Thursday, February 4, 2016

False statement - "Risks understood and manageable"

The important take-away from this ill informed piece is to read what Peter and Johnno put in the comments section.

  • Peter_Goon  2 days ago

    Here the link to the 2015 DOT&E Report.
    Poster Johnno raises some excellent points. The husbanding of the fatigue lives of the Classic Hornets since the mid-1990 has resulted in a generation and half of RAAF fighter pilots who have little experience let alone currency in flying these jets to maximal performance...and its getting worse.
    As for the claim about 'no surprises, here is a link to the full transcript of the pre-emptive response by the JSF PEO, LtGen Chris Bogdan (Russian Test Pilot Sergei Bogdan's American namesake):
    Giovanni de Briganti over on defence-aerospace.com makes a number of salient if not insightful observations at the end of this transcript.
    Now, if truly the "risks are understood and manageable", why wasn't that the case and done (that is, managed) when the risks were identified and advised to senior defence officials way back when, as submissions to the Australian Parliament clearly demonstrate. For example:
    A compilation of the many and extreme level of risks inherent in the JSF Program and the F-35 designs is provided at:
    However, importantly, what should not be lost on readers of ADM is the fact those things reported in the DOT&E reports on the F-35 JSF Program since 2007 are no longer risks. That's because they have all materialised into real issues and real problems.


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        Johnno  2 days ago

        From a RAAF perspective you have to wonder how much life the Classic Hornets have left? IT is noticeable that while the Super Hornets were rotated out of the middle east after 6 months (presumably to keep them from getting too far ahead of fleet hours), the 6 classic Hornets which replaced them have done 10 months and counting so no one is bothering too much about fleet hours. How far could an order for more F-35's be pushed back to await development results?
        In theory the coming budget should see a firm order for 12 F-35A's and the second batch of 4 P-8's but who knows.
        For the record the RAAF hasn't ordered 72 F-35's all that has been granted is second pass approval. The RAAF has 2 F-35A delivered and long lead time components on order for another 20 (12+8). It is that first 12 that should be built into aircraft as a result of the next budget.
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