I joined the RAN in early 1988, hoping I’d never have to go to war. I was willing to, which is why I joined, but the horror stories I’d heard about WWII in particular, and the Falklands war which we learned many lessons from too, made me not desire it. Having said that, the RAAF are awesome! I’ve always been an aviation geek, and got to see 3 Mirage IIIs and and an F-111 in a diamond formation over my school in Tasmania in 1982! And a larne splash target streamed 500 yards astern being bombed by an F-111 off the QLD coast. Not to mention all the P-3s we operated with.
Can you send a couple over the ditch for us to have a look at in New Zealand? We don't get many fancy toys here. Actually, do you still have the box they came in? maybe we could just play in the empty box or something.
@Afrad Yes, you should go for it. The main thing is that you find something you really love and find a way to make that your career. Too many people (and I have been one of them at times) settle for jobs/careers they can't stand simply to pay the bills. I eventually found what I love, but spent too much time just 'surviving.' Don't make that same mistake. If you love planes, study all you can about flying and go for it. Don't listen to people who say you can't possibly do it. If you love it, go for your dream. If you have the passion go for it👍😎
It cost the US 5.6 million to train an F-16 pilot and 10.5 million to train a pilot that's qualified to fly the F-35A. I'm sure that's the same in the RAAF with the F-18 to the F-35A.
Why doesn't the RAAF do fly overs at the biggest and smallest sporting events like they do in the USA. Using the biggest or fastest. I really want to see big and I really want to hear a sonic boom.
Many events over the last year have been scaled back due to COVID-19, but we still do flypasts from time to time. Check out our website to find out where and when they are happening: www.airforce.gov.au/operations/flying-operations/flying-activity
@@slickstrings Good. Like me, you're concerned with numbers. So how many F-35As are we talking about, at this base? If the base is RAAF Williamtown, it's 37. So how many sorties do you see, per day? If we know that, we can work out what sortie rate is being achieved, at least. That's not necessarily an indication of actual availability for all missions, but it's a step towards it. What I know is that every service, US and other, that operates this aircraft is very reluctant to give that information.
@@puffin51 they are active at more than one base, and from what ive been told by people who are on those bases, there is nothing out of the ordinary activity wise. They arent constantly being stood down due to maintenance issues. They are up every day. I also dont think the idea that the pilots dont answer the question of air to ground time is an indication of a problem. The pilots i doubt would have that data and i dont think they get asked that question. They dont fly the same jet every day, and the same jets dont fly every day. Only long term maintenance data can show that info.
@@slickstrings "Only long term maintenance data can show that info." Absolutely. That's why it frustrates me that I can't find it. All the figures I can find are years old, and they're not good. Perhaps the problems have been solved, but if so, I can find no hard data.
yawn... every first world airforce in the world is using F-35's after they beat the other competitors in competitive fly-offs - pity they did not check with you before hand so your super-secret maint data could have changed their minds
no, because F-14s are outdated. If they bring back the tomcats, a substantial amount of money must be invested in upgrading those F-14s. It would be much cheaper to buy new jets, such as F-35s, costing about 85million USD per plane
@@AUmarcus Yes, yes and yes. I miss the pilots waving at us on our property in NSW 😥 but it had to happen eventually. I'm still waiting for the 1/32 scale F-111 to come out although it will probably never happen😡
@Chris Mason love it to happen, but it would be too expensive and unfortunately they have had their day. Pity they couldn't keep a few flying for airshows but again it would be too expensive. Same goes for F-111. Stupid agreement with USA having to pull them apart and bury them. What a waste 😥
Let’s see where the F35 is in say 6 years. When it’s got some hours on it. Let’s see it’s availability. I guarantee it’s way less than the Super Hornet. Maintenance issues, spare parts availability will kill this plane.
Bullshit. Reliability improves as a type matures, as does supply of spares. Love the super hornet, but it cant do a tenth of what the f-35 can and will do for years to come. Dont believe all the crap in social media!
@@rojay9546 haha, it’s not crap, do some research and look it the availability of the squadrons in the good ol USA, hmmmmm, quiet a few squadrons are well down on the Eagles readiness
@@trevorspeedy6333 No, it's not crap. And there's more. The F-35A can carry, while stealthy, 2 AM-RAAM 120s and either one A2Ground weapon or two dumb bombs to a combat radius of 1093 km, max. The Flankers operated by the Indonesian air force have a combat radius of 1800 km, with a much greater load, without stealth - but on the other hand, the air bases needed for the F-35 are very large targets, and the F-35s can't be scrambled to defend them, unless they have the right data loaded, and are in all respects ready for that specific mission. Trash any of the maintenance buildings - which have to be "clean", and humidity and temperature controlled, and the F-35s can't use that base. And the only air defences we have are MANPAD shoulder-launch. Does this suggest a deployment and a strategy to you? If so, I'm pretty sure it has occurred to the Indonesians, too. WTF we are going to do with these fragile little prima donnas if it should ever go down over, oh, west New Guinea, or the South China Sea, is beyond me. They can't fly from any base that hasn't been built at a cost of billions for that specific purpose. It would be laughable, except that I look at the costs to fly and maintain them, know that they're coming out of taxes I pay, and suddenly I'm not laughing any more.
