Friend of a former USAF F-15 Crew Chief here. The first night I met him and we started talking (his) shop, he basically explained to me, bolt by bolt, the entire process of removing an engine from an F-15... all the way down to the sequential contortions needed to reach certain places, etc. It was totally clear that he was psyched about it... and he wasn't even active duty anymore. (SHOWTIME!)
It is the same problem in the Navy. Not enough shipyards competing, the Navy doesn't have its own shipyards, and the shipyards we have are 2-5 years behind on new construction tying up docks for regular maintenance. Edit: on 30-40 year old hulls.
Some of that was because the navy started experimenting and built a few ships it now wants to retire early. Another problem is the navy has purposely lied about the threats of Russia and China. Yes, both have nuclear capability, but on the conventional side, Russia's navy is a floating museum piece and China's navy is basically staying around China and a couple of outposts due to logistics. One of those outposts would be Cuba which is a poor place to resupply.
The Navy certainly has too few of its own shipyards anymore. Unfortunately, some, like Philly and Charleston, were closed. Oh, and as ships get older, they need more maintenance. Metal fatigue is a thing.
Increase the F-15EX purchases for the time being to fill up numbers. They can replace all of the F-15C/D to start with and some of the F-15E. But also potentially replace some of the oldest F-16s with F-35A production continuing to replace them also. A potential target mix could be 1000 F-35A, 1000 F-15EX, plus all of the F-22 upgraded. An alternative to the F-15EX could be a reduced observability replacement for the F-15EX that is cheaper than F-22 but with more modest limited stealth target designed for external stores.
On the F35, I would order some F35Is. It is the best overall design and the Israel avionics don't depend on China made chips with hard wired kill switches that Xi controls just like the tanks we sent to Saddam had a switch to change back to English so any captured by us could be turned around and used by us against their prior owner.
Thanks for the shout out to maintenance crews! BTW, that clown who doesn't like pilots because they want to stay current doesn't how how bad it is for an airplane to sit. Even if you do long term storage preparation, parts corrode, seals dry up, tires get flat spotted, etc. The airline I work for put a bunch of 737s in storage in the desert. Now they're operational again. It's not pretty.
Wasn't it like three years ago when the Air Force said that they "Made History" by in, less than a year, they moved from drawing board to flying Prototype (for the NGAD) in less than a year? Funny how, now, "there's no official replacement".... Go figure.
I spent 14 years maintaining the C-130 before I was lured over to the Dark Side of aircrew by the flight pay, flight suits, and leather jackets. I worked a lot harder for less pay when I was in MX. I've always said aircrew earn their flight pay; but they don't do anything to earn their base pay.
The F-22 is amazing. Blame Cheney for its demise. However, BVR, the F-35 is just as formidable. Within visual range, the F-22 is unrivaled but which would you rather fight up close, one F-22 or three F-35s?
It's Sad, the state of the DOD. They used to be good at planning for the future, and now, they can even complete projects on time and within budget. Hope if WW3 happens they can get their shit together because this could be are Achilles heel.
DEI hires aren't good at much of anything apart from assuming jobs for which they will never be qualified. Look at the now former head of USSS. We're screwed.
If we are going to begin a new fighter program, we need to develop reliable and appropriate machines, not necessarily the most expensive or sophisticated ones, that can do the jobs that we need done. we also need strict financial and design discipline maintained and enforced both in the defense OEM’s and in the Pentagon offices assigned to the program. This is the kind of stuff that just turns into money vampires with nothing to show for it if you let it get out of control. Also strong antitrust laws that break up the big five defense OEM’s (Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, and BAE Systems) would be good as well. Raytheon Technologies would also be a good candidate for antitrust laws as well.
I heard the avionics of F22 is not upgradable since it is based on VME boards with the Apple Power PC of the 1990's. This was a direct competitor Microsoft 8 core CPU to 64 core system for the servers. Apple has since move on three generation from this and they say it is unupgradable. In fact, Software Compiler for the application was not Microsoft Studios based.
Although I was in the Army, I was always interested in airpower. I think we need a low risk, supplement for the F-22 using as much off the shelf technology as possible. Why not do a modest redesign of the F-22 with the goal of adding range and weapons. Why not use a derivative of the f-35 engine , using the more advanced f-35 avionics but using the more powerful derivative of the f-22 radar. Set a development goal of 5 years with fielding in 10 years for a 5.5 gen fighter. Leverage the avionics, engines, and weapons from this enhanced and larger f-22 into an airframe for naval use as well. Leave plenty of room on the aircraft so you can update it in the future with 6th gen engines, avionics, and weapons.
