioned by Eisenhower to have 1 mile of straight road every 5 or 10 miles for same purpose.
Welcome To Ukraine!
💛💙🇺🇦🇩🇪🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹🇸🇪🇵🇱 Slava Ukraini and Heroyam Slava! 🇺🇦🇩🇪🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹🇸🇪🇵🇱💛💙.
@@hanovergreen4091 Exactly! The entire purpose of the interstate system was the same as Hitler's autobahns (I HATE acknowledging that!) - rapid deployment of military assets within the nation, Ease of cross country travel for commerce and citizenry was just a happy by-product and political selling-point...
Slava Ukraini!!! 🦾
@@bavery6957 Welcome To Ukraine!
💛💙🇺🇦🇩🇪🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹🇸🇪🇵🇱 Slava Ukraini and Heroyam Slava! 🇺🇦🇩🇪🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹🇸🇪🇵🇱💛💙.
A.H. was doing it in late 1930s
Basic stuff in the Finnish Air Force for the past 50 years or so.
Indicative that other (non Skandinavian) NATO airforces are picking up those skills again.
Exactly.
More like 70 years. Sweden implemented this as a core part of our base structure in 1954. But the Germans landed planes on autobahn already during WW2 so it's not like we invented the concept.
@@JZsBFFИ для чего они это делают? Для чего им эти компетенции?
@@jimm8745Почему Швеция не осталась нейтральной страной?! Швеция хочет получить возмездие от России , за все страдания ,принесённые грёбаными шведами , за многие века?!
it makes me happy to see our countries in Northern Europe pulling together and also that they're backed up with the US. We are grateful for the US support.
With the current uncertainty surrounding the level of support from some members of the Republican party for Ukraine, it's prudent not to rely entirely on U.S. assistance. History has shown that American support can sometimes be delayed, as seen in the last two World Wars. It is essential for us in Europe to prepare ourselves to stand united and strong in the face of any potential threat from Russia.
As someone who leans towards the “Right”, Donald J Trump has always made it extremely clear. “Make America Great Again”. As any nation should generally have best interests in mind for their own citizens. President Trump made it clear how most nations were not keeping their ends of the bargain financially with NATO. The US was printing money that we didn’t have. Because of Donald Trump’s insistence, most countries began to have skin in the game. In the last 3 1/2 years we have had a %#^@*+$ in charge that insists on giving money away to other countries to protect their borders while the U.S. borders have been left open even by 1 section of wall that was sitting on the ground ready for installation to close an extremely long section of border. Not only did the Democrat President not put it in place, he sold it to people for pennies on the dollar. It was there, it was paid for, and it was already paid to be installed. This clown took it even further. The US was paying rent while that section of wall was not installed. We just captured 8 or 9 ISISK terrorists this week in America. We can talk about Fentanyl, the Chinese, the Cartels, Children sold into sex trade by the Cartels, the U.S. spending billions to support these millions of people Biden has asked for. Those are some of the reasons the Republicans are against throwing money away. Who’s going to help us get these people out of America that Joe invited. There are many convicted of terrible crimes that were allowed to leave prisons in their own countries. We can’t get President Trump in quick enough.
高速へ着陸してＰＡで休憩し軽食を食べて離陸！のパフォーマンスを本当に出来そうな雰囲気ですね…
Don't try that on our roads in the UK - you'll break your landing gear.
F-35 landings look like a struggle. Gripen just lands no problem.
Well its in the design of the plane and we did this since the 50s , F35 is an amazing bird but the planes are built for different kinda military conflicts.
Two different roads, and the F-35 weighs twice as much.
@@guyfromthe80s92 well if ur reply os on me read mine again.
The Royal Norwegian Air Force F-35s operating on Finnish highways was part of a test program, because Finland also ordered F-35 not that long ago. It will be interesting to see how they can create a logistics operation suited for such an advanced jet operating on highways, just like Sweden does with their JAS Gripen. Two very different aircraft made for different roles, but I'm sure they'll come up with something clever.
