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USAF 33rd Fighter Wing fires live AIM-9X missiles for the first time

28 September 2019

For the first time, Airmen from the 33rd Fighter Wing fired AIM-9X missiles from F-35A Lightning II Sept. 17-19 at...

Italy first to deploy F-35 fighter aircraft to NATO mission in Iceland

28 September 2019

For the first time modern 5th generation fighter aircraft will execute NATO’s peacetime Air Policing mission safeguarding Icelandic airspace for...

First two F-35s for the US Air National Guard arrive in Vermont

20 September 2019

The United States Air National Guard ushered in a new era of air power capability as its first to stealth...

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

17 September 2019

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works®, the Missile Defense Agency and the U.S. Air Force successfully connected an F-35, U-2 and a...

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

4 September 2019

A Bomber Task Force deployment of B-2A Spirit stealth bomber aircraft, Airmen and support equipment from the 509th Bomb Wing,...

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

4 September 2019

HMS Queen Elizabeth has sailed from her homeport Portsmouth on august 30 ahead of testing the UK’s F-35B Lightning fast...

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

22 August 2019

Marine fighter pilots with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, launched from the amphibious assault ship USS...

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

22 August 2019

BAE Systems has received a Block 4 Modernization contract award from Lockheed Martin to enhance the offensive and defensive electronic...

US F-35B FRCE Fleet Readiness Center East

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

21 August 2019

A recently-completed facility will bring a new strategic capability to Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) and the F-35B Lightning aircraft...

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

28 July 2019

The 10-day operation helped ensure U.S. forces’ ability to fulfill the European Deterrence Initiative, a policy to assure and defend...

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

26 June 2019

The UK Ministry of Defense has announced and confirmed that its newest F-35B fighter jets have flown alongside Typhoon aircraft...

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

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

26 June 2019

F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft from the U.S, United Kingdom and Israel participated in Exercise Tri-Lightning over the Eastern Mediterranean...

Switzerland Air2030: the F-35 JSF candidate

9 June 2019

Second to last of the 5 candidates vying for the replacement of Swiss Air Force air fleet under the AIR2030...

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

12 May 2019

The Air Force is reactivating the 65th Aggressor Squadron and moving 11 F-35A Lightning IIs to Nellis Air Force Base,...

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

10 May 2019

The active duty 388th Fighter Wing and Reserve 419th FW conducted an integrated combat capability exercise April 30-May 2 at...

Italian Air Force F-35A MM7337_03.04.19_LGAD

Hellenic Air Force: exercise Iniochos 2019

22 April 2019

In April, the Hellenic skies welcomed for the fifth time in row, the multinational participants of exercise INIOCHOS 2019. Storming...

US F-35A arrives for first Middle East deployment

16 April 2019

The Air Force’s fifth generation multi-role aircraft arrived for its first deployment to the Middle East on April 15. The...

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

4 April 2019

The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), with embarked Marines from Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force (SPMAGTF)...

Advanced training for Italian Air Force F-35A

28 March 2019

Italian Air Force F-35 Lightning II are continuously deployed in several bases of Italy in order to achieve the Fully...

US Navy F-35C achieved the Initial Operational Capability

1 March 2019

The Commander, Naval Air Forces and the U.S. Marine Corps Deputy Commandant for Aviation jointly announced that the aircraft carrier variant of...

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