Actually the opposite. After the Cold War ended, lots of American defense firms merged to survive the peace era. Now there is no more competition, which raises prices. Peace is costly.
The military industrial complex shrunk by like 90% since Eisenhower said that. Automobile and appliance manufacturers had factories for making tanks and airplanes. That's how big the MIC was. Even companies that made civilian products switched to defense.
And if the Pentagon does "pull the plug" on the NGAD fighter, I hope there is some technology that was developed that can be adapted to F-35's, F-15EX's, F-16's etc.
Battle field is changing and then staying classical with the same rugged WWI trench warfare at the same time you now handle small drones making fast jet a bit irrelevant. I am pretty sure the war in Ukraine has caused a return to drawing board in terms of needs. Debate rages also regarding whether to use disposable century series type fighters or exceptional F22 types. An effective good shooter cannot compensate for more enemy more mediocre shooters, but a standoff one can pick them off etc. Then the idea of F35 good for everything program seem to be exponential in cost compared to a more controllable cost using two different airframes splitting the tasks in combined form. I cannot imagine the arguments at the RFP level.
I have no doubt that the Air Force has a hypersonic bomber/reconnaissance aircraft! I have seen (pulse detonation) contrails over the North Atlantic, and am convinced it was it!! Convinced!!
I think we’re ignoring the 800 pound gorilla in the room. Modern jet fighters have becomes so expensive and so sophisticated, we just can’t afford to operate them in the numbers that we need. We can’t afford a $400 million jet fighter. We’re getting into the region of capital ship costs here for a single jet fighter.
True but every great plane of its respective generation, has been it's own cutting edge. The "global superpower" should be able to have all the best stuff. Normally when we don't produce enough of a given jet it's more for political reasons. China seems to deliver, even if it's less refined. The Federal Government is compromised. US could have spent the billions domestically, instead of Ukraine.
@@capella95 muh Ukraine. If instead of being a penny pincher the OLD, already paid for stuff was sent in mass, the war would be over. The first time an ATACMS was used it shredded like an entire wing of Ka-52s. How long until Ukraine was authorized to use aid across the border to defend Kharkiv? You anti-Ukraine cųcks actively made the war more expensive.
@@ChucksSEADnDEADsorry I didn't elaborate. I meant that the U.S. government should nationalise, part of or all of, the MIC so that they can better control the timely acquisition n cost of equipment they need.
Mover: PLEASE tell your guests not to speak when you are speaking. All of the little, "Yep"s and little vocal reactions to what you are saying causes your voice to drop out, and then I can't hear what either of you are saying. It's podcasting 101 and super basic, and they should get it. Love you man! Keep up the great content!
It's fairly easy to notch any mid or long range missile, so it too often comes down to whoever has more. This is true with or without stealth. Missile improvements are what's needed--passively guided ones with loiter capability and the ability to restart the motor when it goes Pitbull.
The F22 failed to replace anything, the F22 and F35s are even being delivered unable to fly in a third of the new birds with shavings in the tanks. The Congress is outraged with failed deliveries and many being scrapped on delivery. The problem is China parts and carte blanc contracts with no rival companies. Need a min of three birds for any roll with a primary and two lesser backups from alternate companies. Share internal info after a primary contract with the rivals after 2 to 5 years for both parts and R&D but ban overseas sales until a replacement process starts with a first squadron delivery.
The Raptor was designed for a mission. That mission was for the Cold War. That mission no longer exists. So it is not a lie there will be no replacement. What is coming is for our current missions, which is not a replacement. It is something new. All these systems have overlaps in capability, and in combination, can be a replacement for the Raptor.
utter bollics the F15 was developed into many different roles .the reason the F 22 wasn't was because you cant sell the F 22 to anybody so no outside funding to pay for the development the us didn't pay for the EX upgrade they just bought some of them after someone else footed the development costs
SECAF Frank Kendall has been in the DOD Acquisition Game going back to the1990s or earlier. Everything he touches turns to crap. NAVAIR has been a disaster since the early 1990s.
I think, till the elections, you will see more of these news headlines. No one wants to be responsible for big amount of money to be spent, that have maybe consequences for the elect? I noticed this is aerospace decisions as well, very bizar.
