Comments by "Valen Ron" (@valenrn8657) on "Switzerland chooses the F-35" video.

  1.  @MrRouxs  F-35A's 1,407 km combat radius is just an internal fuel tank, not including two external fuel tanks. Rafale's 1,882 km combat radius needs three external tanks (5,700 L).
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  2. >USA has not been upgrading the f-35a f-35b f-35c these aircraft because the problems FALSE.
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  3. Christopher Charles Miller is an American retired United States Army Special Forces. Christopher Charles Miller is NOT from USAF.
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  4. >"there is the question of Swiss military independence with the processing of flight data by Lockheed" This issue has been addressed. >The Rafale and the Fa18 were much better choices F-35A Block 3F = "Hornet with a turbo". You are wrong with the F/A-18 argument.
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  5. Keeping the F-35 Ahead of the Bad Guys by John A. Tirpak March 2019 <snip...> Although the F-35 can carry the new Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile, or LRASM, externally, Winter said the principal new anti-ship missiles coming in Block 4 are the JSOW C1 for the Navy and the Norwegian JSM. The program has “not been asked” about whether the stealthy LRASM can fit inside the F-35’s weapon bays, he said, nor has the Navy asked to integrate the SLAM-ER (Standoff Land Attack Missile-Extended Range) version of the Harpoon anti-ship missile. <...> Last October, then-Defense Secretary Jim Mattis directed the Air Force to increase mission capable rates for the F-22, F-16, and F-35 to at least 80 percent. At the time, the F-35 rate was 54 percent overall, but for 3F aircraft recently off the production line, the rate was better than 80 percent. Winter agreed that spare parts are the “long pole in the tent” for getting the F-35 fleet up to the 80 percent standard. “We have initiatives underway to increase spare parts production,” he said, including accelerating the rate at which parts can be repaired by the F-35 depot at Hill AFB, Utah. This will allow industry to concentrate on making more new parts, rather than fixing older ones, he said. The Air Force has until Sept. 30 to achieve the 80 percent mission capable rate, assuming the order stands under Acting Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan or his successor. <...> From airforcemag_com/MagazineArchive/Pages/2019/March%202019/Keeping-the-F-35-Ahead-of-the-Bad-Guys.aspx Replace _ with . for URL. Do not apply USAF's old pre-Block 3F builds for recent F-35 export customers.
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  6.  @alexandertheissl808  F35A's dogfighting method via the two circle minimum turn radius with a high angle of attack nose pointer... similar to F/A-18 Hornet. Swiss Hornet has 9G rated with very high AoA.
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  7.  @alexandertheissl808  Hint: F-35B Block 3i can sustain 7G turn at 35 degrees angle of attack. F-35A Block 3F is rated 9Gs. A high angle of attack like 50 degrees is for reaching minimum turn radius dogfight for nose pointing high angle of attack A2A missile kill.
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  8. Rafale supercruise at 1.4 mach near clean configuration, lower 29 degrees AoA F-35A supercruise at 1.2 mach (armed with internal missiles), higher 50 degrees AoA
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  9. From kovy_free_fr/temp/rafale/pdf/12332.pdf Replace _ with . for web link Swiss damning report against Gripen C vs Swiss F/A-18C (with Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS) disabled). From Swiss, _The Gripen has been assessed unsatisfactory for this type of mission. The main weak points of the Gripen were insufficient Range/Combat Radius and its aircraft performance_.
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  10.  @Albertkallal  F-35A export customers avoid USAF's older pre-Block 3F fleet headache.
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  11.  @BLY99  F-35A Block 3F Lot 14's fly-away per unit cost is under $80 million dollars. F-35 export customers are NOT buying older USAF's pre-Block 3F builds!
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  12.  @MrRouxs  F-35A = "Hornet with a turbo". F-35's stealth is an addition of "Hornet with a turbo".
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  13.  @pandaDotDragon  Nope, F-35A Block 3F = "Hornet with a turbo". Swiss Hornets are 9 G-rated with very high AoA.
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  14.  @MrRouxs  The claim "The Rafale has both better flight range and combat range than the F-35" is false.
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  15.  @MrRouxs  The old Rafale C F3-R's $68 million cost doesn't include AESA radar and related avionics upgrades. Please cite per unit cost for Rafale C F4.1 and F4.2 varaints.
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  16.  @MrRouxs  >And it's what the US army wants from that plane US Army does NOT operate F-35A. USAF separates "air superiority" and "air dominance" roles.
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  17.  @MrRouxs  F-35A's per unit $78 million costs is for Lot 14 Block 3F which includes AESA radar and related avionics. You shouldn't compare Rafale C F3 (without AESA radar)'s per-unit cost against F-35A Block 3F. F-35A Block 3F is competing against Rafale C F4.1/F4.2.
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