@@puffin51 not sure what you meant about it No it’s not crap. Your comments seem to reflect a dislike for the F35. I myself think the F35 is a piece of junk.
Just bulshit questions... how about. Please tell us the delta between the performance of the F35 and the Super Hornet (for example)... please also justify the significant cost difference
![[4K] Volkel; F-35A Kicks in the Afterburner and goes almost vertical](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/W5GeRD8CWnM/mqdefault.jpg)
I joined the RAN in early 1988, hoping I’d never have to go to war. I was willing to, which is why I joined, but the horror stories I’d heard about WWII in particular, and the Falklands war which we learned many lessons from too, made me not desire it.
Having said that, the RAAF are awesome! I’ve always been an aviation geek, and got to see 3 Mirage IIIs and and an F-111 in a diamond formation over my school in Tasmania in 1982! And a larne splash target streamed 500 yards astern being bombed by an F-111 off the QLD coast. Not to mention all the P-3s we operated with.
what school? (I live in Tassie)
@@ducksractuallyepic it was Claremont Primary School.
@@NoName-ds5uq ok, sorry, I thought it was my old school
@@ducksractuallyepic I dare say they probably overflew more than one school that day! What better way to get kids interested in the RAAF? 👍
Can you send a couple over the ditch for us to have a look at in New Zealand? We don't get many fancy toys here. Actually, do you still have the box they came in? maybe we could just play in the empty box or something.
Lol. Jacinta wouldn't let you have em anyway....bitch.
Mate these are also your air defence, Australian fast air protects New Zealand
You won't be able to afford them after 6 years of Jacinta
Jacinta would be to busy chanting and burning incense
Too bad Helen scrapped all the skyhawks.
Wonderful to see these Pilots, can’t imagine the thrill
Damn' i can't wait for us to get the 37 ordered F-35A, and watch/hear them over my head. Cheers from Denmark
I saw RAAF JSF flying overhead when i was in Arizona at the Boneyard and Pima Air and Space Museum ! Go RAAF!
as aussie i thank you and go usaf!
@@breadboi1248 im Aussie bro !
Nerves of steels. Thank you for your service.
Imagine just being able to say "I'm an F35 Pilot'! I can't think of anything that could top that
maybe F22 pilot but personally being able to lay a claim to either i guess i can only dream 😊
Nothing 👍👌👌👌👌👌 Fighter Pilot is the best job in the world
i would like to say im an pilot of any plane
@@Tuhoeterra funnily enough, the captain of the F-35 Demo Team used to be an F-22 pilot
Neil Armstrong: hold my beer!
Thanks for your service gentlemen (and women)...
Thankyou for your service, Men
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE ..............
Great job guys, thanks for video👍🏻
yeah, when one of you mentioned "visualisation" I reckon thats a big part of it (in training, and on duty)
Thank you, Sirs. Really got informed. Praise the Lord! Amen.
Well done boy's. Keep up the good work
Me in war thunder pulling 13g in a spitfire
So depending on your deployment do you think your ready to avoid an enemy SAM some nice NVG with the INLS footage In this clip.
Did anyone see FLTLT Ross Bowman's amazing F-35 Display at the Central Coast Air Show ?
Looks like the Australian Air Force is first in line for the B21 bomber from the states.
Cool!
Is the f35a cannon accurate.....??
Nice try, China…
Go boys🇦🇺
Do u think I can do this I want to be in the airforce
if youre dedicated and fairly smart, why not?!
No, you can't
@Afrad Yes, you should go for it. The main thing is that you find something you really love and find a way to make that your career. Too many people (and I have been one of them at times) settle for jobs/careers they can't stand simply to pay the bills. I eventually found what I love, but spent too much time just 'surviving.' Don't make that same mistake. If you love planes, study all you can about flying and go for it. Don't listen to people who say you can't possibly do it. If you love it, go for your dream. If you have the passion go for it👍😎
Yes, go for it
yes
It cost the US 5.6 million to train an F-16 pilot and 10.5 million to train a pilot that's qualified to fly the F-35A. I'm sure that's the same in the RAAF with the F-18 to the F-35A.
Is the mig Cobra move unbeatable
Cobra maneuver isn't useful in real combat, bleeds all the aircraft's energy and makes it a sitting duck
Sir.. I see that pilots stick some kind of book on lap.. What do they write in the book in such a split of time
Thst is airport charts and other things like that
Why doesn't the RAAF do fly overs at the biggest and smallest sporting events like they do in the USA. Using the biggest or fastest. I really want to see big and I really want to hear a sonic boom.
Many events over the last year have been scaled back due to COVID-19, but we still do flypasts from time to time. Check out our website to find out where and when they are happening: www.airforce.gov.au/operations/flying-operations/flying-activity
At a minimum should do a monthly fly over, or a few figure 8s, over every single city/larger town - will be a great recruitment boost.
Whats the figure, something like $35K per hour to operate these planes! Theres why!