Mover, In regards to your training kill ratio video, it’s such a weird take that kills don’t matter at red flag. The kills have to mean something. You say it’s about the goals achieved rather than kills. I understand that to an extent but the F-22 is an air superiority fighter. If it kills all the red air at the exercise it that not objective complete? If there are no bad guys in the air does it not make it easier for the ground pounders to do their job? If a B-1 drops it’s BDU-50s a mile off target does that not constitute a mission failure on their part the same way an F-22 failing in BFM would? If the kills that the F-22 are earning are irrelevant then what’s the point of burning the gas in the first place? Training kills shouldn’t be held to the same regard as actual combat kills absolutely, but it should mean something. If you see this I hope my questions and points make sense. Perhaps I misunderstood something in your video and I would love to hear your clarification. Thank you for your time.
Mover, the way the US designs, builds, and buys fighters PISSES ME OFF! WTF does it take decades to field a new fighter? Why can't we go from a clean sheet of paper to a fighter entering service in a few years, a la the Century Series fighters, the F-8 Crusader, and so on? Why? BTW, in WWII, the DeHavilland Mosquito went from clean sheet to IOC in 22 months. The P-51 Mustang did the same in 21 months; the P-51 prototype was ready in a mere 102 DAYS after the contract was signed, and it flew a mere seventeen days later! Yet it takes 20+ years to field a new fighter now? Look at Turkey; they're already fielding the TF Kaan, a nice looking, Gen 5 fighter. The Koreans are fielding the KF-21 Bromae. These are nice looking, affordable Gen 5 fighters! Though I don't know their performance numbers, I know this: they look right. They look like a fighter should; they look sleek, fast, and maneuverable just sitting still. The old adage says that, if it looks right, it'll fly right; if it looks right, it'll fight right. These countries not only built Gen 5 fighters; they did so more quickly and cheaply than we can do in today's environment. Something is VERY WRONG in US fighter design and procurement when Turkey and Korea can do a better job, do it quicker, and to it more cost effectively than we do! The fact that we can't get enough F-15EXes to replace our worn out F-15Cs for the home defense role is a TRAVESTY! Since the F-22 was unwisely cancelled, we should be buying hundreds of F-15EXes as a stopgap. Oh but MarkyMark, today's fighters are more complex, so they take longer to design and build. That may be true. What's also true is that today's aircraft designers and builders have CAD/CAM, 3D printing, and other powerful tools that aircraft designers of yore didn't have and couldn't have even dream of. Remember that the P-51 and the DeHavilland Mosquito were designed with nothing but pencil, paper, and slide rules! The same applies to every fighter up to the F-15. As a slide rule collector and aficionado, the pencil, paper, and slide rule take a lot more time and effort to use vs. even a basic, scientific calculator, let alone a graphing calculator. Forget about supercomputers with CAD/CAM; those are LIGHT YEARS BEYOND pencil, paper, and slide rules! Yet, even with all these powerful tools available, we can't design and build a fighter in less than 20 years-incredible. I just don't get it...
I think you make many great points. The only point of rebuttal I’ll offer is that it’s easier to field a fighter based off of existing tech, but aircraft like the U.S. fields currently are the leading edge. They often employ new tech nobody has seen before, which needs to be conceptualized, designed, built, tested, and tested again (or it fails and then people get angry and complain about it). That takes time. I definitely think there is more going on than needs to be, such that we could and should be able to bring new jets out faster than we do, but the point I’m making is that innovation takes more time than copying somebody else’s work or making something similar.
Damn stop looking at Turkey as an example as Turkey's fifth gen prototype isn't even able to retract landing gear and have exposed engine bay which increases RCS also Turkey is kinda good at PR they're not actually on the same level as Korea or US at all
@@markymarknjMany people died discovering flaws in those new aircraft. And many died from those flaws while engineers scrambled to find a fix. That was WW2 when aircraft were traveling at 350mph on the high side. Now they fly at Mach2 plus, fly by wire, with multiple other systems that must be integrated without conflicts and an airframe that can handle the extreme stress of flying at Mach+ speeds, as well as fly slow enough to safely land without becoming unstable. TL:DR, you don’t actually know what your talking about so you have the privilege of ignoring all off the real world issues. Let’s not forget the fact that the public would be far more aware and upset about test pilots being killed in new aircraft, which wasn’t so uncome pre WW2 in to the early jet age. That said, mission creep and constant changes often cause major delays. Along with funding issues leading to start/stop development cycles. As far as the Century Series go, they weren’t all sunshine and roses.
