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Sin bases cercanas no hay tankers, ni medios ISR, ni EW ni nada por lo que la aviación táctica (incluyendo los quintas) tiene un problema importante.

Orel escribió:

Sin bases cercanas no hay tankers, ni medios ISR, ni EW ni nada por lo que la aviación táctica (incluyendo los quintas) tiene un problema importante.

Por supuesto.
Que no invalida lo otro que comentamos del uso de cazas cuarta como arsenal planes (y al menos un par de misiles de crucero sí puede llevar cada uno para stand-off ).

The CMCA, and a host of other arsenal plane proposals, including past ideas to use airlifters as weapon trucks, have all failed to come to fruition. In November 2019, the Air Force said it was again looking into the "arsenal plane" concept, but that it could select a bomber already in service and adapt it to the mission.

However, "the arsenal plane concept is probably better described as more of a clean-sheet approach to a platform that can affordably and rapidly fill the gap for long-range strike capabilities, and to go down more innovative paths," Air Force General Timothy Ray, head of Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC), which oversees the service's bomber fleets, said during Defense Writers Group telephone conference earlier this month. Many took this to imply he was interested in an all-new aircraft design, but it could also point to the development of a new munitions employment concept, such as a palletized munitions system.

All told, the idea of being able to convert airlifters, at will, into low-cost stand-off strike platforms seems as attractive as ever. In addition, the costs associated with advanced, stealthy aircraft, such as the forthcoming B-21 Raider stealth bomber, that are actually capable of penetrating deep into denied areas littered with air defenses are only set to increase as time goes on. In order to be able to avoid losing any overall capacity to launch mass stand-off strikes from the air, having a lower-end companion will only become more and more essential.

“This successful (demo) is evidence of our commitment to evolve innovative weapons concepts and enhance our partnership with AFSOC to meet the needs of the National Defense Strategy,” said Col. Garry Haase, director of AFRL’s Munitions Directorate. “CLEAVER represents a different approach to launching large numbers of long-range weapons, which will bring a new dynamic to the high-end fight.”

The employment of these weapons directly advances the Air Force palletized munition experimentation effort, an innovative concept in which a multi-engine platform carrying large quantities of network-enabled, semi-autonomous weapons accompanies remotely piloted aircraft and fighter jets in combat missions.

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Hablan de cargueros porque el tipo de munición que se plantea para esos roles es muy pesada, seguramente los cazabombarderos típicos no puedan llevarlas, como mucho el F15, pero la referencia puede ser el Kinzhal

Porque en ese análisis sólo contemplan "arsenal planes" para llevar grandes misiles, pero la realidad es que las FAS yanquis y fabricantes llevan años hablando también de usar como "arsenal planes" sus cazas cuarta anteriores y nuevos. Además, tanto de armas AS como AA (recordad por ejemplo la última versión del F-15 pudiendo llevar hasta 16 misiles AMRAAM).
La muy citada dualidad "sensor-shooter", para la cual están mejorando la conexión/guerra-en-red entre cuartas y quintas: ejerciendo los quintas -más escasos, caros de operar y de menor carga interna- como "sensor" y ejerciendo los cuartas de camiones de armas como "shooter".

Saludos

Aug. 3, 2020 | By Brian W. Everstine
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According to the Polish Ministry of Defense, the agreement provides for:

· A squadron of Air Force remotely piloted aircraft, likely MQ-9 Reapers, at Lask Air Base. This squadron is in addition to the contractor-owned, contractor-operated Reapers at Miroslawic Air Base.
· A USAF “loading and unloading air base” at the Wroclaw-Strachowice airport.
· An Army forward division command at Poznan.
· A joint combat training center at Drawsko Pomorskie.
· A combat aviation brigade headquarters, combat logistics support battalion, and special-operations forces facility at Powidz.
· Another special-operations forces facility at Lubliniec.
· An armored brigade combat team headquarters at Zagan / Swietoszów.
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champi escribió:EEUU y Polonia llegan a un acuerdo para que la USAF instale allí un nodo de transporte y base también un escuadrón de drones (posiblemente Reaper), entre otras cosas: https://www.airforcemag.com/us-poland-e ... se-drones/

Aug. 3, 2020 | By Brian W. Everstine
...
According to the Polish Ministry of Defense, the agreement provides for:

· A squadron of Air Force remotely piloted aircraft, likely MQ-9 Reapers, at Lask Air Base. This squadron is in addition to the contractor-owned, contractor-operated Reapers at Miroslawic Air Base.
· A USAF “loading and unloading air base” at the Wroclaw-Strachowice airport.
· An Army forward division command at Poznan.
· A joint combat training center at Drawsko Pomorskie.
· A combat aviation brigade headquarters, combat logistics support battalion, and special-operations forces facility at Powidz.
· Another special-operations forces facility at Lubliniec.
· An armored brigade combat team headquarters at Zagan / Swietoszów.
...

...
Martin Baker, Uxbridge, United Kingdom, has been awarded a maximum $150,000,000 five-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for T-6 and T-38 Sustainment. This contract provides for T-6 and T-38 replenishment spares. Work will be performed in Uxbridge, United Kingdom, and is expected to be completed Dec. 31, 2026. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Fiscal 2020 munitions procurement funds; NASA funds; Army funds; and Foreign Military Sales funds, in the total amount of $13,316, 027 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, is the contracting activity (FA8213-20-D-0004).
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champi escribió:Imagen muy interesante, donde se ven algunos candidatos al drone acompañante y las horquillas de precios: https://twitter.com/TheDEWLine/status/1 ... 8919895040


En tamaño grande: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EemNf3tWoAE ... name=large

Orel escribió:

champi escribió:Imagen muy interesante, donde se ven algunos candidatos al drone acompañante y las horquillas de precios: https://twitter.com/TheDEWLine/status/1 ... 8919895040


En tamaño grande: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EemNf3tWoAE ... name=large

Es muy interesante porque nos afina los conceptos de la
USAF de "expendable", "attritable" y "exquisite".

Saludos