Tagged: F-35

USAF F-35, 158th Fighter Wing, Vermont ANG, 22 May 2020

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30 November 2020

U.S. arms sales to UAE draw fire from 29 rights groups

Twenty-nine arms control and human rights organizations have signed a letter opposing the sale of $23 billion worth of missiles, fighter jets and drones to the United Arab Emirates and asking the U.S. Congress...

U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter

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24 December 2019

Air Force Technology’s 2019 year in review

The world’s Air Forces in 2019 began to try and get a firm grasp on space, while contracts were handed to make missiles faster and of course the F-35 continued to make headlines. DIA...

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6 June 2019

F-35 Enterprise Delivers 400th F-35 and Fleet Surpasses 200,000 Flight Hours

The F-35 fleet has achieved 200,000 flight hours across global operations, a significant milestone demonstrating the program’s progress and growing maturity. Within the same week, the F-35 Joint Program Office and Lockheed Martin also...

U.S. Air Force airmen walk next to a Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II aircraft

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8 May 2019

Canada seeks to address U.S. complaints about bidding process for fighter jets

Canada’s government is trying to address complaints about its military procurement process that have prompted threats from Washington to block Ottawa from buying Lockheed Martin Corp’s F-35, the Canadian air force’s preferred option for...

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23 April 2019

If US Refuses to Supply F-35s, Turkey Will Satisfy Need ‘Elsewhere’ – FM

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has reportedly said that if the US won’t supply Turkey with F-35 fighter jets, Ankara would satisfy its need for them in “another place”. Mevlut Cavusoglu has also noted...

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23 April 2019

Lockheed’s F-35 $1.5 Trillion Operational Cost Just Grew – Again

Apparently, the Pentagon prefers to dole out information about costs of the F-35 program in portions. Lambasting Lockheed Martin’s F-35 multirole fighter for its cost has become almost passé at this point. With its $1.5 trillion...

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13 November 2018

U.S. Air Force Plans to Arm Stealth F-35s, F-15s and F-16s with the Ultimate Weapon

Advances in computer power, processing speed and AI are rapidly changing the scope of what platforms are able to perform without needing human intervention. The Air Force and DARPA are now testing new hardware...

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1 November 2018

German Air Force to test covert radar in large-scale demo over Bavaria

The German Air Force and electronics specialist Hensoldt are gearing up to deploy a new sensing technology in southern Germany that promises to target enemy aircraft without pilots knowing they are being tracked. The...

USAF Reserves first female F-35 pilot Col Gina Torch Sabric

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8 September 2018

Meet U.S. Air Force Reserve’s first female F-35 pilot

Before she climbed into the world’s most advanced fighter jet to become the Air Force Reserve’s first female F-35 pilot, Col. Gina “Torch” Sabric had already flown 10 airframes and racked up 22 years...

Chinese J-16 Fighters Enter China’s Air Fleet 01-12 2018

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12 January 2018

New J-16 Fighters Enter China’s Air Fleet

China’s J-16 fighter jets are quietly being introduced to the People’s Liberation Army Air Force at a faster rate than the country’s new fifth-generation J-20, though the latter has garnered much more international attention....