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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...

F-35 ends most comprehensive flight test program in aviation history

The F-35 program has accomplished the final developmental test flight of the System Development and Demonstration (SDD) phase of the program. "Completing F-35 SDD flight test is the culmination of years of h... Read More...

Australia has taken delivery of the first F-35As with Block 3F software

Australia has taken delivery of three new F-35A aircraft with Block 3F software from Lockheed Martin reaching an important milestone. The F-35A combat aircraft will provide Australia with a fifth-generation fi... Read More...

US Navy F-35C carrier qualification USS Abraham Lincoln

US Navy F-35C carrier qualifications aboard USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) completed fleet carrier qualifications (CQ) for the F-35C Lightning II program, marking another milestone for the new aircraft, while underway Marc... Read More...

Marine VMFA-122 conducted their first flight operations in the F-35B Lightning II

It was like a scene from Top Gun as pilots marched out to the flight line to mount the metal beast known as the F-35B Lightning II. Pilots entered their cockpits, started the engines and prepared for takeoff. A... Read More...

Roll out for the first F-35A for Republic of Korea Air Force ROKAF

Republic of Korea and U.S. government leaders celebrated the public debut or 'roll out' of the first Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) F-35A Lightning II at the Lockheed MartinFort Worth production facility. ... Read More...

Video: F-35B from USMC 31st MEU join USS Wasp for historic deployment

A detachment of F-35B Lightning IIs with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, landed on the USS Wasp (LHD-1) on March 5, marking the beginning of the F-35B’s first operational dep... Read More...

Norway completed a successful F-35 drag chute system test

While the US Air Force is completing another round of cold-weather testing of the F-35A at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska, Norway completed a successful verification of the F-35 drag chute system at Ørland Ai... Read More...

First operational JASDF F-35A at Misawa AB

Blue skies and snowy mountains welcomed the first operational Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-35A Lightning II during an arrival ceremony at Misawa Air Base, Jan. 26. In the upcoming Japanese fiscal year, nin... Read More...

First F-35B for Italian Naval Aviation

The first Short Take-Off/Vertical Landing (STOVL) F-35B Lightning II aircraft, assembled outside the United States, was delivered to the Italian Ministry of Defense and assigned to the Italian Navy at the Final... Read More...

First F-35B for Italian Naval Aviation

The first jump jet Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II assembled outside US at FACO Cameri, Italy (Final Assembly & Check-Out) has now officially received the labels of Italian Navy. The aircraft, returne... Read More...

9th Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II delivered to Italian Air Force

On December 15, the 9th Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II has been delivered to Italian Air Force. The aircraft, numbered AL-9 (A means conventional model and L Italy) and operational tail code 32-09, has been... Read More...

F-35A icy runway testing for norwegian drag chute in Alaska

Maj. Jonathan “Spades” Gilber, U.S. Air Force F-35 test pilot, demonstrates the handling qualities of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II during icy runway ground testing at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. ... Read More...

Germany and UAE interested on F-35

As reported by Defence News Germany and the United Arab Emirates have expressed an interest on the 5th generation stealth fighter F-35. At an industry conference in Berlin and in an interview with Reuters,... Read More...

International Allies Receive F-35 Full Mission Simulators

In-country pilot and maintenance training ramps up

Lockheed Martin recently delivered F-35 Full Mission Simulators (FMS) to the Israeli, Italian, Japanese and Norwegian Air Forces – the first-ever deliveries to international F-35 operators. The simulators ar... Read More...

Maiden flight for the first italian F-35B STOVL version

Yesterday 24th October 2017 the first (BL-1) Italian assembled Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II, the Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing model of the Joint Strike Fighter program, made its maiden flight at 1:... Read More...

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