@@Jack-Tactical uh, in WWII, aircraft were routinely hitting 400 mph and faster; the P-47 Thunderbolt, the F4U Corsair, and the P-51 Mustang were all hitting 400+. Germany's Me262 and Arado Ar234 were hitting 500+! Not only that, the P-38 Lightning grappled with compressibility, as it was reaching transonic speeds in dives. Secondly, FBW is now a mature technology; it's old hat now. The F-16 pioneered FBW almost 50 years ago, and now most new aircraft come with it. Furthermore, cars and motorcycles utilize something similar; they have throttle by wire, where twisting the throttle sends a signal to the computer vs. pulling on a cable to open or close the throttle body. FBW is a very mature and well understood technology. I also submit to you that supersonic flight is well understood, as aircraft have been capable of Mach 2 speeds for decades. The early Mach 2 fighters were designed with pencil, paper, and slide rules, yet they went from clean sheet to IOC in 5-7 years. My original point still stands: there's NO REASON it should take 20+ years to field a new fighter! There's no reason why we can't field one in half the time we do.
Y'all should have been there when it was initially fielded. What a shtshow that was. Props to current maintainers that care. Tough world these days. No parts. No money (wonder why). No real leadership. Sustainment is a mess. Half your equipment is broke and/or severely outdated. I know because I was in that world after active time. Know that there are 100s of crusty old maintainers doing everything they can to help the flight line, but many times their hands are just tied by other requirements (I'm looking at you Israel and Ukraine). I will die on the mountain that we only ever needed the Viper and now the 15EX. Cost savings? We could but 1000 jets before fielding another overpriced jet that still needs 10 years of mods to make it right. PS does anyone here know you could not load certain weapons on the 22 because nobody looked at it during development? Bunch of equipment and adapters had to be made. All I know is maintenance will almost always find a way. That's why we look sideways at non maintenance types. Keep at it and just try to remember there are people working hard in the background to support you.
Consolidation of companies have created a near monopoly where manufacturers can dictate prices n delay development in order to rob American tax payers of their money at the expense of national security. If more competitors were available, there might be less complacency n more cost reduction in order to complete in a fair market. 😢
They have to fund the DNC somehow and hire more kill teams for rivals in politics and the press. Remember Biden asked Ukraine to help get rid of republicans on national TV and to place a Target on Trump just a week before being shot. Secret service was largely pulled and the F team from DOJ sent to fill in on purpose to set him up. Also look into the Blackrock connections and the killer's 3 overseas accounts.
"behind the scenes" Well, there's the bloody obvious blatant thing going on? USA simply doesn't have the money to pay for ANOTHER highcost project. Which a true replacement for F-22 would have to be. USA is currently increasing its national debt at the rate of 4 trillions a year. Spending TWICE as much as its earning. At the same time as dedollarisation is happening(currently very slowly, because Russia and China doesn't want it to happen fast), which will eventually crash the dollar value completely. And USA has spent the last several years printing money faster than Weimar. When the crash comes, it could devalue the dollar anywhere from -50% to more than -99%. "wont know about" *lol* You would be horrified if you had the slightest idea just how much leaks. Or for that matter, just how much "secret" information US military industry throws around laughably carelessly. And just how much people with "insight" in OTHER nations likes to talk about anything that isn't THEIR nation's secret stuff. Not to forget how USAs DoD spent over 10 years with their website completely open to anyone who wanted access(literally anyone could make an account there as long as you knew where to go), and with some superduper easy exploits(100% legal!) to access stuff that was most certainly supposed to be secret. "drone swarms","AI" You mean like Russia is doing with the Lancet-53?
122nd ANG maintainer here, definitely a lot of pride in the work we do !
Blacksnakes represent! 😎
Is "Jobu" still flying?
Friend of a former USAF F-15 Crew Chief here.
The first night I met him and we started talking (his) shop, he basically explained to me, bolt by bolt, the entire process of removing an engine from an F-15... all the way down to the sequential contortions needed to reach certain places, etc.
It was totally clear that he was psyched about it... and he wasn't even active duty anymore. (SHOWTIME!)
@@anthonykaiser974 Honestly dont know I have only met a handful.
Former Blacksnake here! 163FS
It is the same problem in the Navy. Not enough shipyards competing, the Navy doesn't have its own shipyards, and the shipyards we have are 2-5 years behind on new construction tying up docks for regular maintenance.
Edit: on 30-40 year old hulls.
Some of that was because the navy started experimenting and built a few ships it now wants to retire early. Another problem is the navy has purposely lied about the threats of Russia and China. Yes, both have nuclear capability, but on the conventional side, Russia's navy is a floating museum piece and China's navy is basically staying around China and a couple of outposts due to logistics. One of those outposts would be Cuba which is a poor place to resupply.
The Navy certainly has too few of its own shipyards anymore. Unfortunately, some, like Philly and Charleston, were closed.
Oh, and as ships get older, they need more maintenance. Metal fatigue is a thing.
As a Maintainer no better words could have been said thanks Mover!
