F-15X für die USAF, Warum nicht einfach mehr F-35? Einstellungen

[Edding321]

Die F-15X soll lt Budget 2020 kommen, 8 Stück für 2020 von insgesamt geplanten 144

https://www.defensenews.com/video/2019/03/1...defense-budget/

[Dave76]

EDITORIAL: Fighter Math

April 2019
Tobias Naegele
Editor in Chief

An F-15 will never be an F-35.

Today’s Air Force has too few squadrons, people, and planes to meet the requirements demanded by our National Defense Strategy, and the Pentagon’s 2020 budget request doesn’t do enough to address the shortfall.

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The reason this is a hot topic today is that current F-15Cs will be 44 years old in 2030. They can’t make it that long. But buying the F-15EX—a “new, old airplane”—is hardly the solution. That’s a 30-year fix to a 10-year problem.

The wiser course is to buy more F-35s more quickly. Instead of a short-term solution that presents a new long-term liability, accelerating the shift to 5th generation aircraft improves the long-term outlook for the fighter fleet.
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Critics will counter that stealth is expensive and the cost of operating low-observable aircraft remains too high. That’s only true if you look at airplanes as one-for-one replacements. In reality, stealth reduces the number of aircraft needed to accomplish the same mission.

1 F-35A ≠ 1 F-15EX

When one plane can do the job of six or eight or 12—depending on the mission—the cost per desired effect declines precipitously. That single plane, pilot, and maintainer crew will never be as costly as the dozen legacy aircraft and all the people needed to support them.
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The difference between the Air Force “we have” and the Air Force “we need” boils down to this: The Air Force needs 72 new fighters a year to sustain a lethal, fighting force. Until something better is developed, the F-35 is the best plane for the money. Expressed mathematically, we can say unequivocally:

F-35 > F-15EX

Fortunately, the Pentagon does not get the final word. Congress has a chance to do the right thing: Say, “no” to F-15EX. Say, “yes” to more F-35s.

http://www.airforcemag.com/MagazineArchive...ghter-Math.aspx

Der Beitrag wurde von Dave76 bearbeitet: 24. Mar 2019, 13:55