US Navy pilots: I'm carrier qualified. Swedish pilots: Yeah, but I'm public highway qualified.

@matrox

Ай бұрын

Yeh...Public Hwy quallified with Zero traffic.

@guardian860

Ай бұрын

​@@matrox I would prefer to land on a wider deck like an aircraft carrier has than a very long straight but NARROW road on a fighter jet.

@kretz206

Ай бұрын

It's not a highway. It's a countryroad and they made some extra meters wide for 1500 meters.

@jonanolakers1567

Ай бұрын

Man, that is not a highway, that is a Landsväg. They are really narrow.

@PastramiStaven

Ай бұрын

@@jonanolakers1567 It's not that fucking narrow... Have you been to one of the roads they land jets on in Sweden cuz I have, and they are wider than normal landsväg...

Obviously, F35s are able to land on highways and that’s awesome. For a lot of countries’ specific needs the F35 is preferred for good reason. However, it was never really designed for these kinds of dispersed operations. The maintenance, the staff requirements, etc. You need a big logistics machine and organisation behind the scenes to operate a F35 in combat. Meanwhile, Gripen was designed from day one to do exactly what we see in this video, in every aspect of the platform. A pilot plus just a minimal crew of conscripts and one technical leader (2 years of experience) is all that is required to have Gripen flying continuous combat missions from covert locations, using highways (or frozen lakes, if you happen to have those). All the equipment required to operate is housed in a standard container, even when it’s on its home airbase. So when shit hits the fan, you just pick up the very same container with a truck and scoot to some forest hideout somewhere next to a highway and continue operating in the same way from there, without any additional training needed to do so. Obviously, I’m not saying that Gripen is some kind of super-next-gen aircraft that is suitable for everything. It can’t operate from aircraft carriers and there are plenty of scenarios that Gripen is not suited for. But Gripen is just a fundamentally different air combat platform compared to anything else around the world at the moment. I would love to see them in Ukraine, because Ukraine’s situation is exactly what Gripen was designed for.

Ай бұрын

Those clever Swedes...Gripen is best IKEA unit Designed to fly from any highway, yet fit sleekly into any living room decor?!?😂😂

@brendandennis5868

Ай бұрын

Speaking of shit hitting fans, do F35's have the same sensitivity as F16s to debris on runways? I heard F16 runways are walked by ground staff to clear rubbish by hand.

@johnkochen7264

Ай бұрын

I agree on all counts but, having said that, there is not much a Gripen cannot do. As for the F-35 Fighting Turkey, I suppose it could managed if it only needed fuel and ammo.

@johnkochen7264

Ай бұрын

@@brendandennis5868 Unlikely. The placement of the F-16’s air intake is its biggest liability on the ground.

@sonynamase

Ай бұрын

I can service the A-10, I've made one 1/48 model. Know every part of it ;)

A few years ago, traffic was shut down on the highway and we were forced to wait while a C-130 landed, turned and flew away again. A completely normal day in Sweden.

Slight correction, Gripen is not landing on swedish highways, it lands on country roads. Swedish highways are almost always divided with barrier in the center making them unsuitable to land on, also the close proximity to forested terrain next to country roads make it ideal for hidden mobile service and resupply.

@billyjoe3309

Ай бұрын

Россия делает заметки

@SonsOfLorgar

Ай бұрын

​@@billyjoe3309 muskovy already knows since the system was developed in the 1950ies, but there are too many of these backup airfield roads to monitor if they wanted to be cute and pick a fight, far too many to monitor even with drones. Remember, each road base will only be in use for around 45minutes at a time, and never more than once every few days... The Gripen pilots wouldn't even be told exactly what road base to use for RTB until they are within a couple of minutes flying from the road base and can pick up the pings of the mobile radio nav beacon. All the pilots get in their in-flight briefing is a primary and alternate return heading and a time window for each, no coordinates.