This is a great way to start a Saturday morning 😊.
You're 12:20 a great teacher always learn a great deal from watching your videos.😊
Increase the F-15EX purchases for the time being to fill up numbers. They can replace all of the F-15C/D to start with and some of the F-15E. But also potentially replace some of the oldest F-16s with F-35A production continuing to replace them also. A potential target mix could be 1000 F-35A, 1000 F-15EX, plus all of the F-22 upgraded. An alternative to the F-15EX could be a reduced observability replacement for the F-15EX that is cheaper than F-22 but with more modest limited stealth target designed for external stores.
On the F35, I would order some F35Is. It is the best overall design and the Israel avionics don't depend on China made chips with hard wired kill switches that Xi controls just like the tanks we sent to Saddam had a switch to change back to English so any captured by us could be turned around and used by us against their prior owner.
Yes on the F-15EX, and the USAF could also consider purchasing the F-16 block 70/72 as well to have sufficient numbers of fighters in the fleet.
Awesome episode! Great comments and view points! Thank you guys!
I like the A-10 pilot. You should get him on more.
Everyone loves Skid! Thank you!
Thanks for the shout out to maintenance crews! BTW, that clown who doesn't like pilots because they want to stay current doesn't how how bad it is for an airplane to sit. Even if you do long term storage preparation, parts corrode, seals dry up, tires get flat spotted, etc. The airline I work for put a bunch of 737s in storage in the desert. Now they're operational again. It's not pretty.
Wasn't it like three years ago when the Air Force said that they "Made History" by in, less than a year, they moved from drawing board to flying Prototype (for the NGAD) in less than a year?
Funny how, now, "there's no official replacement"....
Go figure.
“Official” being the key word
I spent 14 years maintaining the C-130 before I was lured over to the Dark Side of aircrew by the flight pay, flight suits, and leather jackets. I worked a lot harder for less pay when I was in MX. I've always said aircrew earn their flight pay; but they don't do anything to earn their base pay.
The F-22 is amazing. Blame Cheney for its demise. However, BVR, the F-35 is just as formidable. Within visual range, the F-22 is unrivaled but which would you rather fight up close, one F-22 or three F-35s?
Completely agree.
The man couldn’t help himself. First he murdered the F-14 and A-6.
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It's Sad, the state of the DOD. They used to be good at planning for the future, and now, they can even complete projects on time and within budget. Hope if WW3 happens they can get their shit together because this could be are Achilles heel.
DEI hires aren't good at much of anything apart from assuming jobs for which they will never be qualified. Look at the now former head of USSS. We're screwed.
If we are going to begin a new fighter program, we need to develop reliable and appropriate machines, not necessarily the most expensive or sophisticated ones, that can do the jobs that we need done. we also need strict financial and design discipline maintained and enforced both in the defense OEM’s and in the Pentagon offices assigned to the program. This is the kind of stuff that just turns into money vampires with nothing to show for it if you let it get out of control.
Also strong antitrust laws that break up the big five defense OEM’s (Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, and BAE Systems) would be good as well. Raytheon Technologies would also be a good candidate for antitrust laws as well.
I heard the avionics of F22 is not upgradable since it is based on VME boards with the Apple Power PC of the 1990's. This was a direct competitor Microsoft 8 core CPU to 64 core system for the servers. Apple has since move on three generation from this and they say it is unupgradable. In fact, Software Compiler for the application was not Microsoft Studios based.
The incompetence is staggering. I am loss for additional words.
Although I was in the Army, I was always interested in airpower. I think we need a low risk, supplement for the F-22 using as much off the shelf technology as possible. Why not do a modest redesign of the F-22 with the goal of adding range and weapons. Why not use a derivative of the f-35 engine , using the more advanced f-35 avionics but using the more powerful derivative of the f-22 radar. Set a development goal of 5 years with fielding in 10 years for a 5.5 gen fighter. Leverage the avionics, engines, and weapons from this enhanced and larger f-22 into an airframe for naval use as well. Leave plenty of room on the aircraft so you can update it in the future with 6th gen engines, avionics, and weapons.
"Beware the military industrial complex." Dwight Eisenhower.
Actually the opposite. After the Cold War ended, lots of American defense firms merged to survive the peace era. Now there is no more competition, which raises prices. Peace is costly.
The military industrial complex shrunk by like 90% since Eisenhower said that.
Automobile and appliance manufacturers had factories for making tanks and airplanes. That's how big the MIC was. Even companies that made civilian products switched to defense.
Algorithmic engagement comment.
Algorithmic response!
“Loitering munitions” and targeting drones, along with surveillance UAVs is where we’re heading I believe.
