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Combat power exercise conducted at Hill AFB
Nov 19, 2018 - The active duty 388th Fighter Wing and Air Force Reserve 419th Fighter Wing conducted a combat power exercise November 19, launching dozens of F-35A Lightning IIs within a condensed period of time. [Read more...]
388th FW drops GBU-49 in combat training
Nov 15, 2018 - The 388th Fighter Wing’s 34th Fighter Squadron recently returned from a weapons evaluation exercise at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, where they employed the GBU-49 for the first time in F-35A combat training. [Read more...]
F-35Bs join forces with British aircraft carrier to make history
Sep 28, 2018 - This week the first F-35 Lightning fighter jets have landed on the deck of the United Kingdom's new aircraft carrier making history and marking the beginning of more than half-a-century of ‘Carrier Strike' operations. [Read more...]
F-35B crashes in South Carolina - Pilot OK
Sep 28, 2018 - A Marine Corps F-35B F-35 Lightning II crashed around 11:45h local today near Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort in South Carolina today, the Marine Corps confirmed. [Read more...]
The F-35 ‘Combat Debut’ In Afghanistan
Sep 27, 2018 - The U.S. Marine Corps F-35B joint strike fighter has successfully conducted its first combat mission over Afghanistan on Thursday morning. [Read more...]
ITF team nears historic testing with HMS Queen Elizabeth
Sep 11, 2018 - The F-35 Patuxent River Integrated Test Force (ITF) is nearing another milestone as they prepare to embark two F-35Bs on board the United Kingdom's newest aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth for First of Class Flight Trials (Fixed Wing), or FOCFT (FW), this fall. [Read more...]
Meet Air Force Reserve’s first female F-35 pilot
Sep 07, 2018 - Hill Air Force Base, Utah - 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 of flying experience. [Read more...]
Pax River ITF to conduct first-time trials onboard partner nation’s carrier
Aug 23, 2018 - After years of partnership within the F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office, U.S. and United Kingdom team members from the F-35 Pax River Integrated Test Force (ITF) eagerly anticipate the First of Class Flight Trials (FOCFTs) onboard the U.K.'s newest aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, this fall. [Read more...]
South Korean Air Force F-35A pilot takes first flight
Jul 24, 2018 - The first South Korean Air Force F-35A pilot soared into history when he took to the skies July 20, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. [Read more...]
Pentagon and Lockheed Martin deliver 300th F-35
Jun 11, 2018 - The F-35 Joint Program Office and Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] delivered the 300th production F-35 aircraft, demonstrating the program's continued progress and momentum. The 300th aircraft is a U.S. Air Force F-35A, to be delivered to Hill Air Force Base, Utah. [Read more...]
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