Since September 5, 2024, the Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) air defense mission over the Benelux is back in the hands of the Netherlands. This means that for the next five months, Dutch F-35s from the Royal Netherlands Air Force may…

With the escalation of international tensions between Russia and NATO and a peace that seems increasingly distant, the Air Policing missions that seemed like a routine, have become more and more important in the field of NATO border deterrence. The…

With the delivery of the 200th F-35 produced for the international partners of the Joint Strike Fighter program on May 13th, yet another milestone was reached in the program conducted by Lockheed Martin together with the 7 international partners United…

A little over a month after the first flight of the sixteenth F-35A destined for the Koninklijke Luchtmacht (Royal Netherlands Air Force), from the italian F.A.CO. (Final Assembly & Check-Out) also flew the seventeenth F-35A, the ninth produced at the…

While the U.S. State Department cleared the sale to the United Arab Emirates of up to 50 F-35s, worth $10.4 billion, fifth-generation Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II combat aircraft, making it in case the 15th country to acquire american-made low-observability…

Maiden flight today 2 September of the fourteenth Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II for the Koninklijke Luchtmacht (Royal Netherlands Air Force) and produced in Italy at the Novara plant of Cameri co-managed by Leonardo and Lockheed Martin on behalf of…

Covid-19 has not stopped production at the FACO in Cameri (Final Assembly & Check-Out): on 25 August the fifth low observability Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II fighter serialized F-013, commissioned by the Dutch government for the Koninklijke Luchtmacht (Royal Netherlands…