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F-35 Joint Strike Fighter critics fail history

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...]

UK approves third F-35B Joint Strike Fighter

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]

Dec 22, 2009 - Today it was announced that the United Kingdom received financial approval to purchase its third F-35B Lightning II operational test aircraft, reinforcing the U.K.'s continued commitment to the Joint Strike Fighter program’s upcoming Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E). [Read more...]

Secretary of the Navy checks out F-35‏

The Honorable Ray Mabus Secretary of the Navy Visit to Lockheed Martin, Fort Worth, TX. [Photo by Neal Chapman]

Dec 21, 2009 - U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus visited Lockheed Martin's Forth Worth facilities last week. [Read more...]

Volvo Aero Norway to supply F-35 and F-16 turbine shafts

Pratt & Whitney F135 engine [USAF photo]

Dec 16, 2009 - After a long period of negotiation, Volvo Aero Norge (VAN) recently signed a 10-year contract for continued production and deliveries of jet engine shafts to Pratt & Whitney. [Read more...]

Faulkner's Folly

Nov 25, 2009 - The Australian government has approved $3.2 billion for the purchase of 14 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters ( JSF ). Included in this is a test aircraft that will be delivered in the U.S. in 2014 to take part in test and training activities. [Read more...]

Blind Faith

Nov 24, 2009 - It is reported in today’s The Australian that defence chiefs support the purchase of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). In other news, the sun set in the west, and Britney Spears lip syncs parts of her live performance. [Read more...]

Fourth F-35 takes to the skies

Nov 16, 2009 - Lockheed Martin's first optimized conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) F-35 fighter made its inaugural flight on Saturday, Nov. 14, the fourth F-35 to begin flight operations. It marked the 130th flight overall in the program. [Read more...]

F-35B arrives at Pax and production representative F-35A first flight

Nov 15, 2009 - Update 2 --- BF-1, the first production representative short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) F-35B Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) has arrived at Naval Air Station Patuxent River Maryland. Source: Graham Warwick of Aviation Week via Twitter. The plan is to start 30 days of testing to build down toward the first vertical landing. [Read more...]

Only ANG pilot selected to 1st F-35 cadre

Maj. Jay Spohn, a pilot with the 188th FW Arkansas ANG, based at Fort Smith, stands in front of one of the unit's A-10 Thunderbolt II 'Warthogs' on November 7th, 2009. Spohn was the only Air National Guard pilot to be selected to fly the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter in the program's initial cadre. [USAF photo by TSgt. Stephen Hornsey]

Nov 12, 2009 - Since Maj. Jay Spohn joined the Air National Guard in 1999, he has taken the skies by storm. [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...]

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