Portuguese Air Force F-16s train with Polish Air Force Mig-29s during NATO Assurance Measures 2020 exercise 24 September 2020
Airmobile operations with Italian Army 7th Aviation Regiment “Vega” UH-90 and AH-129 Mangusta helicopters 24 September 2020
Northrop Grumman recently inducted the first US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) P-3 Orion aircraft for depot level maintenance 23 January 2021
General Atomics successfully completes newly developed self-protection system demo on MQ-9 23 January 2021
Italian Leonardo Seaspray AESA maritime radar to be integrated on GA-ASI MQ-9B SeaGuardian 19 January 2021
Leonardo and the Italian Air Force start building the most advanced flight training centre in Decimomannu 16 December 2020
U.S. Air Force: eighteen F-35As plus twelve F-16s and two KC-135s executed a huge Elephant Walk 22 December 2020The 354th Fighter Wing and the 168th Wing Air National Guard completed a readiness exercise Dec. 18, 2020, verifying the...
VMA-311 conducts a sundown ceremony and will reactivate as VMFA-311 operating the F-35C Lightning II 21 October 2020Marine Attack Squadron 311 conducts a sundown ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, October 15. In spring 2022, VMA-311...
F-35B on HMS Queen Elizabeth complete live weapons training 11 October 2020The F-35B Lightning jets have stepped up to the next level of training after the pilots completed their carrier qualification...
Hill AFB’s F-35A Lightning IIs to conduct night flying operations during combat exercise 15 September 2020Communities surrounding Hill Air Force Base will notice flying operations late into the evening Sept. 14-17, 2020 as the base’s...
Luke F-35s from 62nd and 308th Fighter Squadrons trains in Gunfighter Flag exercise 26 August 2020The 62nd and 308th Fighter Squadrons participated in the Gunfighter Flag Large Force Exercise, Aug. 17-21 at Mountain Home Air...
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter demonstrates enhanced interoperability with initial Coalition Mission Data (CMDx) flight tests 22 August 2020F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter pilots from the U.S. and The Netherlands took to the air here Aug. 13-14...
First F-35C, Lightning II Class Graduates TOPGUN 18 June 2020Pilots from Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 125 “Rough Raiders” and VFA-147 “Argonauts” were the first TOPGUN students to complete the...
Lockheed Martin delivers 500th F-35 aircraft and the fleet surpasses 250.000 flight hours 4 March 2020Lockheed Martin and the F-35 Joint Program Office delivered the 500th F-35 and in February, the F-35 enterprise surpassed 250,000...
Vermont Air National Guard 158th Fighter Wing F-35As train in Florida 24 January 2020Women and men of the 158th Fighter Wing train at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, returning to Vermont in late...
Hill’s AFB F-35As conduct massive combat power exercise with 52 aircraft Elephant Walk 6 January 2020The active duty 388th Fighter Wing and Reserve 419th Fighter Wing conducted a combat power exercise with a massive Elephant...
About one dozen of US Marines F-35B embarked on USS America LHA-6 25 October 2019Approximately one dozen, fully-operational F-35B Lightning IIs embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) Oct. 8 during...
USAF 33rd Fighter Wing fires live AIM-9X missiles for the first time 28 September 2019For the first time, Airmen from the 33rd Fighter Wing fired AIM-9X missiles from F-35A Lightning II Sept. 17-19 at...
First two F-35s for the US Air National Guard arrive in Vermont 20 September 2019The United States Air National Guard ushered in a new era of air power capability as its first to stealth...
USMC F-35B completes simulated Combat Air Patrol with live AIM-9X missile 22 August 2019Marine fighter pilots with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, launched from the amphibious assault ship USS...
New F-35 modification facility brings strategic capability to Fleet Readiness Center East 21 August 2019A 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 2019The 10-day operation helped ensure U.S. forces’ ability to fulfill the European Deterrence Initiative, a policy to assure and defend...
US, UK and Israel F-35s exercise demonstrates air power interoperability 26 June 2019F-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 2019Second 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 2019The 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 2019The active duty 388th Fighter Wing and Reserve 419th FW conducted an integrated combat capability exercise April 30-May 2 at...
