Two Royal Air Force Tornado GR4s prepare to arrive at Royal Air Force (RAF) Marham on November 15, … [+] 2014 near the village of Marham in the English county of Norfolk, England. (Photo by Carl...
Tag: F-35
Don’t Expect A Lot Of Aerial Dogfights If And When China Attacks Taiwan
A U.S. Air Force airman marshals an F-22 assigned to the 3rd Wing into position at Kadena Air Force Base in Japan on November 4. U.S. Air Force photo A Chinese invasion of Taiwan would be the “ultra-m...
Following An Accident Earlier This Month Lockheed Martin Has Stopped F-35 Deliveries
Following a landing accident with F-35B in early December, Lockheed has stopped deliveries of the … [+] aircraft to U.S. and foreign customers. Lockheed Martin The crash landing of an F-35B near...
The F-35 Can’t Seem to Stop Making News
Israeli F-35Is at Nevatim Air Base on November 13, 2022. Israeli Defense Force Following the crash landing of an F-35B near Lockheed Martin’sLMT assembly line in Fort Worth, Texas two weeks ago, the F...
Germany’s Formal Buy of F-35s Raises a Pressing Question; Can Lockheed Martin Deliver the Airplanes on Time?
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) stands in front of an F-35 stealth jet at the International … [+] Aerospace Exhibition (ILA). (Photo by Wolfgang Kumm/picture alliance via Getty Images) dpa/p...
How Inflationary Policy Decisions Result In Fewer Schools, Roads, And Fighter Jets
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer speaks before U.S. President Joe Biden at the International Union … [+] of Operating Engineers Local 324 in Howell, Michigan. (Photo by Elaine Cromie/Getty Ima...
Inside Block 4—The Mostly Secret Plan For Making The F-35 Fighter Even More Lethal
The F-35 fighter is the most advanced tactical aircraft currently in production anywhere. Its low-observable (“stealth”) features give the plane a radar signature similar to that of a steel golf ball,...
Are Air Force Pilots’ Cancer Cases Linked To Cockpit Radiation? Calls Rise For Studies.
A better understanding of the relationship between cockpit radiation and cancer rates among USAF … [+] pilots is vital says AFOTEC 6 Director, Colonel Dan “Animal” Javorsek. Courtesy...
Suddenly, The F-35 Fighter Is Everywhere
If the F-35 fighter was a normal Pentagon program, this July would look like a landmark month of spectacular successes. Instead, it is shaping up to be a fairly typical month in the recent history of ...
Not So Fast – Switzerland Will Have Another Referendum on the F-35
A Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter jet takes off at the Payerne Air Base during flight and … [+] ground tests, as Switzerland is looking for a new fighter jet to replace its aging fleet...
GAO’s Latest Report On The F-35 Fighter Acquisition Program Finds No Major Problems. Really.
The F-35 fighter program is a smashing success. How else can you explain the fact that over the last year, Switzerland, Finland, Canada and Germany have all decided to buy it? In the words of the Swis...
World Events Demand Congress Reset Administration F-35 Cuts
OGDEN, UT: A F-35 fighter jet on a training mission (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images) Getty Images Speaking to a joint session of Congress on March 16, Ukrainian President Zelensky issued an emotion...
Key Allies Buy New F-35s As Pentagon Cuts Program
Time For Congress to debate the F-35 value proposition U.S. Department of Defense As the Cold War faded, the U.S. took a big gamble that the nation would need the advanced F-35 Lightning II fighter-bo...
What Joint Russian-Syrian Air Patrols Might Mean For Foreign Air Forces Over Syria
In late January, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that Russian and Syrian warplanes had conducted joint patrols along the Golan Heights and the Euphrates River. “The mission route include...
Will Turkey Seek Chinese Or Korean Fighters If F-16 Request Is Denied?
The Turkish Air Force is paying a heavy price for Ankara’s purchase of Russian S-400 air defense missile systems. It has missed out on the chance to acquire fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II stealth ...