South Korea received all F-35A fighters under the first contract with the United States

The United States has completed the delivery of fifth-generation F-35A fighter jets to South Korea, fulfilling the terms of the first contract in full. This is reported by the KBS TV channel, citing military sources.

The South Korean Ministry of Defense has received all the F-35A fighter jets ordered from the United States, the last four aircraft arrived in the country this week after landing at an air base near the city of Cheongju in Chungcheongbuk-do province. As the Air Force command explained, it was originally planned that the deliveries of fighters would be completed last year, but they were postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

South Korea signed a contract for the supply of 40 F-35A aircraft in 2014 with the start of delivery in 2019. All this cost 6,4 billion dollars. However, they do not intend to stop in Seoul and in 2020 they decided to double the number of purchased aircraft, i.e. to additionally purchase 20 F-35B fighters with short takeoff and vertical landing and 20 more F-35A fighters.

Recall that at the beginning of this month there was an incident with the F-35A fighter of the South Korean Air Force during a training flight. Due to technical problems, the landing gear of the aircraft did not work out and it was decided to land the fighter on its belly. The fighter pilot managed to land the car, the plane, according to preliminary data, did not receive serious damage, the pilot did not need hospitalization. However, this incident led to the suspension of flights of all F-35As of the country's Air Force until the causes of the incident were clarified.

Meanwhile, the US Air Force found defects in the software of the F-35 version of Block 4 fighters. Reportedly, this concerns the use of weapons, communications, navigation, cybersecurity and targeting. However, despite the identified problems, "raw, and insufficiently tested" software will be installed on aircraft, as further delays in updating will lead to "large unplanned costs."

Comments

[Aerodrome]

well, okay ... what about us?

[Thrifty]

Aerodrome - perhaps one of these aircraft will sooner or later fall on the territory of North Korea, so we will find out - together with the North Koreans - what de facto this hyped miracle represents!

[dreamshake]

After the excellent interception of the F-35 by the Russian Su-30SM, the word "5th generation" in relation to the F-35 is abusive

[Orsis338]

What is an excellent interception, but did the F-35 know that it was being intercepted?)

[dreamshake]

If you didn’t know, then the price of the entire avionics on board the F-35 is worthless

[Bolkonsky]

According to our media, there is always an interception, but it turns out to be escort)

[Emergency]

If you didn’t know, then the F-35 is an agent of the Kremlin, and its pilot is a prisoner.

[Kaufman]

soon the Koreans will have more fighters than we will have. where do they get so many?

[voyaka uh]

North Korea.

[OgnennyiKotik]

Quote: kaufman

soon the Koreans will have more fighters than we will have. where do they get so many?

I would rephrase the question. Why do we have so few?

[voyaka uh]

I still don’t understand: did the Aerospace Forces receive two Su-57s in early January or not?

[Thrifty]

Voyaka-Aleksey yes, 2 received and perhaps another 2 next weeks will be delivered to the country's armed forces.

[Engineer]

so you look, and by 2050 we will be equal to South Korea in terms of the number of 5th generation fighters.

[Kaufman]

by that time, the 7th generation will already be being prepared.

[OgnennyiKotik]

Quote: voyaka uh

I still don’t understand: did the Aerospace Forces receive two Su-57s in early January or not?

Based on what we have, no. Maybe the production transferred the fighters, but the Aerospace Forces clearly did not accept them. None of the officials takes responsibility for them, there are no photos at the airfields of the Aerospace Forces, there are no reports of their acceptance into service.

[dreamshake]

Yes, we received, we are waiting for 2 more cars

[Alexandr bogun]

I still don’t understand: did the Aerospace Forces receive two Su-57s in early January or not?

or

[Orsis338]

Hunt for the DPRK IRBM

[neurostimulator]

That's who now does not interfere with modern air defense and electronic warfare, so it's North Korea.

[Nexcom]

Dear Comrade Eun will order them - they will do it, because there is no choice.

[neurostimulator]

Exactly. It will be like in Agutin's song "a passer-by ... not like them." )) You can’t just want and make advanced air defense, it’s more than impossible. But, they will manage, I hope they will not postpone. Lenin will be revered once more and will cope, rest assured.

[Nexcom]

...or Comrade Chairman Xi will be asked...

[neurostimulator]

Well, Lenin did not specifically write anything about Chairman Xi, so I guess the choice will lean towards quality, and not towards the brand.

[Prisoner]

"... the US Air Force found defects in the software of the F-35 fighter version of Block 4. Reportedly, this concerns the use of weapons, communications, navigation, cybersecurity and targeting ..." (c) So that's nothing. Think about it, he won’t be able to shoot, or he will shoot at himself, or even get lost. The main thing is that "invisibility" does not suffer.

[dreamshake]

They need to look for defects not in the program code, but in the imperfection of the design

[Emergency]

And there too. In short, everywhere. If you can't throw it away.

[Emergency]

"Former Acting Secretary of Defense of the United States (from November 9, 2020 to January 20, 2021) Christopher Miller on January 14, during a press conference, called the F-35 Lightning II fifth-generation American fighter program a piece of shit ..." (c) So let the members of the club of fans of this underplane live with it.