And if the Pentagon does "pull the plug" on the NGAD fighter, I hope there is some technology that was developed that can be adapted to F-35's, F-15EX's, F-16's etc.
I've read different articles about NGAD that put the pricetag north of $300 Million per unit!
No wonder the DoD is having second thoughts...
Battle field is changing and then staying classical with the same rugged WWI trench warfare at the same time you now handle small drones making fast jet a bit irrelevant. I am pretty sure the war in Ukraine has caused a return to drawing board in terms of needs. Debate rages also regarding whether to use disposable century series type fighters or exceptional F22 types. An effective good shooter cannot compensate for more enemy more mediocre shooters, but a standoff one can pick them off etc. Then the idea of F35 good for everything program seem to be exponential in cost compared to a more controllable cost using two different airframes splitting the tasks in combined form. I cannot imagine the arguments at the RFP level.
The way I understand it, Sentinel is sucking up the budget so NGAD gets spread out. Besides, Air Dominance evidently needs more time to mature.
I have no doubt that the Air Force has a hypersonic bomber/reconnaissance aircraft!
I have seen (pulse detonation) contrails over the North Atlantic, and am convinced it was it!!
Convinced!!
R&D, maintenence, and operations of the planned NGAD's (with drones), FA-XX's, and B-21's, for 15 years...
$527 Billion. $4,000,000 an hour.
I think we’re ignoring the 800 pound gorilla in the room. Modern jet fighters have becomes so expensive and so sophisticated, we just can’t afford to operate them in the numbers that we need. We can’t afford a $400 million jet fighter. We’re getting into the region of capital ship costs here for a single jet fighter.
True but every great plane of its respective generation, has been it's own cutting edge. The "global superpower" should be able to have all the best stuff. Normally when we don't produce enough of a given jet it's more for political reasons. China seems to deliver, even if it's less refined. The Federal Government is compromised. US could have spent the billions domestically, instead of Ukraine.
@@capella95 muh Ukraine. If instead of being a penny pincher the OLD, already paid for stuff was sent in mass, the war would be over.
The first time an ATACMS was used it shredded like an entire wing of Ka-52s. How long until Ukraine was authorized to use aid across the border to defend Kharkiv? You anti-Ukraine cųcks actively made the war more expensive.
To save the future of the U.S. military, the govt needs to take back control of the Military Industrial Complex. Nuff said!!
What does that even mean?
@@ChucksSEADnDEADsorry I didn't elaborate.
I meant that the U.S. government should nationalise, part of or all of, the MIC so that they can better control the timely acquisition n cost of equipment they need.
Q: What do we have to defend against in the future?
A: Yes
Mover: PLEASE tell your guests not to speak when you are speaking.
All of the little, "Yep"s and little vocal reactions to what you are saying causes your voice to drop out, and then I can't hear what either of you are saying. It's podcasting 101 and super basic, and they should get it.
Love you man! Keep up the great content!
I always found the more my plane sat the more it broke.
Buy some Saab Grip's as gap fillers.
Single engine fighters to replace twin engine air superiority? Get out.
Have you seen the F15EX fly 😂 you don't need the F22 rep
It's fairly easy to notch any mid or long range missile, so it too often comes down to whoever has more. This is true with or without stealth. Missile improvements are what's needed--passively guided ones with loiter capability and the ability to restart the motor when it goes Pitbull.
The F22 failed to replace anything, the F22 and F35s are even being delivered unable to fly in a third of the new birds with shavings in the tanks. The Congress is outraged with failed deliveries and many being scrapped on delivery. The problem is China parts and carte blanc contracts with no rival companies. Need a min of three birds for any roll with a primary and two lesser backups from alternate companies. Share internal info after a primary contract with the rivals after 2 to 5 years for both parts and R&D but ban overseas sales until a replacement process starts with a first squadron delivery.
This empire is starting to faaaaalllllll.
The Raptor was designed for a mission. That mission was for the Cold War. That mission no longer exists. So it is not a lie there will be no replacement. What is coming is for our current missions, which is not a replacement. It is something new. All these systems have overlaps in capability, and in combination, can be a replacement for the Raptor.
utter bollics the F15 was developed into many different roles .the reason the F 22 wasn't was because you cant sell the F 22 to anybody so no outside funding to pay for the development the us didn't pay for the EX upgrade they just bought some of them after someone else footed the development costs
Drones and hypersonic weapons are the two things China has been developing for years and made significant progress.
SECAF Frank Kendall has been in the DOD Acquisition Game going back to the1990s or earlier. Everything he touches turns to crap.