グリペンがこうしてるのが普通に思えるロマン
It is normal. Pilots do this all the time. It means we have more runways than planes.
Beautiful and powerful F-35!
good alternative
F35 land like Air Force. Gripen land like Navy.
AWESOME, AWESOME, AWESOME!
There’s videos of RAF Typhoons operating from a road in Finland too.
This contention is the reason why when the US interstate system was designed there has to be a certain amount of straight stretches in it so far there has never need to exercise it but the capabilities is there.
Wonder what 4k video would look like ! "Luxury tho!"
Cool!
3:13 wow, amazing steatlh jet F35 ... nice video
With the F35, Vietnam and Afghanistan would have been won.
EVERY AIRFORCE IN NATO SHOULD HAVE GRIPHENS AS THE GO-TO FIGHTER! Great Platform with a Great Price Point!
I think it's good to have a few different platforms, complementing each other.
グリペンは航続距離を犠牲にして整備性の良さや短距離離発着性能を獲得し、高速道路からの離発着運用を想定しているのは知っていたけれど、F-35も降りれるんだね。しかも脚部を強化し翼も大きい艦載用C型じゃなくて、通常のA型。
Note that the F35 footage is not actually a regular road; Finland relies largely on modified and significantly widened roads for their dispersed operations. You can actually tell quite easily from the footage that it's not a normal road, unlike the Gripen footage.
Also, it didn't sacrifice those things; it opted for dispersed operations with minimal ground crew and infrastructure demands. F35 simply cannot match the efficiency and frugality of the Gripen in that aspect, and the F35 is by nature then more vulnerable to attacks on its infrastructure. But that vulnerability wasn't a concern for the US, as the risk of anyone invading them is simply close to zero.
Awesome! Yet using 2016 footage makes me believe y'all planed for this to happen today
3:30 do the tip hardpoints move with angle of attack?if not and they're pointed down don't they make downforce at full speed?
Damn those F-35s look so small but what an expensive toys they are!
Cop parked side of the road with a radar gun saying WTF, didn't get the memo 😂!
Mach 2. That's a few penalty points on the license.
Thank you for the nice video and we Swedes are proud to finally be part of NATO. Three awesome planes filling somewhat overlapping, but distinct roles. I did not anticipate the Cross of Death to do anything but a flyby, so it was cool to see it land and take off.
And Sweden is really great asset. 👍
I love seeing our close allies equipped with our very best fighters.
Indian Tejas too ! in curving highways....no sweat.
What so incredible? SAF has done this since 1960 at least!
5:40 I suspect that the cameraman wants to hear the guns as much as I do
A well prepared highway. No small rocks and stones.
Those aren't highways. They're military runways masquerading (and serving) as sections of regular highways. But yeah, no rocks.
Never before have i seen so many people cry for war and eventually death.
The road those Gripens landed was pretty narrow.. what I've used to see in Finland is much wider..
日本もーとか言う人がいるが、日本の高速はほとんどが高架で耐荷重が低く、路上には障害物が山ほどあるので使えません。
動画の場所は照明すらないなにもない道路。
木は翼が当たらないように奥の方まで切ってある。
Very interesting. In a real war airfields will be primary targets so being able to operate from roads is very effective.
This is not a highway but more like a main road or state road.. As there are only 2 lanes.
Being doing this for more than 40 years. Not news with multiple types of air planes.
would be nice to see the stopping distance in meters from the planes. or km for some..
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I'm Japanese, but cheers to this great operation and to our brave soldiers!
@@n1k2-ja46 Hello my new Japanese friend, so I sub to your channel, cheers Fabrizio
Those were the most realistic RC jets I've ever seen ...........
These aren’t highways, but national roads.
Correct. If it were a highway, they could land 3 jets side by side ;-)
JAS-39 is such an undervalued fighter, Ukraine should get some.
F35Aにびっくり
These roads are not "highways" but low speed "country roads". Highways have two or more lanes in both directions and are made for high speed traffic.
Was about to say tve same :D
"What Highways?" I thought.
