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The F-35 ‘Combat Debut’ In Afghanistan
USAF F-35A #07-0744 drops a small diameter bomb during weapons tests. This weapons test was one in a series of tests performed with the F35’s latest 3F software. Over the 31 calendar day 'surge' period, the team accomplished 30 weapon releases (live fires and separations). [Lockheed Martin photo by Chad Bellay]
Sep 27, 2018 - The U.S. Marine Corps F-35B joint strike fighter has successfully conducted its first combat mission over Afghanistan on Thursday morning. [Read more...]
ITF team nears historic testing with HMS Queen Elizabeth
Royal Navy Cmdr. Nathan Gray, F-35 Pax River ITF test pilot, conducts short take offs and vertical landings with an F-35B on August 23rd, 2018 at NAS Patuxent River as part of the workups for the First of Class Flight Trials aboard the HMS Queen Elizabeth. [Photo by Dane Wiedmann]
Sep 11, 2018 - The F-35 Patuxent River Integrated Test Force (ITF) is nearing another milestone as they prepare to embark two F-35Bs on board the United Kingdom's newest aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth for First of Class Flight Trials (Fixed Wing), or FOCFT (FW), this fall. [Read more...]
Meet Air Force Reserve’s first female F-35 pilot
Col. Gina 'Torch' Sabric, commander of the 419th FW, at Hill AFB poses in front of an F-35 on August 27th, 2018. Col. Sabric is the Air Force Reserve's first female F-35 pilot. [USAF photo by Todd Cromar]
Sep 07, 2018 - Hill Air Force Base, Utah - Before she climbed into the world’s most advanced fighter jet to become the Air Force Reserve’s first female F-35 pilot, Col. Gina "Torch" Sabric had already flown 10 airframes and racked up 22 years of flying experience. [Read more...]
Pax River ITF to conduct first-time trials onboard partner nation’s carrier
Sqn. Ldr. Andrew 'Gary' Edgell, test pilot at the F-35 Pax River Integrated Test Force, performs a ski jump on August 13th, 2018 at NAS Patuxent River with an F-35B test jet as part of the workups to prepare for First of Class Flight Trials (Fixed Wing) aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth. [Courtesy photo]
Aug 23, 2018 - After years of partnership within the F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office, U.S. and United Kingdom team members from the F-35 Pax River Integrated Test Force (ITF) eagerly anticipate the First of Class Flight Trials (FOCFTs) onboard the U.K.'s newest aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, this fall. [Read more...]
South Korean Air Force F-35A pilot takes first flight
Maj. Kiyun Jung, RoKAF F-35A pilot, prepares for his first solo mission July 20, at Luke AFB. Jung prepared for this flight through months of intensive academic, simulator, and hands-on training with the 944th OG Det. 2 and the 56th FW. [USAF photo by TSgt. Louis Vega Jr.]
Jul 24, 2018 - The first South Korean Air Force F-35A pilot soared into history when he took to the skies July 20, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. [Read more...]
Pentagon and Lockheed Martin deliver 300th F-35
The 300th production F-35 (#15-5175) flies off the flight line at Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth. [Lockheed Martin Aeronautics]
Jun 11, 2018 - The F-35 Joint Program Office and Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] delivered the 300th production F-35 aircraft, demonstrating the program's continued progress and momentum. The 300th aircraft is a U.S. Air Force F-35A, to be delivered to Hill Air Force Base, Utah. [Read more...]
HMS Queen Elizabeth Ship’s crew finally meet the F-35B
After training with the F-35 Pax River Integrated Test Force, Chief Petty Officer Paul Ranson, HMS Queen Elizabeth Chief of the Flight Deck, conducts his first tow of an F-35B Lightning II on May 16th, 2018 during the Ship's crew visit to the ITF. [Lockheed Martin photo]
May 22, 2018 - Members of the flying control and flight deck control teams aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08), flagship of the Royal Navy's new class of aircraft carriers, visited Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland this week for their first live peek at the F-35B Lightning II, ahead of the jet's first trials aboard the ship this fall. [Read more...]
Alabama chosen to serve as home base for US Air Force F-35 jets
USAF F-16D block 30 #88-0151 from the 100th FS is seen coming into land at Nellis AFB on May 11th, 2011. [Photo by EOR]
Dec 26, 2017 - The Alabama Air National Guard’s 187th Fighter Wing was selected after being one of the five Air National Guard sites to be considered for the new F-35 Lightning II jet. Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson announced this on on Thursday. [Read more...]
Hill’s F-35A and airmen mastering first Pacific deployment
A USAF F-35A from Hill AFB taxis for take-off on November 16th, 2017 at Kadena AB. The F-35A is being deployed under U.S. PACOM’s theater security package (TSP) program, which has been in operation since 2004. [USAF photo by A1C. Greg Erwin]
Nov 21, 2017 - More than 300 men and women of the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings and 12 F-35As are conducting business for the next six months on the subtropical Japanese island of Okinawa during a deployment known as a Theater Security Package. [Read more...]
First Japanese-built F-35A lands at Misawa AB
Maj. Elijah Supper, Defense Contract Management Agency government flight representative, taxis F-35A #79-8705 on the runway at Misawa AB on November 2nd, 2017. To ensure the jet safely makes it to the United States, Supper stopped at Misawa AB to undergo safety checks on the aircraft before flying across the ocean. [USAF photo by SrA. Brittany A. Chase]
Nov 14, 2017 - A Defense Contract Management Agency government flight representative landed the first Japanese-made F-35A on Misawa AB's runway, November 2nd. [Read more...]
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