NAVAIR has been a disaster since the early 1990s.
I think, till the elections, you will see more of these news headlines. No one wants to be responsible for big amount of money to be spent, that have maybe consequences for the elect? I noticed this is aerospace decisions as well, very bizar.
Mover, In regards to your training kill ratio video, it’s such a weird take that kills don’t matter at red flag. The kills have to mean something. You say it’s about the goals achieved rather than kills. I understand that to an extent but the F-22 is an air superiority fighter. If it kills all the red air at the exercise it that not objective complete? If there are no bad guys in the air does it not make it easier for the ground pounders to do their job? If a B-1 drops it’s BDU-50s a mile off target does that not constitute a mission failure on their part the same way an F-22 failing in BFM would? If the kills that the F-22 are earning are irrelevant then what’s the point of burning the gas in the first place? Training kills shouldn’t be held to the same regard as actual combat kills absolutely, but it should mean something. If you see this I hope my questions and points make sense. Perhaps I misunderstood something in your video and I would love to hear your clarification. Thank you for your time.
There are more than just F-22s at a flag event. It matters whether the objectives were met. No one is keeping kill tallies.
Mover, the way the US designs, builds, and buys fighters PISSES ME OFF! WTF does it take decades to field a new fighter? Why can't we go from a clean sheet of paper to a fighter entering service in a few years, a la the Century Series fighters, the F-8 Crusader, and so on? Why? BTW, in WWII, the DeHavilland Mosquito went from clean sheet to IOC in 22 months. The P-51 Mustang did the same in 21 months; the P-51 prototype was ready in a mere 102 DAYS after the contract was signed, and it flew a mere seventeen days later! Yet it takes 20+ years to field a new fighter now?
Look at Turkey; they're already fielding the TF Kaan, a nice looking, Gen 5 fighter. The Koreans are fielding the KF-21 Bromae. These are nice looking, affordable Gen 5 fighters! Though I don't know their performance numbers, I know this: they look right. They look like a fighter should; they look sleek, fast, and maneuverable just sitting still. The old adage says that, if it looks right, it'll fly right; if it looks right, it'll fight right. These countries not only built Gen 5 fighters; they did so more quickly and cheaply than we can do in today's environment. Something is VERY WRONG in US fighter design and procurement when Turkey and Korea can do a better job, do it quicker, and to it more cost effectively than we do! The fact that we can't get enough F-15EXes to replace our worn out F-15Cs for the home defense role is a TRAVESTY! Since the F-22 was unwisely cancelled, we should be buying hundreds of F-15EXes as a stopgap.
Oh but MarkyMark, today's fighters are more complex, so they take longer to design and build. That may be true. What's also true is that today's aircraft designers and builders have CAD/CAM, 3D printing, and other powerful tools that aircraft designers of yore didn't have and couldn't have even dream of. Remember that the P-51 and the DeHavilland Mosquito were designed with nothing but pencil, paper, and slide rules! The same applies to every fighter up to the F-15. As a slide rule collector and aficionado, the pencil, paper, and slide rule take a lot more time and effort to use vs. even a basic, scientific calculator, let alone a graphing calculator. Forget about supercomputers with CAD/CAM; those are LIGHT YEARS BEYOND pencil, paper, and slide rules! Yet, even with all these powerful tools available, we can't design and build a fighter in less than 20 years-incredible. I just don't get it...
I think you make many great points. The only point of rebuttal I’ll offer is that it’s easier to field a fighter based off of existing tech, but aircraft like the U.S. fields currently are the leading edge. They often employ new tech nobody has seen before, which needs to be conceptualized, designed, built, tested, and tested again (or it fails and then people get angry and complain about it). That takes time.
I definitely think there is more going on than needs to be, such that we could and should be able to bring new jets out faster than we do, but the point I’m making is that innovation takes more time than copying somebody else’s work or making something similar.
@@Mobius118 I understand what you're saying, but in the past, such innovations came more rapidly-even with just pencil, paper, and slide rules.
Damn stop looking at Turkey as an example as Turkey's fifth gen prototype isn't even able to retract landing gear and have exposed engine bay which increases RCS also Turkey is kinda good at PR they're not actually on the same level as Korea or US at all
@@markymarknjMany people died discovering flaws in those new aircraft. And many died from those flaws while engineers scrambled to find a fix. That was WW2 when aircraft were traveling at 350mph on the high side.
Now they fly at Mach2 plus, fly by wire, with multiple other systems that must be integrated without conflicts and an airframe that can handle the extreme stress of flying at Mach+ speeds, as well as fly slow enough to safely land without becoming unstable.
