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RAF Lakenheath welcomes first 5th generation F-35s
Dec 15, 2021 - RAF Lakenheath received its first delivery of F-35A Lightning II aircraft on December 15. This is the result of a force posture adjustment that has been six years in the making. [Read more...]
Finland chooses the F-35A
Dec 10, 2021 - The Finnish government authorized the Finnish Defense Forces Logistics Department to establish a procurement deal with the US for the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II on December 10, 2021. [Read more...]
British F-35 stealth fighter crashed off an aircraft carrier into the sea
Nov 18, 2021 - A British F-35B crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday morning while operating off the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth. [Read more...]
Swiss choose the F-35A
Jun 30, 2021 - Today the Swiss government announced that the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II has been the winner of the New Fighter Aircraft competition which was started last year to provide a successor the both the F-5E/F and F/A-18C/D fleet. [Read more...]
First Danish F-35 handed over
Apr 07, 2021 - Today the first Danish F-35 (#L-001) was handed over to the Danish Flyvevåbnet in a ceremony at Lockheed. This marks the formal start of the Danish F-35 program albeit the jet was already flying in January conducting numerous rigorous tests at NAS Fort Worth. [Read more...]
Hill AFB pilots take on Red Flag’s ‘impossible to replicate’ scenarios with F-35A
Feb 17, 2021 - Hill Airmen recently returned from Red Flag 21-1, a large-scale, highly-complex Air Combat Command exercise in the Nevada desert. [Read more...]
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