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'Rhinos' support Steel Knight 2016
Dec 14, 2015 - The F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter personifies great strides in modern air dominance capability. Among its characteristics of radar-evading stealth, supersonic speeds, fighter agility and advanced logistical support comes the capability to perform vertical take-off and landings. [Read more...]
Marines declare first F-35 unit operational
Jul 31, 2015 - The U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft reached initial operational capability July 31, 2015 with a squadron of 10 F-35Bs ready for world-wide deployment. [Read more...]
F-35B jet begins first ski-jump launch and weapons testing
Jun 24, 2015 - The F-35B Lightning II has successfully completed another major milestone as the fifth generation stealth fighter was launched into the skies from a ski-jump, Friday 19 June. [Read more...]
First International F-35B arrives aboard Fightertown
Feb 05, 2015 - Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 welcomed the first United Kingdom F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, February 3, 2015. [Read more...]
F-35 achieves three major flight test milestones on same day
May 30, 2014 - In three separate flight tests on May 27, Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II aircraft demonstrated air-to-air combat capability, completed the first flight test with the next level software load and accomplished a landing at the maximum test speed and drop rate. [Read more...]
F-35 completes first live fire missile test
Oct 31, 2013 - The F-35 has launched an AIM-120 air-to-air missile marking the first live-fire missile test in the program. [Read more...]
F-35 Lightning II Program Surpasses 10,000 Flight Hours
Oct 09, 2013 - The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II program continues its operational maturation, surpassing 10,000 flight hours in September. More than half of the total hours were accumulated in just the past 11 months. [Read more...]
F-35: New fighter creates new culture for 21st Century and beyond
Sep 26, 2013 - She didn't have a smudge on her. Not a leak found anywhere. She even had that "new jet smell." Skies were blue, everything was perfect. [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...]
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