F-35 Archivi - Aviation Report

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...

Two more F-35 for italian defence, while Belgium is ready to order it

Notwithstanding the uncertainties affecting the Italian Joint Strike Fighter program, fueled by declarations of new Government’s exponents, the production lots contracted and financed by the Italian Defense up ... Read More...

UK Royal Navy F-35B on HMS Queen Elizabeth for the first time

F-35B jets land on HMS Queen Elizabeth for the first time

Fast fighter jets are once again flying from a Royal Navy aircraft carrier as the first F-35s have landed on the flight deck of HMS Queen Elizabeth. Royal Navy Commander Nathan Gray and RAF Squadron Leader A... Read More...

First combat strikes for US Marines F-35B in Afghanistan

The Marine Corps F-35B, Lightning II, conducted its first combat strikes in the U.S. Central Command area of responsability in support of Operation Freedom's Sentinel in Afghanistan, Sept. 27, 2018. During t... Read More...

USMC F-35B for the first time will participate in TACR – Theater Amphibious Combat Rehearsal

As part of the greater Theater Counter Mine and Maritime Security Exercise to ensure maritime stability and security in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Naval Amphibious Force, Task Force 51/5th... Read More...

F-35C Lightning II conducts Operational Test-1 aboard USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier

F-35C Lightning II aircraft from Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 125 are conducting their Operational Test-1 (OT-1) with Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7 and Carrier Strike Group 12 aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carri... Read More...

US Air National Guard 142nd Fighter Wing hosts F-35s for dissimilar air combat training

The Oregon Air National Guard’s 142nd Fighter Wing will host F-35’s from the 61st Fighter Squadron and F-16’s from the 8th Fighter Squadron out of Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, August 17-24, 2018, to conduct Di... Read More...

HMS Queen Elizabeth british aircraft carrier sets off for F-35B fighter jet trials

Royal Navy aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, departed her home port of Portsmouth on August 18, 2018, bound for the USA to land fast jets on deck for the very first time. Eight years since a British air... Read More...

USAF F-22 train with royal norwegian air force F-35

USAF F-22 Raptors train with Royal Norwegian Air Force F-35A

Two USAF F-22 Raptors stealthy fifth-generation fighter jets from the 95th Fighter Squadron, 325th Fighter Wing, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, flew to Orland Air Base, Norway, on Aug. 15 2018 as part of an e... Read More...

RAF’s Dambusters squadron reforms to fly F-35 fighter jets

The squadron immortalised by the Dambusters raid of World War II has been reformed to fly the UK’s new F-35 fighter jets, the Defence Secretary has announced. Gavin Williamson announced the new 617 Squadron aft... Read More...

Norwegian F-35A conducts in-air drag chute testing

The F-35 Integrated Test Flight team at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. recently completed in-air deployments of the Norwegian Drag Chute System. The drag chute is unique to Norwegian F-35A aircraft and rapidly... Read More...

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