F-35 Archivi - Aviation Report

Lockheed Martin demonstrates multi-domain operations between F-35, U-2 and ground stations

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works®, the Missile Defense Agency and the U.S. Air Force successfully connected an F-35, U-2 and a multi-domain ground station in a ground-breaking test demonstrating multi-domain operati... Read More...

UK F-35B Lightning jets train with USAF B-2A stealth bombers

A Bomber Task Force deployment of B-2A Spirit stealth bomber aircraft, Airmen and support equipment from the 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, have arrived in the U.S. European Command area of... Read More...

HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier sails for US to embark for the first time UK-owned F-35s

HMS Queen Elizabeth has sailed from her homeport Portsmouth on august 30 ahead of testing the UK’s F-35B Lightning fast fighter jets for the very first time. The Royal Navy’s biggest warship will be working wit... Read More...

USMC F-35B completes simulated Combat Air Patrol with live AIM-9X missile

First operational F-35B live-fire of the AIM-9X missile in the Indo-Pacific region

Marine fighter pilots with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, launched from the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp , deployed in the Pacific Ocean, to rehearse Combat Air Patrol... Read More...

BAE Systems received a contract from Lockheed Martin to enhance the EW capabilities of the F-35s

BAE Systems has received a Block 4 Modernization contract award from Lockheed Martin to enhance the offensive and defensive electronic warfare (EW) capabilities of the F-35 Lightning II fifth-generation fighter... Read More...

US F-35B FRCE Fleet Readiness Center East

New F-35 modification facility brings strategic capability to Fleet Readiness Center East

A recently-completed facility will bring a new strategic capability to Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) and the F-35B Lightning aircraft line next year. FRCE is the lead site for depot-level maintenance on th... Read More...

Operation Rapid Forge 2019 concluded July 25 at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany

The 10-day operation helped ensure U.S. forces’ ability to fulfill the European Deterrence Initiative, a policy to assure and defend NATO allies, while promoting deterrence in an increasingly complex security e... Read More...

British F-35Bs complete first operational missions over Syria and Iraq

UK becomes the third country to send F-35s Joint Strike Fighter into combat

The UK Ministry of Defense has announced and confirmed that its newest F-35B fighter jets have flown alongside Typhoon aircraft on operational flights over the skies of Syria and Iraq, as part of the ongoing fi... Read More...

US, UK, Israel F-35 exercise tri-lightning

US, UK and Israel F-35s exercise demonstrates air power interoperability

F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft from the U.S, United Kingdom and Israel participated in Exercise Tri-Lightning over the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, June 25. Exercise Tri-Lightning was a one-day defensive c... Read More...

Switzerland Air2030: the F-35 JSF candidate

Second to last of the 5 candidates vying for the replacement of Swiss Air Force air fleet under the AIR2030 program, it’s Lockheed Martin’s turn to present it’s 5th generation fighter jet in Payerne on 07th Jun... Read More...

US Air Force is reactivating 65th Aggressor Squadron with F-35A

The Air Force is reactivating the 65th Aggressor Squadron and moving 11 F-35A Lightning IIs to Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, as part of a larger initiative to improve training for fifth generation fighter airc... Read More...

Hill AFB fighter wings conduct combat exercise with more than 40 aircraft

The active duty 388th Fighter Wing and Reserve 419th FW conducted an integrated combat capability exercise April 30-May 2 at the Utah Test and Training Range. The friendly and enemy forces were made up of F-35 ... Read More...

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Hellenic Air Force: exercise Iniochos 2019

With the first participation of Italian Air Force F-35A Lightning II 5th generation fighters

In April, the Hellenic skies welcomed for the fifth time in row, the multinational participants of exercise INIOCHOS 2019. Storming out of Andravida AFB, in NW-Peloponnese, fighters and personnel from 5 countri... Read More...

US F-35A arrives for first Middle East deployment

The Air Force’s fifth generation multi-role aircraft arrived for its first deployment to the Middle East on April 15. The F-35A Lightning IIs are from active duty 388th and reserve 419th Fighter Wings at Hill A... Read More...

USS Wasp with a big load of F-35B arrive in the Philippines for exercise Balikatan 2019

The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), with embarked Marines from Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force (SPMAGTF) 4, led by 4th Marine Regiment, arrived in Subic Bay on March 30, 2019, in preparat... Read More...

Advanced training for Italian Air Force F-35A

Italian Air Force F-35 Lightning II are continuously deployed in several bases of Italy in order to achieve the Fully Operational Capability (FOC). Curently, there are 10 jets commissioned by the air force and ... Read More...

US Navy F-35C achieved the Initial Operational Capability

The Commander, Naval Air Forces and the U.S. Marine Corps Deputy Commandant for Aviation jointly announced that the aircraft carrier variant of the Joint Strike Fighter, the F-35C Lightning II, met all requirem... Read More...

Italian Air Force: training activities for six F-35A deployed to Decimomannu

Six F-35A aircraft and a team composed of pilots and maintainers of the 32nd Wing of the Italian Air Force have deployed these days at Decimomannu's Reparto Sperimentale e di Standardizzazione di Tiro Aer... Read More...

F-35 Demo Team pilot practices new maneuvers

Capt. Andrew “Dojo” Olson, F-35A Lightning II Demonstration Team commander and pilot has spent the last three months, designing, developing, and practicing the maneuvers of the all new demo profile. A total of ... Read More...

Declared the Initial Operational Capacity for the Italian Air Force F-35As

Announced the achievement of IOC in Amendola, during the media-day for the 4th Flying Course of Tactical leadeship Programme

"Today is an important day for the Italian Air Force," said Italian Air Force Chief of Staff, General Alberto Rosso, during the press meeting at the 4th Flying Course of the Tactical Leaderhip Program in course... Read More...

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