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Hill selected to receive first operational F-35A aircraft
A Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II lands at Nellis AFB on March 6th, 2013. The F-35 has three main models; the F-35A is a conventional takeoff and landing variant, the F-35B is a short take off and vertical-landing variant and the F-35C is an aircraft carrier-based variant. [USAF photo by A1C. Jason Couillard]
Dec 03, 2013 - Hill Air Force Base was selected as the new home for the Air Force's first operational F-35A Lightning IIs. [Read more...]
Hill welcomes F-35 workload
The first F-35A Lightning II to arrive at Hill AFB sits on display in front of a hangar the morning of September 20th, 2013. Hill, Lockheed Martin and Utah elected officials and community members gathered for a ceremony to commemorate the beginning of F-35 depot maintenance at Hill AFB. [USAF photo by Alex R. Lloyd]
Sep 20, 2013 - Several hundred people gathered in hangar 237 to witness the first F-35A Lightning II which arrived for depot level maintenance during a ceremony hosted by the Ogden Air Logistics Complex commander, Maj. Gen. H. Brent Baker Sr. [Read more...]
New F-35 depot maintenance workload arrives at Hill AFB
USAF F-35A #10-5009 is the first Lightning II ever to land at Hill AFB, arriving on September 13th, 2013. The multirole, fifth-generation fighter arrived from the 422nd TES, Nellis AFB and is scheduled to undergo post-production modifications at the Ogden ALC. [USAF photo by Alex R. Lloyd]
Sep 16, 2013 - The Ogden Air Logistics Complex commander, Maj. Gen. H. Brent Baker Sr., will host an F-35A Lightning II welcome ceremony at 10 a.m. Sept. 20 to officially commemorate the beginning of depot maintenance at Hill. [Read more...]
F-35 completes first aerial AMRAAM weapons release
AF-01 releases the F-35 program's first AIM-120 AMRAAM missile over the China Lake test range on flight 255 on October 19th, 2012. Pilot was Maj Matthew 'Fuze' Phillips. [Lockheed Martin photo by Matthew Short]
Oct 22, 2012 - An F-35A test aircraft completed the first aerial weapons release of an AIM-120 AMRAAM (Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile) on Oct. 19. [Read more...]
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter critics fail history
F-35B - STOVL
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...]
Hill named as likely home for F-35 fighter squadrons
F-35 Lightning II fourth flight - January 23th, 2007 [LMTAS photo]
Oct 30, 2009 - The Air Force is proposing to house the next-generation F-35 fighter at Utah's Hill Air Force Base, according to Utah congressional offices. [Read more...]
What will support the F-35C?
Artist's impression of an F-35C right after take-off from an aircraft carrier.
Jul 23, 2009 - The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier variant of the Joint Strike Fighter known as the F-35C will be rolled out next week. It is billed to offer the U.S. Navy a “day one” of the war combat aircraft. [Read more...]
White House could veto second JSF engine
F-35 AA-1 engine test [LMTAS photo]
Jun 25, 2009 - The White House threatened yesterday that it might veto the 2010 defence bill to fund the F-35 alternative engine program. [Read more...]
No Shack, Just a Miss
F-35A - CTOL [via jsf.mil]
Apr 05, 2009 - Misleading senior political leaders is no way to fix the problems that face the Air Force. [Read more...]
Decisions loom for Joint Strike Fighter Program
An F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, marked AA-1, lands at an Edwards runway on October 23rd, 2008. The aircraft arrived here on October 1st from a Lockheed Martin plant at Fort Worth, Texas. [USAF photo by SrA. Julius Delos Reyes]
Jan 21, 2009 - Decisions about the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and F-22 Raptor aircraft programs are expected early in President Barack Obama's administration. [Read more...]
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