TL:DR, you don’t actually know what your talking about so you have the privilege of ignoring all off the real world issues.
Let’s not forget the fact that the public would be far more aware and upset about test pilots being killed in new aircraft, which wasn’t so uncome pre WW2 in to the early jet age.
That said, mission creep and constant changes often cause major delays. Along with funding issues leading to start/stop development cycles.
As far as the Century Series go, they weren’t all sunshine and roses.
@@Jack-Tactical uh, in WWII, aircraft were routinely hitting 400 mph and faster; the P-47 Thunderbolt, the F4U Corsair, and the P-51 Mustang were all hitting 400+. Germany's Me262 and Arado Ar234 were hitting 500+! Not only that, the P-38 Lightning grappled with compressibility, as it was reaching transonic speeds in dives.
Secondly, FBW is now a mature technology; it's old hat now. The F-16 pioneered FBW almost 50 years ago, and now most new aircraft come with it. Furthermore, cars and motorcycles utilize something similar; they have throttle by wire, where twisting the throttle sends a signal to the computer vs. pulling on a cable to open or close the throttle body. FBW is a very mature and well understood technology.
I also submit to you that supersonic flight is well understood, as aircraft have been capable of Mach 2 speeds for decades. The early Mach 2 fighters were designed with pencil, paper, and slide rules, yet they went from clean sheet to IOC in 5-7 years.
My original point still stands: there's NO REASON it should take 20+ years to field a new fighter! There's no reason why we can't field one in half the time we do.
Y'all should have been there when it was initially fielded. What a shtshow that was.
Props to current maintainers that care. Tough world these days. No parts. No money (wonder why). No real leadership. Sustainment is a mess. Half your equipment is broke and/or severely outdated.
I know because I was in that world after active time. Know that there are 100s of crusty old maintainers doing everything they can to help the flight line, but many times their hands are just tied by other requirements (I'm looking at you Israel and Ukraine).
I will die on the mountain that we only ever needed the Viper and now the 15EX.
Cost savings? We could but 1000 jets before fielding another overpriced jet that still needs 10 years of mods to make it right.
PS does anyone here know you could not load certain weapons on the 22 because nobody looked at it during development? Bunch of equipment and adapters had to be made.
All I know is maintenance will almost always find a way. That's why we look sideways at non maintenance types. Keep at it and just try to remember there are people working hard in the background to support you.
The F-22 is an expensive boondoggle. A multi expensive fight that will retire never having gotten to fight
Because the program was cut. The people calling it an expensive boondoggle made sure it became one.
@@ChucksSEADnDEAD The program was cut because it was an enemy asset. It was an asset to the enemy by breaking the bank
@@scoutdynamics3272 LOL, yea, the fed gov has really been hitting a spending ceiling, huh?
Consolidation of companies have created a near monopoly where manufacturers can dictate prices n delay development in order to rob American tax payers of their money at the expense of national security.
If more competitors were available, there might be less complacency n more cost reduction in order to complete in a fair market. 😢
Stop sending billions to Ukraine. That’s step number 1. This has gotten absolutely ridiculous. Money down a black hole
They have to fund the DNC somehow and hire more kill teams for rivals in politics and the press. Remember Biden asked Ukraine to help get rid of republicans on national TV and to place a Target on Trump just a week before being shot. Secret service was largely pulled and the F team from DOJ sent to fill in on purpose to set him up. Also look into the Blackrock connections and the killer's 3 overseas accounts.
"behind the scenes"
Well, there's the bloody obvious blatant thing going on?
USA simply doesn't have the money to pay for ANOTHER highcost project. Which a true replacement for F-22 would have to be.
USA is currently increasing its national debt at the rate of 4 trillions a year.
Spending TWICE as much as its earning.
At the same time as dedollarisation is happening(currently very slowly, because Russia and China doesn't want it to happen fast), which will eventually crash the dollar value completely. And USA has spent the last several years printing money faster than Weimar.
When the crash comes, it could devalue the dollar anywhere from -50% to more than -99%.
"wont know about"
*lol*
You would be horrified if you had the slightest idea just how much leaks. Or for that matter, just how much "secret" information US military industry throws around laughably carelessly.
And just how much people with "insight" in OTHER nations likes to talk about anything that isn't THEIR nation's secret stuff.
Not to forget how USAs DoD spent over 10 years with their website completely open to anyone who wanted access(literally anyone could make an account there as long as you knew where to go), and with some superduper easy exploits(100% legal!) to access stuff that was most certainly supposed to be secret.
"drone swarms","AI"
You mean like Russia is doing with the Lancet-53?