I can’t find it.
I do remember it had an SA Cheetah as a premium and two Australian F-111 as tech tree planes. And the CF-18 added as the new end of the Navel Fighter line.
Impossible Atlas Cheetah E it’s aircraft premium pre-order pack rank VII for british
I guess in the future gaijin might considered aircraft premium pre-order pack rank VIII with introduced rank IX for fighter aircraft after this year
I believe it wasn’t the E but a different one.
E was tech tree if I recall.
I’m 90% sure I was it here as someone as asked why they don’t have the F-111K on their tree.
Give.
You forgot Canadian F-35A
*she did. Not me. Although I’m not against it.
I wonder if there’s any commonwealth members that use the F-35C.
the C the USA only uses at the monument
Damn. I hope we Refit QE and POW to have the mag rails. Though this is the MoD we’re talking about here.
So what gives the UK 3 F-35s?
I went to check if the Aussies(or other commonwealth nations) were using it and learned the CF-35 would be a unique variant.
Not the best source and should be looked into but here is what Wikipedia has to say(As it’s looking like Canada will get this variant form when first proposed or well a modified version of it):
The Canadian CF-35 was a proposed variant that would differ from the F-35A through the addition of a drogue parachute and the potential inclusion of an F-35B/C-style refueling probe.[327][340] In 2012, it was revealed that the CF-35 would employ the same boom refueling system as the F-35A.[341] One alternative proposal would have been the adoption of the F-35C for its probe refueling and lower landing speed; however, the Parliamentary Budget Officer’s report cited the F-35C’s limited performance and payload as being too high a price to pay.[342] Following the 2015 Federal Election the Liberal Party, whose campaign had included a pledge to cancel the F-35 procurement,[343] formed a new government and commenced an open competition to replace the existing CF-18 Hornet.[344] The CF-35 variant was deemed too expensive to develop, and was never considered. The Canadian government decided to not pursue any other modifications in the Future Fighter Capability Project, and instead focused on the potential procurement of the existing F-35A variant.[345]
On 28 March 2022, the Canadian Government began negotiations with Lockheed Martin for 88 F-35As[346] to replace the aging fleet of CF-18 fighters starting in 2025.[347] The aircraft are reported to cost up to CA$19bn total with a life-cycle cost estimated at CA$77bn over the course of the F-35 program.[348][349] On 9 January 2023, Canada formally confirmed the purchase of 88 aircraft with an initial delivery of 16 aircraft to the Royal Canadian Air Force in 2026 and the final batch in 2032.[350][351] The additional characteristics confirmed for the CF-35 included the drag chute pod for landings at short/icey arctic runways, as well as the ‘sidekick’ system, which allows the CF-35 to carry up to 6 x AIM-120D missiles internally (instead of the typical internal capacity of 4 x AIM-120 missiles on other variants).[352]
However, I could also be speaking nonsense will just have to wait and see once we get them or more details come out.
CF-35 doesn’t exist and will never exist. We’ll just get the RN/RAF F-35B, and the RCAF/RAAF F-35A. This does tie in nicely to the Hornet though.
F/A-18A (RAAF)
CF-188C
F/A-18E (RAAF)
F-35A (RCAF)
It would give us the diversity I’m looking for.
Technically speaking it will.
CF-35 will be Canada’s name for the F-35 in any way shape or form. (and whatever large number military destination it will be given)
But it comes down to whether it will be receiving any of the mods proposed back when we first went for it. Right now from what I could find it’s looking like they will get some of them. (I doubt all as even they they had some removed)
I’m suspecting behind the FGR2, but the SAAF one is used more for ground attack I think, so they could give it strike aircraft designation and it could go after Harrier Gr7. Though I doubt it.
They won’t give it strike aircraft designation. Gripen is a multirole fighter aircraft just like any other 4th gen aircraft.
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It has to be under the fgr2
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yeah 100%
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I mean the “Typhoon T.3” hurts my eyes but i don’t disagree
NO CSP.
You do not want the CSP. AOP or FSP. the reason being (its on Tornado Thread but i’ll summarise briefly) you do not get Datalink/Link 16 on the F.3 with the CSP. And also no mid course corrections. Your AIM-120B now becomes a shotgun with short range compared to D/L equipped aircraft.
In short, bin CSP, go straight to AOP or FSP (which could maybe feasibly get a “what if” HMD setup. why it never got one irl, but the GR.4 did, i’ll never know)
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So what’s the difference between AOP and FSP?
I’m still pissed at the FRS’s still being strike aircraft.