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F-35 Lightning II News

Feb 03, 2010 - A Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) stealth fighter today became the fifth F-35 to begin flight operations. [Read more...]

First U.K. service pilot flies F-35

Jan 27, 2010 - A Royal Air Force officer on Tuesday became the first active-duty service pilot from the United Kingdom to take to the skies in a Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II. [Read more...]

F-35B begins in-flight STOVL operations

Jan 08, 2010 - The Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) stealth fighter engaged its STOVL propulsion system in flight for the first time today. [Read more...]

Second F-35B arrives at NAS Patuxent River

Dec 29, 2009 - The second Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) stealth fighter arrived today at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. [Read more...]

Second F-35 arrives at Patuxent River

Dec 29, 2009 - According to a Twitter post by Aviation Week's Graham Warwick, another F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) has arrived at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland. [Read more...]

F-35 Joint Strike Fighter critics fail history

Dec 28, 2009 - Criticising the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program isn’t especially useful if the people doing it are just flat wrong in their assumptions. Take for instance an article penned by Winslow T. Wheeler and Pierre M. Sprey in the The Huffington Post called, “A Tale of Two Pigs”. [Read more...]

UK approves third F-35B Joint Strike Fighter

Dec 22, 2009 - Today it was announced that the United Kingdom received financial approval to purchase its third F-35B Lightning II operational test aircraft, reinforcing the U.K.'s continued commitment to the Joint Strike Fighter program’s upcoming Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E). [Read more...]

Secretary of the Navy checks out F-35‏

Dec 21, 2009 - U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus visited Lockheed Martin's Forth Worth facilities last week. [Read more...]

Volvo Aero Norway to supply F-35 and F-16 turbine shafts

Dec 16, 2009 - After a long period of negotiation, Volvo Aero Norge (VAN) recently signed a 10-year contract for continued production and deliveries of jet engine shafts to Pratt & Whitney. [Read more...]

Faulkner's Folly

Nov 25, 2009 - The Australian government has approved $3.2 billion for the purchase of 14 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters ( JSF ). Included in this is a test aircraft that will be delivered in the U.S. in 2014 to take part in test and training activities. [Read more...]

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