@billyjoe3309

Ай бұрын

@@SonsOfLorgar Россия делает заметки

@petergrandien1440

Ай бұрын

@@billyjoe3309 Taking notes its the only thing Russia army is capable of

@Jinkuzu

Ай бұрын

If you travel around Sweden you'll find lots of roads with mid barriers near small hangers. So they'd just remove those for the time being.

If they tried doing this in England, the potholes would rip the undercarriage right off

@_RabbitLeader

Ай бұрын

Roll of eyes!! They selected a good quality road for the video!

@newera478

Ай бұрын

We have our fair share of potholes also in Finland. Our road infrastructure gets back a fraction of the amount our government taxes road traffic. It's been like that for couple decades now.

@antioch4019

Ай бұрын

These are not any highways "in europe". These are dispersed stretches that are purposly reinforced and planned to be used as make shift runways when they were built to handle this since their inception and made sure to always be upkept to the highest standard. At least that has been the case for the Swedish highways as this kind of operation has been part of Swedish doctrine for the last 50-60 years.

@bsidethecside2283

Ай бұрын

Beat me to it :-)

@swedishgooner6339

Ай бұрын

@@newera478All nordic contrys have their fair share of frostbitten roads.

I remember in the 90s I was living and working in Germany. I noticed a stretch of autobahn where there was what looked like a wide access road gated off with heavy steel gates. The 'access road' went for a few hundred metres then split into smaller roads disappearing into a hilly wooded area. I wondered if it was some sort of autobahn service area, but a German friend explained it was a cold war emergency military airfield and the smaller roads lead to secure underground bunkers for the aircraft.

@captainhappy

Ай бұрын

In Finland there is publicly known at least some couple dozen places in the road network, which can be used as a airplane field if it becomes necessary. They practice the takeoffs and landings periodically, just like in the video. This is all just a part of preparation for defending the country against possible war of aggression. I believe also Baltic states have quite high rate of preparing to any kind of hostile movements. Finland did never cancel conscription so basically every finnish man have been trained for war, if they had no health issues preventing it. Nowdays also women have the option to go to army if they choose so.

@Jack-ur4in

Ай бұрын

Wow ! I’m impressed 👍

@ard8785

Ай бұрын

@@captainhappy Excellent! Impressive!

@GregiiFlieger

Ай бұрын

Even a few warthogs (aka Tank killers) in the mix!

@horatiohornblower868

Ай бұрын

As all airfields are prime targets there is no other option than to turn to highways. The Germans did it on a small scale during WWII and kept doing it during g the Cold War.

Come for the F-35, stay for the A-10

@Guranga93

Ай бұрын

I came

@Test-zv9ty

Ай бұрын

That was unexpected

@allenl9214

Ай бұрын

A10 more iconic than F16s and F35 I think

@Emlizardo

13 күн бұрын

@@allenl9214 A10 most iconic since the F-4.

Gripen is a underrated, extremely capable aircraft.

@Querientje

Ай бұрын

Saab cars where underrated too

@suicidalbanananana

Ай бұрын

I dont think its very underrated & neither was Saab as a car brand? Instead i think neither are "as common" simply because they were/are being produced in smaller numbers? in the case of cars (when they still made them) they clearly didn't even get to a quarter of the production of their competition & you could easily find 5x the BMW or Mercedes or Volkswagen dealers for every Saab dealer, in the case of F35 vs Gripen i'm 99% sure they produce something like double the amount of F35's a year (or more?) because it's simply a much bigger (collab of) organization(s) And at the end of the day when a government finally decides to upgrade their jet fleet they want them as soon as possible 🤷‍♂

@Mk-qb2ny

Ай бұрын

It's a capable and affordable plane, but unfortunately not stealth which is the name of the game nowadays.

@SlatVelg

Ай бұрын

@@QuerientjeI still miss my Saab 96 built in 1972. Had to say goodbye in 1986.😥

@Dennan

Ай бұрын

@@Mk-qb2ny na missle range and interference, people give stealth to much weight, with todays ai radar system its close to impossible to hide.

I am extremely happy to welcome Finland & Sweden to NATO. They are wonderful nations, and as a US citizen I will gladly support their defense.

