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Originally Posted by GoinAllTheWay
So basically the F35's will all become mini AWACS?
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Call it awareness, a Awacs is usually a command element. It directs planes.
With the interoperability of the F-35 the pilot is aware of everything beyond the horizon.
You would still need a command element, but if its done right it doesn't need to be done via a vulnerable AWACS which if knocked out takes aware the operational picture and command for today's aircraft. You could literally put the strike commander in a hardened bunker at the bottom of the ocean and he would see everything that all the planes would see.