F35 from Luke AFB flying over

[Paul G]

Today I was working in the flight path of the new F35 jets taking off from Luke. They are LOUD! So turn up your speakers. When they are overhead you can not hear the person next to you. They leave and return in groups. I had the phone ready for the next set coming out and got this video of the last one in the group. 

[myk]

I didn't even know they were flying.  Thanks for sharing...

[tcs69rt]

I was stationed there 89 - 91 when we just had F-15s and F-16s. I built all the bombs and missiles for them.  I returned in 2010 and was blown away on how much PHX has grown since I left!

[Troy]

Ummm, that doesn't look like an F35. The 2 horizontal tail surfaces should have a fairly sizable gap between them and that one appears to have a single vertical stabilizer.

Troy

[Paul G]

You may be right Troy. I couldn't see the aircraft it at all looking at the phone and didnt pay much attention afterwords. The F 35's have a split tail, jet exhausts between them with two vertical stabilizers. This may not be an F 35 in that video. I will try to get a better vid of the F 35 when I can. Every weekday they return to base right over my back yard. Those suckers rattle the windows when they are low enough.   

[John_Kunkel]

It's an F-16.

[wingcar]

It can't be an F-16....if it were it would be in the backyard.....They don't call them the world's most expensive lawn dart for nothing.......

The name came from a few years back when they were having issues with the engines at Luke and it seemed as if they were falling out of the sky at an alarming rate.....can't remember if it was an engine or maintenance issue, but it was quickly solved

[Mike DC]

  
The F16 has a lot fewer issues than the F35.

[Ponch ®]

def doesn't look like an F35.

still a cool vid...

[John_Kunkel]

The name came from a few years back when they were having issues with the engines at Luke and it seemed as if they were falling out of the sky at an alarming rate.....can't remember if it was an engine or maintenance issue, but it was quickly solved

The early F-16's had the P&W F-100 engine....problem prone like all P&W turbofans. Newer versions have the GE F-110.

[hemi68charger]

That was definitely an F-16.... I have worked on too many, launched too many, armed too many and recovered too many NOT to say, that is an F-16... That's my final answer.
May not be assigned to the 56th Fighter Wing, but doesn't mean it wasn't there for an exercise or a transit flight cross-country..

[John_Kunkel]

All larger USAF bases have Transient Alert which means any USAF aircraft can stop in any time for gas, food and lodging. Just because you see a particular type of aircraft arriving/departing a base doesn't mean that type is stationed there.

[el dub]

assembly line?

[Paul G]

That is a fantastic picture.

[Rolling_Thunder]

That's an F-16....       We had F-35s here at Andrews AFB a few weeks ago for out air show....   

[el dub]

Four hundred billion for 2457 f 35's. That's almost one hundred sixty three million each. I think our govt. needs Donald Trump in charger of the money.

[John_Kunkel]

"A single Air Force F-35A costs a whopping $148 million. One Marine Corps F-35B costs an unbelievable $251 million. A lone Navy F-35C costs a mind-boggling $337 million. Average the three models together, and a 'generic' F-35 costs $178 million,"

"It gets worse. These are just the production costs. Additional expenses for research, development, test and evaluation are not included," he added.



Of course, this price tag is up dramatically from 2014.

"The cost of an F-35B grew from $232 million in 2014 to a bulging $251 million by 2015," Wheeler wrote. "The cost of the Navy's F35C grew from $273 million in 2014 to a wallet-busting $337 million by 2015."



http://www.cnbc.com/2014/07/31/how-dods-15-trillion-f-35-broke-the-air-force.html

[LaOtto70Charger]

I thought some of the recent price increases was because no one else is now wanting to buy it. 

Also interesting was how they state they want more agile programs.  This one was targeted to be one fighter for all missions instead of planes specifically designed for missions.  Seems like the only things that turn out as good jack of all trades are the ones that get there accidentally. 

Which reminds why the heck did we retire the F14 again?

[el dub]

Four hundred billion for 2457 f 35's. That's almost one hundred sixty three million each. I think our govt. needs Donald Trump in charger of the money.

I forgot to add that we will be paying one trillion dollars for the upkeep on the f 35 into the foreseeable future.

[AKcharger]

- That assembly line photo is the F-22 line at Merritta GA. (wonder how that got out  ) note the 2 engines

[AKcharger]

I bet the F-35's will fly over again, just be patient
!

[John_Kunkel]

Which reminds why the heck did we retire the F14 again?

Probably too expensive to maintain...same as the F-111.

[303 Mopar]

Which reminds why the heck did we retire the F14 again?

Probably too expensive to maintain...same as the F-111.

The 14 was too slow.  The F-18 Hornet and more advanced aircraft out ran and out maneuvered the 14.

[Paul G]

This time I made sure they were F35's. They are coming back to Luke airbase, done for the day. They are not as impressive coming in as they are taking off under full power. They are still pretty loud when they bank and turn the tail at me. They come in like this most weekday afternoons and sometimes on the weekends as well. When they come back in the late evening it is not so enjoyable. It is kind of like have a rail road track near your house, after a while you pay no attention to the noise.  

[LaOtto70Charger]

Pretty cool! Lot different than the last low fly over I saw.  We had a old Ford tri-motor fly past work.  It was below the cloud cover and at first was like nah that can't be.