The Italian Air Force has expanded its requirement for the Air Force and Navy Aviation slightly in order to meet current European defence demands, and has set about procuring a small number of vehicles in order to suit this expanded demand.
##Air Force
###Eurofighter Typhoon
The Italian Air Force currently has 82 Eurofighter Typhoons in active service, ignoring trainer aircraft. The Italian Air Force has put in an order to expand this count to 100, creating a new squadron of 20 aircraft. This procurement should take 2 years and cost the government $1.818 billion dollars at a cost per aircraft of $101 million.
###F-35B
The Italian Air Force currently has 15 F-35B JSF aircraft in active service. 5 more have been ordered, in order to complete a squadron of four flights plus a backup flight. At $110 million per unit, the fighters will cost the Italian government a total of $550 million. Procurement is expected to take two years, alongside the others ordered by Navy Aviation.
###Panavia Tornado IDS
The Italian Air Force currently has 62 Panavia Tornado, of which 16 are modified into the ECR variant. The Italian Air Force is ordering 4 more ECR and 34 more IDS aircraft in order to complete four total squadrons of the air craft. At a unit cost of $35 million per aircraft, this shall cost the Italian government $1.330 billion. Procurement is expected to take two years.
##Navy Aviation
###F-35B
The Italian Navy Aviation currently has 16 F-35B aircraft, all of which are for the Cavour. With the order of the Pisa coming through and the Trieste already procured, procurement of a flight of 6 aircraft for each vessel has been commenced. The total of 12 F-35Bs shall cost the Italian government $1.320 billion over a period of two years, alongside the Air Force order.
Total procurement costs for this run are therefore $5.018 billion over a period of 2 years - well within the underutilised Air Force procurement and research budget.
I know mamy of you may have forgot but it's still a thing that desprately needs any sort of new and unique addition. I get that top tier is out of the question but maybe some early jets... Or even some cas would be nice.
In this day and age does it still make sense for the marines to have their own aviation assets when they are a sister to service to the navy and are in the same dept under the DOD? Would the marines be better suited to divest the assets to the army or navy instead?
Unlike the Italian army, the italian navy had some of the most poweful and technologically advanced warships in the world, with decades of experience, great esprit de corps, and having performed exellently in WW1. The Zara, Bolzano, Montecuccoli cruisers surpassed the obsolelscent and poorly armed cruisers of the royal navy such as the Arethusa and Leander class, and their destroyers were similarly state of the art compared to the often WW1 era british destroyers. However, before US involvement, the italians suffered severe losses with very little gains. Why was that? Lack of radar seems to have been a tactical disadvantage, but that didnt stop the japanese navy from decisively defeating US warships with superior fire control like in the battle of savo island. The raid of taranto is said to have knocked the italian navy out of the war, but that raid only sank 1 and damaged another modernized but obsolescent dreadnought, leaving the italian cruiser, submarine and destroyer force intact. Moreover, the italian navy more easy access to ground based air support, softening the edge the british had in aircraft carriers. What made the italian navy such a non factor that a handful german U boats caused more damage to the royal navy than it in the mediterranean?
A super fast way to do the starts for aviators with the Italian Tech Tree is:
12 tons of bombs - use the F-104S, F-104G and G.91 in air arcade and should be done in 3/4 matches
4 kills in a match - get the R3T20 FA-HS and the A129 International or the A129 CBT, cap a point with the R3, die, spawn in the A129 and with 8 hellfire you should be more than capable of killing 4 enemies
Get 40 kills - if you play in Realistic battles all your kills worth 2 instead of 1, again, take the R3 and the A129, if you do 4/5 kills with the A129 a match in 4/5 matches you got it
I've been in the Navy for 2 years as an MA - I've wanted to be a Pilot as long as I can remember, but I'm too old for the Navy and Air Force. I can go to flight school for Helicopters when I get out, but won't have enough flight hours to get a job. Thus, I've been interested in switching from the Navy to Army Warrant Officer. I've been on the sister service applicants page, and a few Q&A pages, but I'm getting conflicting information for certain questions I have. Those who've gone blue to green, I have a few questions:
Will I have to repeat boot camp?
Do I still need atleast 3 LOR's? What avenues did you take to obtain yours? I asked my chain of command what I could do to volunteer on my off time for a squadron in Jacksonville, to help out however I could, but was told there was nothing I could do.
How does the SIFT test and WOSB work for me? Do I need to travel to Fort Rucker for either?
The site states that if you don't complete Warrant Officer candidate school, you will have to complete the remainder of your service obligation; Is that the 10 year service obligation for Warrants? Or for example, if I switch after 3 years in the Navy, am I only obligated to serve the last year in the Army?
What is your quality of life going from the Navy to the Army? The difference in rank can affect your point of view - but is it better? Or worse?
How are things different, in terms of flight hours and work life, between Active Duty and National Guard?
Hello! I am someone who is interested in joining the Navy, because after some veteran asking, I found out the Navy has the most aircraft (or at least variety). I am currently a car mechanic, but I’m interested in expanding my knowledge beyond cars and making more money. I found the GSM rating (I think that’s how it’s categorized? Apologies if I’m wrong) and I love the description of it and it appears it’s very beneficial after the military (financially wise and civilian job finding wise). As of now, my plan is to only service my required five years and work for an airport as a aviation mechanic with a veteran status under my belt. But after doing some research on Navy COOL, it seems that the GSM positions are mostly recommend towards power plants, nuclear, and engineering careers after your service. I never pictured that for myself. I wanted to lead myself more towards working on airplanes (mechanically wise). Would anyone here recommend other ratings that will lead me towards aviation mechanics or could GSM still work for the career I’m trying to get into? Thank you in advance!
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