Hobby - Updated Force Structure (towards 2050)

Achieving a 32 combatant navy

Air - Land - Sea combat cover

Down Select:

High Speed Aero Medivac

Back to basics - Helicopter 101

Troop Carrying Capacity : 30 (not including crew)
Ramp Door : Yes
Internal Vehicular Load Carrying Capacity : Land Rover equivalent (x01)
In one sortie, an Infantry Company can be lifted by 3.5 helicopters, compared to the present 5.

Heavy Tactical Heli-Lift

Heavy Transport Helicopter

Troop Carrying Capacity : 60 (not including crew)
Ramp Door : Yes
Internal Vehicular Load Carrying Capacity : Land Rover equivalent (x02)
In one sortie, an Infantry Company can be lifted by 2 HTH helicopters, compared to the present 2.5.

Unmanned Combat Helicopter - 50% of the next gen Apaches may be unmanned
working in tandem with its manned counterpart and/or remote semi autonomous.
Integrated with the F-35 Distributed Aperture System (DAS) for all round 360 degrees
 situational awareness for both manned and unmanned versions

Replacing the present F-16C Squadron 01 : F-35A

Replacing the present F-16D and F-16D (block52+) Squadrons 02 and 03 : F-35B

Replacing the present F-15SG Squadrons 04 and 05 : F22G6 Raptor

IMHO, to keep cost within sanity limits, let's stop reinventing the wheel, we are looking at the next generation fighter today ( 6 gen ) . The thing is, we can name it six gen or call it whatever we want.

It is paramount to restart the F-22 assembly line and integrate the F-35 sensor fusion suite into the F-22, turning it into the F-22G6 (6 gen air superiority fighter).

The F-35 was design to work in tandem with the F-22, that was the rationale.

Why sell the F-35 when the F-22 is off limits ?



19 June 2016