Jim Gigliotti, retired Navy captain and F-35C Program Manager from Lockheed Martin talks with Proceedings Editor-in-Chief Bill Hamblet about the F-35C Lightning II.
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As to maintenance, if you look at MMHPFH, even the F-35B and F-35C have lower hours than legacy land-based fighters. F-35A currently is 5.4 MMHPFH F-35B is 7.8 F-35C is at its highest right now so far at 9.7 hrs.
F/A-18E has been between 14-28hrs over the years. F-14A/B/D was always 40-60hrs, which was a hangar queen. AV-8B has been 40-60hrs as well, very difficult to maintain. All 3 F-35 variants are a dream to maintain, almost too easy for guys that were looking to get their hands dirty. Airframe life is also unusually-high for a fighter.
Sorry Turkey you won't get F35. You got Russia ss400 Sams so suck it!
So selling weapons to world's biggest terrorist, Israel, is evil as fuck.
Flying Halo since I was 16 then in the US Navy that was best time of my life
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As to maintenance, if you look at MMHPFH, even the F-35B and F-35C have lower hours than legacy land-based fighters.
F-35A currently is 5.4 MMHPFH
F-35B is 7.8
F-35C is at its highest right now so far at 9.7 hrs.
F/A-18E has been between 14-28hrs over the years.
F-14A/B/D was always 40-60hrs, which was a hangar queen.
AV-8B has been 40-60hrs as well, very difficult to maintain.
All 3 F-35 variants are a dream to maintain, almost too easy for guys that were looking to get their hands dirty. Airframe life is also unusually-high for a fighter.
Well said Captain Jim!
Look a real airplane company. You might want to help these build the next space capsule. Can not wait to see the next fighter jet they put out.
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The procurement process there are too many fingers in the pie and too many self interests.
Im just a simple civilian, but i appreciate the cander of Capt. Jim in this interview.