[Ros 56]

A good plane, especially in the light of this brilliant saying

"great unplanned costs."

[pytar]

Meanwhile, the US Air Force discovered defects in the software of the F-35 fighters of the Block 4 version.

F-35 flying computer! Hardware and software! Accordingly, the hardware and software are updated, bugs are fixed, and performance is improved. There is no software without bugs. Normal for such a high tech system!

South Korea signed a contract for the supply of 40 F-35A aircraft in 2014 ... All this cost $ 6,4 billion. However, they do not intend to stop in Seoul and in 2020 they decided ... to purchase additional 20 F-35В ... 20 more F-35A.

Whoever says something / usually out of envy /, the plane turned out to be good, it diverges like warm pancakes!

[dreamshake]

The subsonic hybrid of an underfighter and an underbomber cannot be an object of envy, only ridicule, I assure you

[pytar]

A subsonic hybrid of an under-fighter and an under-bomber cannot be envied ...

From the point of view of the outgoing 4th generation, this is how the 5th generation looks like ... Reminds me of a pensioner muttering enviously at the youth ...

...only ridicule, I assure you

The number of F-35s sold, additional orders by those who already crawl it / eg. Israel, South Korea /, refutes the forum "experts" mocking here.
While these are mocking, the conveyor works, and the queue does not diminish!

[dreamshake]

Those who buy it have never been in real wars and have not participated, the F-35 is ideal for bombing sails in areas without air defense

[pytar]

Those who buy it have never participated in real wars ...

The aforementioned Israel and South Korea know firsthand what war is and how important the quality of weapons is!

... to bomb sails ...

... Vitlov's Tucano is suitable.

... in areas without air defense, the F-35 is ideal

The F-35 and the stealth technology itself were created just for action in a zone with strong air defense!

[pytar]

The stealth technology, in the version in which it is implemented in Petagon, was created in the USSR with near-zero efficiency for draining into the USA

I believe you have full access to US and USSR military secrets.

[isv000]

Quote: pytar

The F-35 and the stealth technology itself were created just for action in a zone with strong air defense!

F-35 is a slammed copy of the Soviet Yak-141, but you can’t enter paradise on someone else’s hump ...

[pytar]

F-35 is a slammed copy of the Soviet Yak-141, but you can’t enter paradise on someone else’s hump ...

https://zen.yandex.ru/media/id/5b17f25600b3dd1c10610bd0/tak-chto-je-vsetaki-dostalos-f35b-ot-iak141-5b2286a9e987e100a9975aaa
"... they have in common only in the design of the rotary nozzle and the general idea of ​​\uXNUMXb\uXNUMXblayout. No more. There can be no talk of complete copying. These machines are too different and they are representatives of different generations. "

[isv000]

Quote: pytar

While these are mocking, the conveyor works, and the queue does not diminish!

The hegemon set the bar - 2% of GDP for the purchase of his nishtyakov, period! Here is the conveyor and murmurs ...

[pytar]

The hegemon set the bar - 2% of GDP for the purchase of his nishtyakov, period! Here is the conveyor and murmurs ...

For comparison, in the days of the ATS, the socialist countries spent 12-15% of GDP on military purposes, the Asian socialist countries even more than 25-30%!

[isv000]

Quote: pytar

Whoever says something / usually out of envy /, the plane turned out to be good, it diverges like warm pancakes!

Well, like this! Senior ordered! Who will not take - turn off the gas!

[pytar]

Well, like this! Senior ordered! Who will not take - turn off the gas!

You have almost completely recalculated the tezzah from the manuals of the propagandists.

[Diviz]

Well, everything corresponds to the concept of f35; A computer is a computer, but in terms of potential, one engine is not much survivability is low. Make more instant 31 or 41 and you can dry these f35 paddles. And as they say, we have enough missiles for everyone.

[pytar]

Well, everything corresponds to the concept of f35;

F-22 of which 195 take long-range flights, your analogue of the Su-57 is still being tested.
F-35 of which 535 are close, your analogue Checkmate is still in the phaser.
The situation is not good...

A computer is a computer, but in terms of potential, one engine is not much survivability is low.

This was partly true in the 60s and 70s. Nowadays, the one who has a more powerful computer is more tenacious.

Make more instant 31 or 41 and you can dry these f35 paddles.

Underestimate the enemy, draw a non-existent reality for yourself, not the smartest behavior.

And as they say, we have enough missiles for everyone.

If they let them shoot... Which will be very problematic, in view of a number of factors.

[Diviz]

MiG 31 flies higher shoots further
F35 is taken in quantity - there are more bases for aircraft carrier airfields. It is enough to know where they are based.
What they added is missiles with a small nuclear charge, that's all.

[pytar]

MiG 31 flies higher shoots further

Here the question is, does he see further? How effective is the radar ego against modern stealth technology and electronic warfare?

It is enough to know where they are based.

They know yours too. Even the car number is seen from space.

What they added is missiles with a small nuclear charge, that's all.

In general, the hypothesis is meaningless, since the probability of a nuclear explosion tends to zero. But once these planes may well meet in local conflicts. In truth, the F-22 and F-35 will have to wait a long time for the Su-57 and Checkmate ...

[Diviz]

Here, the first thing to do is to test the 3D photon radar on them