@wellardme

Ай бұрын

You reckon if Russia marches into Finland, the US will come to its rescue against the possibility of Russia levelling your cities with hypersonic nukes for which you have no protection and means to shoot down? I admire your courage but we need realism here.

@claus-not-santa

Ай бұрын

When have you been in Finland and Sweden?

@markp1506

Ай бұрын

@@claus-not-santa ....why are there no bones in ice cream?

@claus-not-santa

Ай бұрын

@@markp1506 Ask the producers………..

@markp1506

Ай бұрын

@@claus-not-santa …….for bones or ice cream?

The mighty A10, keep it going!

@Jakedelus

Ай бұрын

that fly by whistle sound is all most as good than BRRRRR. my favorite mill plane easily.

@hanovergreen4091

Ай бұрын

Only the MAGAts owned by Boeing and Lockheed are preventing that.

@JoJo-ps4ml

Ай бұрын

As a Former Grunt...It's a Grunts Best Friend.

@hanovergreen4091

Ай бұрын

@@JoJo-ps4ml Baby. Once a grunt, always a grunt. 4/23rd 9ID. Best Regards and Best Wishes!

@hanovergreen4091

Ай бұрын

@@Jakedelus "The wheels on the bus go ... BBRRRRTTTTTTT..".

That ATC guy standing around is also pretty cool!

@tomhorn6156

Ай бұрын

The man

In Switzerland we had landings of F/A 18 on highway mid June. I love fighter jets.

Alright sir, pull it over, you were speeding on the highway. Any weapons in your vehicle? Let me see your pilots license. Ahh, so you think your some hotshot flyboy. Give ya a warning ticket this time. Now fly out rambo.

@harrison9929

Ай бұрын

Very funny😂Rick : Syd : Australia

@johnmartin2464

Ай бұрын

Had that once from a UK copper. Mate got caught speeding, and the first line from the copper was "Hello Wing Commander, having problems taking off this morning?"

@SlatVelg

Ай бұрын

@@johnmartin2464😂very good.

@herptek

Ай бұрын

I swear, officer, I forgot the permit for conceiled carry of air-to-air missiles when I bought my new F-35. That must happen every now and then.

グリペン有事には高速で離着陸できるってのは聞いてたけど理論値とかじゃなくガチだったのか…… しかもA-10はともかくF-35まで 脳汁出るわ

@user-rj3en4fj5j

Ай бұрын

グリペンからではなく冷戦時代に運用されたドラケン、ビゲンも同様の運用を可能にしてます……ただＡ－１０やＦ－３５を一般道を離着陸させるとなると航空甲版並の管理を要するので即応性に関してはサーブ社の戦闘機は優れてます。スウェーデンの高速道路は滑走路と同じ仕様にされている事やシェルターが点在していたり高速道路を隠すための偽装用の住宅がある。

@akioh2782

Ай бұрын

そうだね。トンネルが格納庫になるし、中に整備用のハンガーも併設されているんだよ。

@SonsOfLorgar

Ай бұрын

​​@@akioh2782 not in Sweden, on the road bases it's open air readying pads with a fake tree top cover suspended on metal wires, but each road base will only be used for 45minutes at a time and never more than once every 2-3days. There are thousands of them all over the country.

@hh6029

18 күн бұрын

路面がコンクリであればよいがアスファルトであれば通常の約3倍以上の強度が必要になる。

Those Gripen are sure a sexy plane. NATO Strong!

The F-35s make it look easy and smooth. An F-35B would really be in it's own! A-10s are smooth as well. The low speed performance of these aircraft is impressive.

Imagine going to 7-Eleven to get a Big Gulp in a Gripen

Swedish pilots sure can fly. Really sweet skills.

@norseman5041

Ай бұрын

Norwegian F-16 Pilots have been known to be the bad ass of the skies. Now we will see how this transit into the new platform. Starting from scratch, basically.

