Comments by "Valen Ron" (@valenrn8657) on "Has Australia moved on from the F-35?" video.

@seanprice7645 Japan and Italy joined the UK's GCAP Tempest program.
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1. Australia is looking at a UK-led GCAP Tempest program eyeing AUKUS expansion to fighter technology. Australia operated a large twin-engined F-111C fighter bomber and its suitable replacement is a large twin-engine Tempest. 2. 12 of 24 Super Hornet F/A-18F Block 2 is already wired for EA-18G configuration which supplements the 11 remaining EA-18 units.
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@Leon1Aust 1. yes. “What the fourth squadron of F-35s has become is the Super Hornet replacement, not just [a plan to buy] the fourth squadron of F-35s,” RAAF Air Marshal Robert Chipman told Aviation Week at the Global Air and Space Chiefs’ Conference in London July 12-13. Instead, the RAAF plans to upgrade and extend the service life of the Super Hornet squadron before replacing those aircraft in the mid-2030s. The new replacement schedule means the RAAF will have more options than only F-35As, including a new generation of uncrewed collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) and crewed fighters scheduled to be fielded in the mid-2030s by the U.S. and a UK/Italy/Japan consortium. “We will look at the F-35, and we’re very, very comfortable and very happy with the capability of the F-35,” Chipman said. “But it would be remiss of me not to look at what else is available for us to replace our Super Hornets in the future.”
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