Marina Militare Harriers conduct aerial refuelling with NATO KC-30 during Pitch Black 2024
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- The Marina Militare AV-8B Harriers from Gruppo Aerei Imbarcati 'Wolves' operating from onboard aircraft carrier ITS Cavour have been conducting close air support roles during Exercise Pitch Black 24.
NATO's Multinational Multirole Tanker KC-30's have been operating out of RAAF Base Amberley conducting ultra long haul fuel operations during the exercise and have been refuelling the harriers in flight amongst other coalition aircraft.
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Still one fine aircraft and Italy should be commended for retaining this in the fleet while others have unbelievably retired them. What a disgrace.
Italy has also F35B for the navy
Agreed the Harriers are still effective airframes for many nations who can not afford the likes of the F35b , the British should have built a new generation of harriers as alternatives to the f35 for export and for the RN and RAF the US UK and others should retain the harriers for that high low mix of operations,the USMC should give theirs to the Army Italy and Spain should put theirs in Reserve status but keep them ,and if they don’t instead of scrapping them sail them or give them to countries who need that capability or is developing their own capabilities with regards to vtol and amphibious support operations. South Korea and Japan comes to mind, the Philippines Canada and New Zealand will be in that mix as well.
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Australia should buy a squadron of Harrier jet for the Canberra class ship?
Converting the Canberra Class to fixed wing aircraft operation will compromise their intended purpose - as amphibious assault ships. The weight of the stronger decking required plus the weight and size of the jets means less vehicles, men and equipment can be carried for amphibious assault. Much better to build two new Canberra Class that are built from the keel up for fixed wing aircraft carrier operations, and to equip them with F35B. Or build a larger aircraft carrier for Super Hornet and F35B.
The Harrier has been a great fighter jet, but there is a reason only a few of them are still in operation. They have passed their use-by date and are fast fading into history.
@artistjoh not true. They have already operated the US osprey with no problems. To carry as many 6 Harriers would enhance them tactically and with long range surveillance and defence. Just like the Spanish and Italian navy's do!
@@paulsandford3345 You are confusing the much gentler, helicopter-like landing of an Osprey, which occurs very occasionally, with regular operations from Jets that both land with a harder jolt, but also direct very hot gasses down onto the deck. Take off with full fuel and weapons load has even greater stresses that the Canberra Class are simply not designed to handle.
The Spanish Juan Carlos I has a much heavier deck than the Canberras, that is designed to handle the stresses of fixed wing jet operations. The Canberra Class were redesigned to have a much lighter upper deck and more room in lower decks to suit its helicopter-only/amphibious landing role. To operate jets, like the Juan Carlo0s I does, would require a year or two in dry dock as they rebuild the entire upper deck, strengthening it for jet operations, and toughening it to take the heat of jet exhausts. You are talking about a refit that would likely cost well over 100 million and would increase the weight of the flight deck.
The Osprey it still a strain due to weight, and doable in small numbers, but it is not remotely comparable to Harriers or F35 take off and landing stresses.