I-Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet

I-FA18 Super Hornet

Ukubambezeleka kohlelo lokwakhiwa kwe-American F-35 fighter, futhi ikakhulukazi inguqulo yayo yasemoyeni - i-F-35C - kwakusho ukuthi ama-F/A-18 Super Hornet fighters azoqhubeka nokuba yimishini eyinhloko emashumini eminyaka ezayo. ngendiza yokulwa yezindiza ye-US Navy. Kumkhiqizi - ukukhathazeka kwe-Boeing - lokhu kusho imiyalo kahulumeni yezinye izindiza zalolu hlobo kanye nokugcinwa komugqa wokukhiqiza okwakufanele uvale eminyakeni embalwa edlule. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-Boeing ikhuthaza i-Pentagon ukuthi itshale imali ephaketheni elisha lokuthuthukisa i-F/A-18 Super Hornet, eliqokiwe i-Block III.

Ngo-1999, i-F / A-18E / F Super Hornet fighters yaqala ukungena enkonzweni ne-US Navy, futhi ngemva kweminyaka emibili bathola i-Initial Operational Capability (IOC). Okokuqala, baqala ukufaka esikhundleni se-F-14 Tomcat ne-Hornets egugile kakhulu yesizukulwane sokuqala - nge-F / A-18A / B. Khona-ke i-F / A-18E / F yaqala ukufaka esikhundleni se-Hornets yesizukulwane sesibili - F / A-18C / D, ukukhiqizwa kwayo kwaphela ngo-2000. Izinhlelo ngaleso sikhathi zazifuna ukuthi ama-F/A-18C/D akamuva kanye nama-F/A-18E/F aguge kakhulu athathelwe indawo yizilwi zesizukulwane sesi-5 ze-F-35C. Ukukhiqizwa kwe "Super Hornets" kwakudingeka kuqedwe, ikakhulukazi njengoba i-US Navy yaqala ukwaba imali eyengeziwe yohlelo lwe-F-35 (JSF - Joint Strike Fighter). Ukugcinwa komugqa wokukhiqiza we-Super Hornet kwakuzohlinzekwa ngama-oda endiza ye-EA-18G Growler EW (eyakhelwe endaweni yesikhulumi se-F / A-18F) kanye nama-oda angaphandle okungenzeka.

Emuva ngo-2014, abahlaziyi abaningi babikezela ukuthi ama-F/A-18E/F okugcina e-US Navy azohamba e-Boeing ngoDisemba 2016. Ngalesi sikhathi, i-Boeing igcine ukukhiqizwa ngamayunithi amathathu ngenyanga ngenxa yemibono evela eMbuthweni Wezempi eminyakeni edlule yase-United States, okuthiwa. inkontileka yeminyaka eminingi (MYP-III, ukuthenga kweminyaka eminingi) kanye ne-oda lokugcina kusuka ku-FY2014. Kodwa-ke, ngonyaka wezimali ka-2015, i-US Navy yathenga i-12 EA-18G Growlers, kwathi ngo-2016, ama-EA-18G ayisikhombisa kanye nama-Super Hornets amahlanu. La ma-oda, kanye nokwehla kokukhiqizwa kube kabili ngenyanga, bekumele kuvumele i-Boeing ukuthi igcine ulayini wokukhiqiza we-F/A-18 kuze kube sekupheleni kuka-2017. Ekugcineni, usongo lokuphela kokukhiqizwa kwe-Super Hornet alubange lusaba khona ngenxa yokubambezeleka kohlelo lwe-F-35 kanye nesidingo sokugcwalisa igebe elikhulayo lendiza yezempi yase-US.

Isixhumanisi Asikho

I-US Navy ayikaze yenze imfihlo yokungabaza kwayo nge-Lockheed Martin F-35C fighter. I-F-35C ibonakale ibiza kakhulu kulawa ma-F-35 amathathu. Esigabeni sesi-9 sokukhiqizwa kwezinga eliphansi (LRIP-9, Low-Rate Initial Production), intengo ye-F-35C fighter eyodwa (enenjini) yayiyizigidi ezingu-132,2 zamadola aseMelika iyunithi ngayinye. Okwesigaba sokugcina kuphela - i-LRIP-10 - intengo ibekwe ezigidini eziyi-121,8, engaphansi kancane kunesimo sokusuka okufushane kanye nezinguqulo zokufika eziqondile ze-F-35B. Ukuze uqhathanise, kuye ngobukhulu be-oda, i-F / A-18 entsha ibiza phakathi kwezigidi ezingu-80-90 zamaRandi, futhi ukusebenza kwayo cishe kuyingxenye yentengo.

Lonke uhlelo lwe-F-35 seluvele lubambezelekile okungenani iminyaka emine. Izindiza zokulwa ze-F-35 zisathuthukiswa futhi zisaboniswa (SDD - Ukuthuthukiswa Kwesistimu Nokubonisa), okumele kuqedwe ngoMeyi 2018. Ithatha izimali ezengeziwe, ikhulise izindleko zohlelo olubizayo oluphula irekhodi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, inguqulo ye-airborne ye-F-35C inezinkinga ezihlukahlukene zobuchwepheshe. Lapho inkinga yehuku lokufika, eyayingashayi njalo umugqa wokubhuleka phakathi kwendiza ethwala indiza, isixazululiwe, kwavela ukuthi amaphiko amaphiko aqinile ambalwa kakhulu adinga ukuphinda asebenze. Kuphinde kwatholakala ukuthi uma usuka e-catapult, igiya lokumisa elingaphambili lenza ama-oscillations amakhulu aqondile bese ewadlulisela kuyo yonke indiza. Lezi zinkinga kufanele zixazululwe ngaphambi kokuthi i-F-35C ingene kusevisi.