@PSA78

6 күн бұрын

It's a quite different system in training compared to most countries, the pilots stay active for longer and have more tactical responsibilities. There's been some talk about how it will integrate with NATO. Regular troops where the same, 9 months of Swedish training was the same as 36 months in America (that was the 90's though, I'm not sure how it's now).

The sound of the Thunderbolt though...🤩

Notice how close the nose wheel follows the center line. If you're not a pilot you may not realize how much training it takes to get this right every time.

@tappajaav

Ай бұрын

I have enough trouble following center line while on a bicycle

The usage of dispersed airbases is a key design feature of the Gripen required by the Swedish Airforce and has been for the last 3 Swedish fighter systems

Man that F-35 Lighting II is an amazing piece of aircraft that landing was insane!!! 👽

@Aria432

Ай бұрын

Alien-tech

@shaharyarqureshi6894

Ай бұрын

Pakistani pilots are doing it for the last 15 years

@joekewl13

Ай бұрын

@@shaharyarqureshi6894 Americans have been doing it since WWII on moving Ships 🛳️ actually Allied pilots have to learn to fly in America also.

@joekewl13

Ай бұрын

@@shaharyarqureshi6894 as a matter of fact the purpose of that exercise was to show Russia and China they could blow up airfields and we including all Allied pilots could land anywhere in the world and again we’ve been doing it since WWII

@joekewl13

Ай бұрын

@@shaharyarqureshi6894 Actually I was wrong we’ve been doing it since 1910

🦁かわいい動画に癒やされました🦁　ノルウェー空軍のドラッグシュート付きのF-35Aは特に好きです。レーダーリフレクターとサイドワインダー用のパイロンを両方つけているのも良いですね。(今のところサイドワインダーは機外に搭載します)

Salutes to the pilots! Greasing those landing! Shit hot!

This is the expeditionary version of JPALS (Joint Precision Approach and Landing System), developed for aircraft carrier use, to put the F-35 down on the wire within a meter or so of required landing position. It's an automatic system that was then adapted to land use, specifically for this purpose. It means US and Allies can rapidly build prefab mat airfields anywhere and the F-35 can land on them, with perfect precision, in any weather, day or night, without using lights, or an IFR runway's instrumentation. With that tech you can use any road, or an island in the western Pacific, or a prefab runway in the outback of Australia, or a road in Scandinavia, to build a new F-35 forward operating base in less than a week to rapidly change the regional airpower equation. Enabling deep strikes from temporary forward operating bases.

I used to live next to one of these "auxiliary landing strips" as the euphemism was - in Joutsa, Finland. There was also another one next to the garrison where I did my military service near Niinisalo.

ありがとうございます！

Nothing more beautiful than seeing brothers work together. ❤️🇪🇪🇫🇮🇸🇪🇳🇴🇺🇸❤️

Awesome to see a CCT guy directing the traffic in a situation like this. Makes perfect sense 👍🏻

😂😅😂🤣👌... imagine looking in your rear view mirrors and seeing either a Gripen, F35, or an A-10 fighter aircraft, tailgating you!!!!👍👌🤣😂😅😅😅...friggin, awesome planes!!!!.....great flying control from the pilots!!..thanks for sharing it, pal!😎👍

That is truly awesome looking 🤘

スウェーデンの戦闘機分散配備は実用性もだけど、あちこちから戦闘機が集結するロマンもあってすごく好き

@TheFrewah

Ай бұрын

I think it’s very practical. It requires far less man hours of maintenance per flight hour than the F-16 and only one has to be a specialist. And still 100% nato compatible.

Nice!

すばらしい

The F35`s look like straight out of a movie....

@RunttiPelkkari

Ай бұрын

CGI?😂

It’s nice to have more runways than planes. The Gripen fighter was designed such that it doesn’t need dedicated runways

@AugustKling

Ай бұрын

The fighter was designed to make money und to kill people.

@johanlassen6448

Ай бұрын

Literally all highways in Europe and the US are designed so that fighters can land on them.

@AugustKling

Ай бұрын

oh!