@@AusAirForce should definitely do that especially at the state of origins it would probably gain more fans and more hype
Can a foreigner become fighter pilot in RAAF after getting pr
Depends on your background and current citizenship status
I want your job
like now
like put me in an f-35
A Dunedoo boy, awesome
makes my job of being and ex grunt kinda boring
@@stevenmallory3768 well my I say thank you to you both for your service. Duty First
My most common question is "What's the air time to ground time ratio for this aircraft?" Oddly enough, the pilots never answer that question.
Wouldnt read much into it. They are flying every day. I live near the base. They are in the air monday 2 friday, sometimes 2 hops a day.
@@slickstrings Good. Like me, you're concerned with numbers. So how many F-35As are we talking about, at this base? If the base is RAAF Williamtown, it's 37. So how many sorties do you see, per day? If we know that, we can work out what sortie rate is being achieved, at least. That's not necessarily an indication of actual availability for all missions, but it's a step towards it. What I know is that every service, US and other, that operates this aircraft is very reluctant to give that information.
@@puffin51 they are active at more than one base, and from what ive been told by people who are on those bases, there is nothing out of the ordinary activity wise. They arent constantly being stood down due to maintenance issues. They are up every day.
I also dont think the idea that the pilots dont answer the question of air to ground time is an indication of a problem. The pilots i doubt would have that data and i dont think they get asked that question. They dont fly the same jet every day, and the same jets dont fly every day. Only long term maintenance data can show that info.
@@slickstrings "Only long term maintenance data can show that info." Absolutely. That's why it frustrates me that I can't find it. All the figures I can find are years old, and they're not good. Perhaps the problems have been solved, but if so, I can find no hard data.
yawn... every first world airforce in the world is using F-35's after they beat the other competitors in competitive fly-offs - pity they did not check with you before hand so your super-secret maint data could have changed their minds
Hey guys do you think hey should bring back the F-14 tomcat?
no, because F-14s are outdated. If they bring back the tomcats, a substantial amount of money must be invested in upgrading those F-14s. It would be much cheaper to buy new jets, such as F-35s, costing about 85million USD per plane
Chris Mason no
Australia never had any F14's anyway. Bring back the F111's....we love the Pigs.
@@AUmarcus Yes, yes and yes. I miss the pilots waving at us on our property in NSW 😥 but it had to happen eventually. I'm still waiting for the 1/32 scale F-111 to come out although it will probably never happen😡
@Chris Mason love it to happen, but it would be too expensive and unfortunately they have had their day. Pity they couldn't keep a few flying for airshows but again it would be too expensive. Same goes for F-111. Stupid agreement with USA having to pull them apart and bury them. What a waste 😥
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Dam, you guys need to loosen up a little.
Why did Australia invest in the f35a instead of the f35b
I'm f-22 raptor pilot
How much does it cost to be a airforce pilot? 😃
Let’s see where the F35 is in say 6 years. When it’s got some hours on it.
Let’s see it’s availability.
I guarantee it’s way less than the Super Hornet.
Maintenance issues, spare parts availability will kill this plane.
Bullshit. Reliability improves as a type matures, as does supply of spares. Love the super hornet, but it cant do a tenth of what the f-35 can and will do for years to come. Dont believe all the crap in social media!
@@rojay9546 haha, it’s not crap, do some research and look it the availability of the squadrons in the good ol USA, hmmmmm, quiet a few squadrons are well down on the Eagles readiness
@@trevorspeedy6333 No, it's not crap. And there's more. The F-35A can carry, while stealthy, 2 AM-RAAM 120s and either one A2Ground weapon or two dumb bombs to a combat radius of 1093 km, max. The Flankers operated by the Indonesian air force have a combat radius of 1800 km, with a much greater load, without stealth - but on the other hand, the air bases needed for the F-35 are very large targets, and the F-35s can't be scrambled to defend them, unless they have the right data loaded, and are in all respects ready for that specific mission. Trash any of the maintenance buildings - which have to be "clean", and humidity and temperature controlled, and the F-35s can't use that base. And the only air defences we have are MANPAD shoulder-launch. Does this suggest a deployment and a strategy to you? If so, I'm pretty sure it has occurred to the Indonesians, too.
WTF we are going to do with these fragile little prima donnas if it should ever go down over, oh, west New Guinea, or the South China Sea, is beyond me. They can't fly from any base that hasn't been built at a cost of billions for that specific purpose. It would be laughable, except that I look at the costs to fly and maintain them, know that they're coming out of taxes I pay, and suddenly I'm not laughing any more.
@@puffin51 not sure what you meant about it No it’s not crap.
Your comments seem to reflect a dislike for the F35.
I myself think the F35 is a piece of junk.
@@trevorspeedy6333 I agree with you, is what I meant.
Just bulshit questions... how about. Please tell us the delta between the performance of the F35 and the Super Hornet (for example)... please also justify the significant cost difference
The enemy can't shoot what they can't see, we see them miles away and take them down before they even know we're there, hence the price.
Well, "Really"do think they're going to give info that is classified?
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Language skills Zero ...
What did you expect? We pay fighter pilots to kill the enemy, not to perform public relations B_ll Sh_t like this video.
The ugliest fighter ever designed.