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Warning signs to watch with the F-35 program
USAF pilot Lt. Col. Dwayne Opella and Lockheed Martin test pilot Mark Ward fly F-35A aircraft AF-6 and AF-7 from Edwards AFB for maturity flight software testing on July 15th, 2011. [Lockheed Martin photo by Tom Reynolds]
Nov 14, 2011 - The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program has some negative issues that must be watched in the coming years. [Read more...]
F-35 hits top design speed in flight testing
USAF test pilot Lt. Col. George Griffiths flies AF-1 over Edwards AFB. [Lockheed Martin photo by David Henry]
Nov 04, 2011 - After the busiest month of flight testing to date and concluding three weeks of successful ship trials on the USS WASP the F-35 has reached its maximum design speed of Mach 1.6. [Read more...]
F-35 on Life Support and needing Life Support
F-35B BF-02 conducts initial sea trials over the Atlantic Ocean. The F-35B is the USMC Joint Strike Force variant of the JSF and is designed for short takeoff and vertical landing on Navy amphibious ships. The aircraft is operating with the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1). [Lockheed Martin photo by Andy Wolfe]
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 1st F-35 Weapons Load Training System to Eglin AFB
TSgt. Jeff Taggart, of Det. 19, 372nd Training Squadron, maneuvers the training weapon underneath the recently delivered F-35 Lightning II Weapons Loading Trainer. Navy PO1. Greg Steiner, of the 359th Training Squadron, guides it into its permanent home at the 33rd FW's Academic Training Center. Eric Litton, a Lockheed Martin weapons instructor, monitors Marine Sgt. Joel Perkins, of the 359th Training Squadron, directing Joint Tech Data procedures utilizing the Portable Maintenance Aid (laptop). Capt. Mike Byrd, of the ATC staff, evaluates the load process. The ATC is the schoolhouse of the F-35 Integrated Training Center for pilot and maintenance Joint Strike Fighter training in all three of Department of Defense aircraft variants. [USAF photo by Samuel King Jr.]
Oct 17, 2011 - Lockheed Martin delivered and installed the first weapons load training device at the F-35 integrated pilot-and-maintenance training center (ITC) at Eglin Air Force Base's 33rd Fighter Wing. [Read more...]
F-35 completes successful vertical landing aboard USS Wasp
F-35B BF-02 Lightning II makes the first vertical landing on a flight deck at sea aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1). [USNavy photo by MC3. Natasha R. Chalk]
Oct 03, 2011 - The Navy and Marine Corps Team made more remarkable naval aviation history today as the F-35B test aircraft BF-2 landed safely on USS Wasp's (LHD-1) flight deck, the first at sea vertical landing for the Marine Corps' F-35 JSF version. [Read more...]
F-35 defeated in air combat simulation
USAF F-35A #08-0746, the third production model of the F-35 Lightning II, completed its inaugural flight on May 6th, 2011 from NAS Fort Worth with Lockheed Martin test pilot Bill Gigliotti at the controls. [Lockheed Martin photo by Carl Richards]
Sep 07, 2011 - An unnamed source stated that earlier this year a presentation was given by an industry air combat threat assessment expert to defense officials of a NATO country which showed that the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) would not survive air combat against threats it is likely to see in its alleged service lifetime. [Read more...]
Air Force celebrates F-35 arrival
The first F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter to arrive to the 33rd FW was on display during the aircraft’s official rollout ceremony on August 26th, 2011 at Eglin AFB. [USAF photo by Samuel King Jr.]
Aug 29, 2011 - An official unveiling of the F-35A Lightning II joint strike fighter was labelled as a "historic occasion" by Air Force officials hosting the ceremony August 26 at the 33rd Fighter Wing. [Read more...]
F-35 grounded after electrical system failure thus joining the F-22
A crew chief from the 33rd FW guides F-35A #08-0747 to its final parking position on July 14th, 2011. The aircraft is the first production F-35 to be delivered to the wing. AF-9 arrived at 13.18hrs CDT after launching on its 90-minute ferry flight from Fort Worth. [Lockheed Martin photo by Angel DelCueto]
Aug 05, 2011 - For the third time in less than a year, the Pentagon has grounded all F-35 joint strike fighters because of a mechanical problem. The F-35s thus join the F-22 Raptors in stand down mode. [Read more...]
First Air Force F-35 pilot part of aviation history
The Air Force’s first joint strike fighter pilot, Lt. Col. Eric Smith, of the 58th FS, taxis his squadron’s newest aircraft, the F-35 Lightning II, to its new home at Eglin AFB on July 14th, 2011. [USAF photo by Samuel King Jr.]
Aug 01, 2011 - With the arrival of the joint strike fighter, the military continues setting the historic milestones for the worldwide aviation industry in preparing the first F-35 Lightning II pilots. [Read more...]
F-35 Lightning II flight test report
X-35C [LMTAS photo]
Jul 27, 2011 - The F-35 flight test program moves closer to achieving year-end milestones since the last update issued June 13. The F-35 Lightning II 5th Generation multirole fighter conducted 107 test flights, bringing the total number of flights for the year to 518. [Read more...]
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