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Warning signs to watch with the F-35 program
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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