This video is smoking hot. Kudos to the servicemen running those aircraft.

I wish Ukraine had received Gripens, they are really adapted to Ukraine's circumstances, way more than the F-16.

@michaelpettersson6028

Ай бұрын

It’s only a matter of time. Now the french has promised mirage as well so there is no reason to prevent the ukrainians to use gripen any more…

@Devilhuo

Ай бұрын

I wish the war can stop.

@konobikundude

Ай бұрын

While I think it's possibly true, the nature of how Sweden's air force was designed to be distributed isn't necessarily something that can be mapped over to a centralised force in short order.

@kronop8884

Ай бұрын

The challenge of operating three separate fighter systems with unique requirements on crew and maintenance resources might be a stretch even for someone as motivated as the Ukrainians would be

@gaitn5670

Ай бұрын

You're signing up for the trenches in Ukraine? Or has another dude to go first?

Sweden have had landing strips on public highways for military aircrafts since the 50s. Lots of bases but most are now decomissioned . The systems were called Bas 60 (started in the 50s) and Bas 90 (started in the 70s)

Beautiful

lol the A 10 landing is so smooth. The F35, on the other hand, does that so fast.

@dixonqwerty

Ай бұрын

I thought the F35 was going down a bit too hard lol.

@Willbrse

Ай бұрын

@@dixonqwerty yeah, first one scared me a bit xD

@ilya.kortev

Ай бұрын

Different wing sweep means different aerodynamics, and accordingly different speed and angle of attack on the glide path.

@yuutei

Ай бұрын

F35の着陸シーンだけ2 倍速で再生されていますね。

@AugustKling

Ай бұрын

With the F35, Vietnam and Afghanistan would have been won.

Not gonna lie, that F-35 cockpit looks like a flying saucer cockpit. It's very sleek and pristine! Additionally, the orange tint relative to the F-22's window tint is an extra bonus. It's like the orange tint and the colour of the blue sky makes it almost have a purple tone too.

@chao-1oveandpeace

Ай бұрын

日本有自主研发的五代战机吗

The Gripen was designed from the ground up with that ability - it's a fundamental design principle of the aircraft.

Nice one !

Always nice to know that the mighty A-10 is on your side (except in the case of a friendly fire).

F35-A doing it was soooo cool!

Hello, Baaaaby! Gorgeous way to start the day! Love the smell of jet fuel in the morning!😊😅🎉😂❤

Useful capability 👍

Cool!

A-10の離発着誘導してるのCCT１、2人…？どこでも航空管制出来て戦闘スキルもハイレベルなのって、ホントすごくてカッコいい仕事よな

There’s videos of RAF Typhoons operating from a road in Finland too.

AWESOME, AWESOME, AWESOME!

F-35はB型かと思ったらA型なので驚いた。

@user-rl2fv9ol9j

Ай бұрын

驚かない！ ガッカリした！ まあいつ吸気ハッチ開くのかって見てたら、出てきたのがA１０。 すっかり怒りは何処へやらw

@thongco

Ай бұрын

it's A型

beautiful to see those jets land on roads

@user-tv7wh4gy6j

Ай бұрын

@jamiefairlie4837 - А скоро падать будут . И не только на дорогу !🤣

3:13 wow, amazing steatlh jet F35 ... nice video

@AugustKling

Ай бұрын

With the F35, Vietnam and Afghanistan would have been won.

would be nice to see the stopping distance in meters from the planes. or km for some..

Love the approach angle for the F35!

Awesome! Yet using 2016 footage makes me believe y'all planed for this to happen today

Gripen was made for this.

They do this in Finland a lot

@user-ks5kc5qs2c

Ай бұрын

Greetings from Ukraine! I wish Finland a peaceful sky!

@sequoiasemperviren3163

Ай бұрын

@@user-ks5kc5qs2c I live in the United States. My late father was conceived here in the United States, born in Finland, and returned to the United States with my Grandmother when he was 7. I just visited his first cousins in 2022. I did not want to leave. Such a beautiful country!

