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> I wonder about FOD. i.e. all the crap in and around a highway that could damage the engines.. They would send out personal to remove FOD (foreign object debr

> I wonder about FOD. i.e. all the crap in and around a highway that could damage the engines.. They would send out personal to remove FOD (foreign object debris) before any operations and before laying those mats, I assume.

sillywalk 3y ago
Just some musing on the logistics and difficulties etc. of theoretical "distributed" highway F-35b operations.. [Numbers found by google search :_) ] 30 ISO containers for just the runway, = 30+ vehicles, + munitions, spare parts, maintenance personnel, that computerized logistics thing - ODIN/ALIS, food and water, security for the personnel, generators to power all the computers to support the aircraft, . would there need to be SAM support? anti-drone support? Fuel would seem to be a real issue especially - an upgraded refuelling tanker-truck holds ~20k litres, and an F-35b can take ~10k litres I think. One refuelling tanker-truck = two air sorties.
- Aeolun 3y ago
  I think this is one of those options you use after some of your airfields have been rendered inoperable. Then you transition the remaining personnel to your highways with a stack of containers from a random storage location.
- Sharlin 3y ago
  I’m sure Finland’s current F/A-18s also need tons of support infrastructure if you go by ~the book~a google search. That hasn’t stopped us from developing and drilling the capacity to routinely operate them from these highway bases with much lighter logistics if need be. As stated in the article, the RAF is coming to Finland to learn and conduct tests. And because we’re in the process of replacing the Hornets with (non-B) F-35s, the experiments will benefit us as well.
- tinix 3y ago
  they can refuel in the air... https://www.boeing.com/defense/kc-46a-pegasus-tanker/ https://www.boeing.com/defense/kc-46a-pegasus-tanker/
- sklargh 3y ago
  A lot of the Nordic strips are only semi-distributed and near a central logistics hub. This lends itself to caching. There is definitely a tradeoff in how dispersed one can be before they are completely expeditionary vs. simply dispersed. It’s a continuum.
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dingaling 3y ago
The "FOD Plod"

sillywalk 3y ago

Just some musing on the logistics and difficulties etc. of theoretical "distributed" highway F-35b operations.. [Numbers found by google search :_) ] 30 ISO containers for just the runway, = 30+ vehicles, + munitions, spare parts, maintenance personnel, that computerized logistics thing - ODIN/ALIS, food and water, security for the personnel, generators to power all the computers to support the aircraft, . would there need to be SAM support? anti-drone support? Fuel would seem to be a real issue especially - an upgraded refuelling tanker-truck holds ~20k litres, and an F-35b can take ~10k litres I think. One refuelling tanker-truck = two air sorties.

Aeolun 3y ago
I think this is one of those options you use after some of your airfields have been rendered inoperable. Then you transition the remaining personnel to your highways with a stack of containers from a random storage location.
Sharlin 3y ago
I’m sure Finland’s current F/A-18s also need tons of support infrastructure if you go by ~the book~a google search. That hasn’t stopped us from developing and drilling the capacity to routinely operate them from these highway bases with much lighter logistics if need be. As stated in the article, the RAF is coming to Finland to learn and conduct tests. And because we’re in the process of replacing the Hornets with (non-B) F-35s, the experiments will benefit us as well.
tinix 3y ago
they can refuel in the air... https://www.boeing.com/defense/kc-46a-pegasus-tanker/ https://www.boeing.com/defense/kc-46a-pegasus-tanker/
sklargh 3y ago
A lot of the Nordic strips are only semi-distributed and near a central logistics hub. This lends itself to caching. There is definitely a tradeoff in how dispersed one can be before they are completely expeditionary vs. simply dispersed. It’s a continuum.
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dingaling 3y ago

The "FOD Plod"