if anyone think that F35B will operate off the first Turkish LHD is dreaming fanboy
can someone show me where the landing aids will be fitted, the ammunition storage the aviation fuel have Turkish even replaced fighter jet engine at sea? which landing spot has been allocated for deck, even more which material has bee used for deck coating for heat down wash?
you cannot go from zero to hero and start flying F35B off TCG Anadolu its not a Harrier
160 RAF personal have been training on 11 x F35B in Beaufort for 6 years, thousands of hours F35B is a very very sophisticated aircraft and Queen Elizabeth only took its first landings last year and is still 2-3 years away from first operational deployment, Turks can do it quicker than the people who built the jet? No
Canberra class is too small and not big enough to be optimised for fixed wing, unless they build a second LHD and use one for rotary and one for fixed wing maybe after 10 years
and now I will wait for the usual responses on how it will be done
Allright we have been over this subject months ago,and years ago. Guess this is 4th or 5th time you are coming up with the same topic and triggering it again?.
Its not like we are going to commission LHD tomorrow and test F35B the day after tomorrow. There are at least 4-5 years to commisison the ship,yet another 5 years until deploying and operating F35B which makes it legit.
We have long talked about space allocation for flight deck, hangars and operations. One more time,its not an aircraft carrier, its an LHD with restricted abilities of fixed wing craft handling.
Finally, Japan and Italy is also seeking for F35B for deploying on similar platforms but why are you targeting Turkish Navy by questions of whether the aircraft could be operated but not others? they are also planning to use the same aircraft on similar vessels and Japan has already decided to modify an existing LHD(which is not even designed for handling vertical landing) so that it can carry F35B and even operate it. While TCG Anadolu has been built from scratch to have such a feature.
If you were going to criticize, had better its constructive.
Canberra class is too small and not big enough to be optimised for fixed wing, unless they build a second LHD and use one for rotary and one for fixed wing maybe after 10 years
and now I will wait for the usual responses on how it will be done
Sorting things out so you can get it easier:
First of all, It is not Canberra class,
Secondly, Not only us but Italians and Japanese are also interested in F35B on their LHD.
Third , Japanese is modifying and existing LHD with similar dimensions to operate an LHD,they also dont have any experience on such thing.
Fourth and last, Noone (not a reliable source) has told we are getting F35Bs on Anadolu in 2-3 years. yet, Anadolu wont be commisioned before than 4 years (at least)
And bonus, UK has been spending all of those sources for SRVL (which you might already know with all extends) to operate F35Bs as their main asset on Aircraft Carriers.
