n the early morning of May 14, the Italian Air Force F-35 pilots deployed to Ämari Air Base, Estonia, supporting NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission, executed their first intercept since they arrived in early May. The Combined Air Operations Centre…
A Record of Decision was issued by the U.S. Air Force, making Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, the official location to host three new squadrons of the F-35A Lightning II. Air Force officials selected Tyndall based on numerous attributes, including…
The US Navy took another critical step forward in the future of the F-35C Lightning II joint strike fighter on March 6. The Nimitz-class nuclear aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) conducted a vertical replenishment at sea, simulating the…
A little over a month after the first flight of the sixteenth F-35A destined for the Koninklijke Luchtmacht (Royal Netherlands Air Force), from the italian F.A.CO. (Final Assembly & Check-Out) also flew the seventeenth F-35A, the ninth produced at the…
The “Titans” of Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron (VRM) 30 and members of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2 successfully delivered an F-35C engine power module aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) in the US Navy’s first, at-sea replenishment for this component.…
U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons and Airmen assigned to the 31st Fighter Wing participated in an Agile Combat Employment (ACE) exercise at Amendola Air Base, Italy on Feb. 16-17, 2021. The 555th and 510th Fighter Squadrons executed counter air…
The 48th Fighter Wing has selected a new nickname for the first U.S. Air Force overseas-based F-35A Lightning II squadron. The wing solicited help from the public to name the unit. Suggestions were originally submitted in the fall of 2020, and were narrowed down…
The Italian Navy flagship, the aircraft carrier ITS Cavour (CVH 550), arrived at Naval Station Norfolk, Va. Feb 13 for a series of operations alongside U.S. military assets to attain the Italian Navy’s “Ready for Operations” certification to safely land…
The 354th Fighter Wing and the 168th Wing Air National Guard completed a readiness exercise Dec. 18, 2020, verifying the wing’s ability to rapidly generate combat airpower at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. More than 30 fighters and two refueling…
While the U.S. State Department cleared the sale to the United Arab Emirates of up to 50 F-35s, worth $10.4 billion, fifth-generation Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II combat aircraft, making it in case the 15th country to acquire american-made low-observability…
Today, the first test F-35I ("Adir") aircraft outside of the United States arrived at the IAF Flight Testing Center (FTC) at Tel-Nof AFB. Our reporters met with personnel from the FTC Squadron to learn about the aircraft that will advance…
Pratt & Whitney, a division of Raytheon Technologies Corp. (NYSE: RTX), announced that it has been awarded a $1.5M contract to conduct an F135 modernization study and operational assessment by the F-35 Joint Program Office to determine specific propulsion system…
Marine Attack Squadron 311 conducts a sundown ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, October 15. In spring 2022, VMA-311 will reactivate as Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 311 operating the F-35C Lightning II at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. Similarly,…
The F-35B Lightning jets have stepped up to the next level of training after the pilots completed their carrier qualification in both day and night time conditions. 617 Squadron, ‘The Dambusters’, and the US Marine Corps’ VMFA-211 jets, spent three…
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), which operates under the United States Department of Defense, has submitted a statutory notification to Congress on the possible sale of multi-role fighters and the related weapons and equipment to Finland. The notification is…
Communities surrounding Hill Air Force Base will notice flying operations late into the evening Sept. 14-17, 2020 as the base’s fighter wings conduct a local combat exercise. The active duty 388th Fighter Wing and Reserve 419th Fighter Wing will fly…
BAE Systems has been awarded a contract from Lockheed Martin for the production and delivery of additional electronic warfare (EW) systems for Lot 15, Lot 16 long lead, sustainment spares and retro fit kits for the 5th Generation F-35 Lightning II, providing…
Maiden flight today 2 September of the fourteenth Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II for the Koninklijke Luchtmacht (Royal Netherlands Air Force) and produced in Italy at the Novara plant of Cameri co-managed by Leonardo and Lockheed Martin on behalf of…
Covid-19 has not stopped production at the FACO in Cameri (Final Assembly & Check-Out): on 25 August the fifth low observability Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II fighter serialized F-013, commissioned by the Dutch government for the Koninklijke Luchtmacht (Royal Netherlands…
The 62nd and 308th Fighter Squadrons participated in the Gunfighter Flag Large Force Exercise, Aug. 17-21 at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. The five-day exercise deployed U.S. and foreign partners’ fighter squadrons and units from across the Department of…