@bobsnabby2298

Ай бұрын

how do we know where is the next spot ?

@sequoiasemperviren3163

Ай бұрын

@@bobsnabby2298 I believe the Finnish forces would let the public know when the highway is being closed. They do these exercises in the summer. You can search for videos of past exercises here on KZread by typing: "Finnish Air Force landing on highway" or something like that.

Wonder what 4k video would look like ! "Luxury tho!"

グリペンは国情から高速道路に臨時飛行場に使うというのが条件だけど、グリペン自体も（民間航空機の様な）運用時間に無駄がない様な設計になっているので常に 一機の航空機が補給、パイロットの交代等を短時間で行いながら常に上空に送り出すという思想で作られているし。 米軍機でA-10 は上記の運用条件を満たしていると思うけど、まさかのF‐35Aが上記の条件で運用出来るとか、ハイテクなだけに整備に時間がかかりそうな気がしてたんですが。

@TheFrewah

Ай бұрын

I think the Norwegians wanted this so their planes have parachutes, I think, to make the landing possible. I think it requires lots of manhours of service per flighthour and every one must receive training and education before they can be used.

@OrIoN1989

Ай бұрын

@@TheFrewah the parachute is to land on icy conditions where breaking is difficult

@idomaghic

Ай бұрын

Yeah, the F35 won't re-arm and re-fuel in 10min with a ground crew of a few conscripts and a technician, also note that the F35 didn't land on an actual normal road; yes the strip is used as a road for regular vehicles, but Finland, unlike Sweden, are depending largely on "regular" modified/significantly widened roads for dispersed operations, where Gripen can really take off and land on a regular 16x800m road.

Damn those F-35s look so small but what an expensive toys they are!

good alternative

Sweden has been doing this since the 50s.

@hanovergreen4091

Ай бұрын

The US Interstate system was envisioned by Eisenhower to have 1 mile of straight road every 5 or 10 miles for same purpose. Welcome To Ukraine! 💛💙🇺🇦🇩🇪🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹🇸🇪🇵🇱 Slava Ukraini and Heroyam Slava! 🇺🇦🇩🇪🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹🇸🇪🇵🇱💛💙.

@bavery6957

Ай бұрын

@@hanovergreen4091 Exactly! The entire purpose of the interstate system was the same as Hitler's autobahns (I HATE acknowledging that!) - rapid deployment of military assets within the nation, Ease of cross country travel for commerce and citizenry was just a happy by-product and political selling-point... Slava Ukraini!!! 🦾

@hanovergreen4091

Ай бұрын

@@bavery6957 Welcome To Ukraine! 💛💙🇺🇦🇩🇪🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹🇸🇪🇵🇱 Slava Ukraini and Heroyam Slava! 🇺🇦🇩🇪🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹🇸🇪🇵🇱💛💙.

@janfrosty3392

Ай бұрын

A.H. was doing it in late 1930s

Can hear so many voices: „Puti, just try to take us on“. Love it! You rock Sweden!

Cool,, 👍‍‍😎👍‍‍

Basic stuff in the Finnish Air Force for the past 50 years or so.

@JZsBFF

Ай бұрын

Indicative that other (non Skandinavian) NATO airforces are picking up those skills again.

@pieterjlansbergen6988

Ай бұрын

Exactly.

@user-nd5ez3xp5k

Ай бұрын

​@@JZsBFFИ для чего они это делают? Для чего им эти компетенции?

@user-nd5ez3xp5k

Ай бұрын

​@@jimm8745Почему Швеция не осталась нейтральной страной?! Швеция хочет получить возмездие от России , за все страдания ,принесённые грёбаными шведами , за многие века?!

@JZsBFF

Ай бұрын

@@user-nd5ez3xp5k Γιατί γείτονες

Very interesting. In a real war airfields will be primary targets so being able to operate from roads is very effective. This is not a highway but more like a main road or state road.. As there are only 2 lanes.

This contention is the reason why when the US interstate system was designed there has to be a certain amount of straight stretches in it so far there has never need to exercise it but the capabilities is there.

