FPP199 - How to Land an F-35B on the Boat

Fighter Pilot Podcast

E. Vincent "Jell-O" Aiello, Retired U.S. Navy Fighter Pilot

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🗓️ 9 December 2024

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

Landing an F-35B Lightning aboard a ship at sea is not as simple as pulling alongside and then setting down from a hover. Numerous procedures, policies, and contingencies come into play, which is why it's always a good idea to have a trained LSO monitoring the approach.

U.S. Marine Major Brian "SAK" Kimmins, a former AV-8B-turned F-35B pilot explains the efforts he is undertaking to develop a formal landing signal officer school similar to what Jamboy explained exists for conventional carrier aircraft on episode 178.

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0:00.0	The fighter pilot podcast is sponsored by L3 Harris throughout the month of November as we honor
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0:29.8	The F-35B community now.
0:31.8	Originally we kind of hit copy and paste on how we do things around the ship because we were just like, yep, yep,
0:38.0	both aircraft land vertically and hover, so it should be the same, right?
0:42.0	And it kind of turns out after a couple deployments now, we're starting to learn a lot
0:46.1	about the similarities and differences and ways that we can optimize employment of the F-35B
0:51.9	on the amphibs.
0:53.0	And so we're changing our qualifications to where if you're a Stoville LSO, you can control
0:59.0	good weather, bad weather, heavy sea states, com C's, as long as that individual in the cockpit is qualified at the ship. Hello, Hello and
1:23.6	Hello and welcome to the fighter pilot podcast.
1:26.6	I am your host Vincent Aiello Callsangello.
1:29.7	And joining me today in the Circle Air Group Studios
1:31.8	here at Gillesby Field in San Diego, California
1:34.2	is Major Brian Kimmins.
1:36.0	Sack, welcome to the show.
1:37.2	Thanks for having me.
1:38.1	Well, we know you're a Marine because I'm wearing red.
1:39.8	I always do that for you guys.
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