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First Dutch F-35 pilot takes to skies
Dec 18, 2013 - The first Netherlands pilot took to the skies in the F-35A Lightning II at Eglin AFB, making the Netherlands the second partner country to operate the fifth-generation multirole fighter. [Read more...]
The Netherlands buy 37 F-35 jets to replace F-16s
Sep 17, 2013 - The Dutch defense ministry stated today that it has formally selected the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter from Lockheed Martin to replace its aging fleet of F-16s. [Read more...]
Eglin F-35 fleet exceeds 2K sorties
Aug 15, 2013 - Airmen and Marines assigned to the F-35 Integrated Training Center at the 33rd Fighter Wing here have consistently flown successful training sorties and generated their 2,000th sortie on August 13 with an instructor pilot of the Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron-501 (VMFAT-501), at the controls. [Read more...]
AETC declares Eglin ready for F-35 training
Dec 17, 2012 - Following an independent evaluation of Eglin's capability to conduct F-35A Lightning II pilot training, Air Education and Training Command announced Dec. 17 that the 33rd Fighter Wing can do so starting January 2013. [Read more...]
First JSF for The Netherlands rolls out of Fort Worth
Apr 04, 2012 - The first F-35 Lightning II for Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNlAF) rolled out of the F-35 production facility on April 1. This is the latest step in the production process leading to its eventual assignment to Eglin AFB, Fla., later this year. [Read more...]
Mismanagement of F-35 program results in budget cuts
Jan 29, 2012 - Where are the large orders that are to produce "economies of scale" and "affordability" for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF)? Apparently in someone's imagination from 2001. [Read more...]
Japan selects F-35 Lightning II
Dec 19, 2011 - The Japan Ministry of Defense has announced its selection of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II as the Japan Air Self Defense Force's (JASDF) next generation fighter aircraft, following the F-X competitive bid process. [Read more...]
BK-1, First international F-35 rolls out
Nov 22, 2011 - The first international F-35 rolled out of the factory Sunday evening. The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence will use the short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) jet, known as BK-1, for training and operational tests. [Read more...]
F-35 on Life Support and needing Life Support
Oct 19, 2011 - With reports of the cost of the F-35 program growing to about $385 billion, according to U.S. news sources, this has given rise to reports of one of the F-35 models could be cut due to budget limits. [Read more...]
Lockheed Martin delivers first production F-35 to Eglin AFB
Jul 14, 2011 - The first Lockheed Martin production model F-35 Lightning II to be assigned to the 33rd Fighter Wing arrived today at 13.18hrs CDT after its 90-minute ferry flight from Fort Worth, Texas. [Read more...]
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