This is Europe. Perhaps you need to see what "low speed country roads" look like. 🙂
@@Smannellites 70 to 100 km/h, instead of 130 km/h or more (Like in the Case of Germany, where i live).
What he was trying to say is that it is even more impressive, because if these would have been Highways, there would have been more Space then it is on these roads. Switzerland did the same these Days with its F18s and they used the Autobahn/Highway. You clearly understood what he meant.
These are called highways were I live, and are not low speed. What you are talking about is is probably akin to a freeway, a divided highway, a restricted access highway, or a motorway. In any case, the airplanes don't care what you call it, as long as it is straight and of sufficient dimensions and weight bearing capacity.
@@gort8203 You are absolutely right about the distinction between Highway and Freeway. I, as you said, thought about an Freeway/Autobahn, when using Highway.
What is left is, that it is still an impressive piloting skill.
Now wonder pilots wear sunglasses indoors and act cocky. I'd be like that too, flying such beasts with such skill!
Very impressive show of the capabilities that these Jets have of landing on a highway if needed in an emergency.
At least in the case of Gripen it has nothing to do with emergency. In case of war ordinary roads would be used instead of airbases for safety reason. The Swedish air force has operated like that since the Cold War.
@@gunnarmedin4104 Thank you for the helpful information. Makes a lot of good sense in the time of War. Russians can damage air bases but they cannot do the same to all the roads in Finland. Wish your Country the Best.
@@fasx56I think you mean Sweden, not Finland.
@@TheFrewah My mix up.
@@TheFrewah It's true for Finland too. Last time they bought fighter airplanes, they chose the F/A-18 specifically because it can be operated this way. (The F/A-18 was really designed to work from hangarships but that's very similar conditions.) Officially Finland has 12 stretches of road that have been prepared to function as air bases but there's a good chance there are more they keep secret.
The Finnish Air Force is upgrading to F-35 now and it was not really designed to operate from field air bases but the Norwegian Air Force has been working on the issues and as you see in this video they've got most of them sorted out by now.
Any idea what that fin like thing on top of F-35’s engine cowling is? Some sort of radio antenna?
It's a drag chute pod. Norwegian F-35 have those installed incase of slippery and short runways in winter. So far it is only Norway that has those installed.
Correct, Cta2006. That "bump" on the engine cowling, between the two vertical stabilizers, is the cover of The F-35A Drag Chute System, developed on request from the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF), which also had the same/similar system developed for the Norwegian F-16 jets and in RNoAF operation since 1980 (first F-35 received in 2017 and all F-16s were phased out in 2020, of which 32 were sold to Romania and 22 donated to Ukraine). They will stabilize and shorten the distance on runway on landing, to be used for for short and icy runways (Norway's "Kortbanenenett", aka Short Runway Network, are non-standard 800 metre short runways for small airfields built in rural areas during the 1970s, in addition to the standard length runways of the major airports. Northernmost airfield on mainland Norway is at 71th parallel North, and the northernmost airfield on Svalbard is at 79 degrees north, so ice is common.
If interested, you can find a couple of videos on the Lockheed Martin UA-cam account which demonstrates how it works (search for "Lockheed Martin F-35 Drag Chute System" on UA-cam). In the Lockheed Martin videos you can see the chute exits, after the cover is lifted vertically by a hydraulic system, slows down and stabilizes the aircraft. There are also a few videos of the RNoAF F-16 deploying its drag chute, which is mounted at the lower rear end of the F-16 vertical stabilizer.
It is said that also Denmark, Netherlands and Belgium (and most likely Finland) will get the Drag Chute System, too. This is quite a useful F-35 option in the high-latitude region (Norway, Finland).
@@Cta2006 oh that makes sense, thanks!
I wonder if there have been any mock dogfights between the Gripen and the F-35. It would be interesting to know the results.
This is a very genius idea, to train pilots, especially when facing emergency situations or in war situations, where runways such as public highways can also be used.Amazing😍
It is not the pilots ir theplanes that is the problem.
It is the ground personel, rearment, refuling and maintinance gear that is tricky part.
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Dat's kinda da point :). Best Regards and Best Wishes!