As Australia's first F-35A – commonly known as the Joint Strike Fighter – rolls along the assembly-line, Air Force’s first F-35A squadron is on track to be operational in 2020, according to New Air Combat Capability Project Manager Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Kym Osley.AVM Osley was at the F-35A manufacturing plant Fort Worth in Texas recently when the RAAF’s first F-35A came together. “They put the three parts of the fuselage together and installed the wings,” AVM Osley said. “We expect the first Australian F-35A to come off the production line in July 2014 and the second in August 2014.”After production is complete, the jets will fly to Luke Air Force Base in Arizona to be used in the pilot training pool. “They will be integrated into a US Air Force squadron as part of the pilot training continuum,” AVM Osley said. “We expect our first Australian pilot to start training in early 2015. There will be more people training in the years after that and we expect our first aircraft to be in Australia in 2018.”The first operational squadron of F-35As, which will be No. 3 Squadron, should be up and running by the end of 2020. AVM Osley said the new F-35As came in slightly less than the expected $130 million for each aircraft and future aircraft were expected to reduce further in price. “It is pleasing to see that the program has been able to get the price of the aircraft down, with the aircraft costs in each successive annual production run coming in below the previous year, and below US Government estimated costs,” he said.He said the program had undergone significant testing but about 60 per cent was still to be completed. “In terms of testing there are no show stoppers at this point in time,” he said. “Now they’re up to dropping air-to-air and air-to-ground telemetry weapons. Later this year they will be seeing the first live ‘all up’ missiles and bombs to test end-to-end performance and accuracy.” With system development and testing of the aircraft being done by the Joint Program Office and Lockheed Martin in the US, the main job of the RAAF was to prepare for the integration of the F-35A into RAAF service, according to AVM Osley.
킴오슬리 호주신항공 전투 프로젝트 공군소장이 첫F-35A의 생산이 원할해 2020년에 운용될것이라 발표
텍사스 포트워스 생산공장을 방문해 동체3부분이 조립돼 날개와 결합하는걸 봤고 첫번째 주문 F-35A는 2014.7 두번째 주문기체들은 2014.8에 완료되길 바란다.
완료된 전투기는 애리조나주 루크 공군기지로 옮겨져 미공군대대에 편입시켜 파일럿 훈련 프로그램으로 2015년 첫훈련과 더불어 수많은 파일럿을 훈련후 2018년 F-35A를 호주로 인도한다.
비용은 예상가인 1억3천만불 보다 조금 낮으며 차후 생산비용은 더 절감한다.
F-35A 프로그램 기체 가격이 매년 생산되면서 전년도 보다 더 낮아지고 있고 미국 정부 예상가 보다도 낮아지고 있다.
프로그램이 상당한 테스트를 했지만(우리가 원하는 요구)60% 정도 남았으나 프로그램을 중단시킬만한 걸림돌 장애요소는 없다.
공대공,공대지 원격 무기 투하 시험을 할꺼고 올해 후반에는 정확도와 성능 테스트를 위해 사상 최초로 모든 부품과 구성품을 장착한 실무장 미사일,폭탄을 시험한다.
끝줄해석은 생략할께요 킴오슬리 형아 같은말 반복
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