That was cool

With my compliments, I think in memory, to day, of D-Day ( 6 giu 44), thanks for all! cheers Fabrizio - -like 47

@n1k2-ja46

Ай бұрын

Scotland the Brave 　Invasion of Normandy(Operation Neptune)　 I'm Japanese, but cheers to this great operation and to our brave soldiers!

@fabrizioviscardi40

Ай бұрын

@@n1k2-ja46 Hello my new Japanese friend, so I sub to your channel, cheers Fabrizio

One funny thing about these landing strips on Finnish highways is that when the first ones were constructed in early sixties they were publicly described as "emergency landing strips" for commercial passenger flights. But they were not marked on aviation maps at all... Except later on the American ones. But not on Finnish maps.

@herptek

Ай бұрын

I just call them wartime air strips whenever I drive over one and someone is asking about them. There are plenty of those.

Very impressive show of the capabilities that these Jets have of landing on a highway if needed in an emergency.

@gunnarmedin4104

Ай бұрын

At least in the case of Gripen it has nothing to do with emergency. In case of war ordinary roads would be used instead of airbases for safety reason. The Swedish air force has operated like that since the Cold War.

@fasx56

Ай бұрын

@@gunnarmedin4104 Thank you for the helpful information. Makes a lot of good sense in the time of War. Russians can damage air bases but they cannot do the same to all the roads in Finland. Wish your Country the Best.

@TheFrewah

Ай бұрын

@@fasx56I think you mean Sweden, not Finland.

@fasx56

Ай бұрын

@@TheFrewah My mix up.

@tessjuel

Ай бұрын

@@TheFrewah It's true for Finland too. Last time they bought fighter airplanes, they chose the F/A-18 specifically because it can be operated this way. (The F/A-18 was really designed to work from hangarships but that's very similar conditions.) Officially Finland has 12 stretches of road that have been prepared to function as air bases but there's a good chance there are more they keep secret. The Finnish Air Force is upgrading to F-35 now and it was not really designed to operate from field air bases but the Norwegian Air Force has been working on the issues and as you see in this video they've got most of them sorted out by now.

it makes me happy to see our countries in Northern Europe pulling together and also that they're backed up with the US. We are grateful for the US support.

@AndrewWingrove

Ай бұрын

With the current uncertainty surrounding the level of support from some members of the Republican party for Ukraine, it's prudent not to rely entirely on U.S. assistance. History has shown that American support can sometimes be delayed, as seen in the last two World Wars. It is essential for us in Europe to prepare ourselves to stand united and strong in the face of any potential threat from Russia.

@danwright6234

Ай бұрын

As someone who leans towards the “Right”, Donald J Trump has always made it extremely clear. “Make America Great Again”. As any nation should generally have best interests in mind for their own citizens. President Trump made it clear how most nations were not keeping their ends of the bargain financially with NATO. The US was printing money that we didn’t have. Because of Donald Trump’s insistence, most countries began to have skin in the game. In the last 3 1/2 years we have had a %#^@*+$ in charge that insists on giving money away to other countries to protect their borders while the U.S. borders have been left open even by 1 section of wall that was sitting on the ground ready for installation to close an extremely long section of border. Not only did the Democrat President not put it in place, he sold it to people for pennies on the dollar. It was there, it was paid for, and it was already paid to be installed. This clown took it even further. The US was paying rent while that section of wall was not installed. We just captured 8 or 9 ISISK terrorists this week in America. We can talk about Fentanyl, the Chinese, the Cartels, Children sold into sex trade by the Cartels, the U.S. spending billions to support these millions of people Biden has asked for. Those are some of the reasons the Republicans are against throwing money away. Who’s going to help us get these people out of America that Joe invited. There are many convicted of terrible crimes that were allowed to leave prisons in their own countries. We can’t get President Trump in quick enough.

that f35 is one sweet looking piece of equipment

I wonder if there have been any mock dogfights between the Gripen and the F-35. It would be interesting to know the results.

Indian Tejas too ! in curving highways....no sweat.

The road those Gripens landed was pretty narrow.. what I've used to see in Finland is much wider..

グリペンがこうしてるのが普通に思えるロマン

@TheFrewah

Ай бұрын

It is normal. Pilots do this all the time. It means we have more runways than planes.

Nothing new for us in Sweden. Building the "Base 60" system started in the late 50´s in Sweden with a number of road sections that could be used as runways. There were also hidden facilities for repair and communications near these roads.

運転してて正面からこんなん降りてきたらビビるわ草

@hanovergreen4091

Ай бұрын

Dat's kinda da point :). Best Regards and Best Wishes!

グリペンは航続距離を犠牲にして整備性の良さや短距離離発着性能を獲得し、高速道路からの離発着運用を想定しているのは知っていたけれど、F-35も降りれるんだね。しかも脚部を強化し翼も大きい艦載用C型じゃなくて、通常のA型。

@idomaghic

Ай бұрын

Note that the F35 footage is not actually a regular road; Finland relies largely on modified and significantly widened roads for their dispersed operations. You can actually tell quite easily from the footage that it's not a normal road, unlike the Gripen footage. Also, it didn't sacrifice those things; it opted for dispersed operations with minimal ground crew and infrastructure demands. F35 simply cannot match the efficiency and frugality of the Gripen in that aspect, and the F35 is by nature then more vulnerable to attacks on its infrastructure. But that vulnerability wasn't a concern for the US, as the risk of anyone invading them is simply close to zero.

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The Royal Norwegian Air Force F-35s operating on Finnish highways was part of a test program, because Finland also ordered F-35 not that long ago. It will be interesting to see how they can create a logistics operation suited for such an advanced jet operating on highways, just like Sweden does with their JAS Gripen. Two very different aircraft made for different roles, but I'm sure they'll come up with something clever.

高速へ着陸してＰＡで休憩し軽食を食べて離陸！のパフォーマンスを本当に出来そうな雰囲気ですね…

Did you notice the "cars" in this video? Gripens are actually able to transform into just about anything. Could be a car, a flying grill, an outhouse etc. Swedish stealth technology.

A well prepared highway. No small rocks and stones.

@AlexKarasev

Ай бұрын

Those aren't highways. They're military runways masquerading (and serving) as sections of regular highways. But yeah, no rocks.

Cop parked side of the road with a radar gun saying WTF, didn't get the memo 😂!

@mroctober3657

Ай бұрын

Mach 2. That's a few penalty points on the license.

5:40 I suspect that the cameraman wants to hear the guns as much as I do

Gripen seeing F35 landing on a highway: THEY TOOK OUR JOBS!!!

JAS Gripen ❤

Norway F-35As.

Those were the most realistic RC jets I've ever seen ...........

Ghost rider will have something else to race with now.

F35Aにびっくり

I live in Sweden, about 10 kilometers from one of these strips of country roads, and I can guarantee that it has never ever been used for illegal street racing or high speed runs 😇😇

@mikkoj1977

Ай бұрын

I bet i hasnt.. Live close to one too, and youngsters here are so law abiding they would never do stuff like that.

@FlashSwe

Ай бұрын

@@mikkoj1977 Naaw! The kids of today are way too legal 😅 It’s the perfect spot to do +250 km/h without endangering someone else.

F-35 landings look like a struggle. Gripen just lands no problem.

@krokodilen31

Ай бұрын

Well its in the design of the plane and we did this since the 50s , F35 is an amazing bird but the planes are built for different kinda military conflicts.

@guyfromthe80s92

Ай бұрын

Two different roads, and the F-35 weighs twice as much.

@krokodilen31

Ай бұрын

@@guyfromthe80s92 well if ur reply os on me read mine again.

@johanlassen6448

Ай бұрын

I didn't detect any struggle for the F-35s landing.

3:30 do the tip hardpoints move with angle of attack?if not and they're pointed down don't they make downforce at full speed?

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