Tag: F-35B Lightning

Exclusive Interview With USMC’s New West Coast F-35B Demo Pilot

Aviation March 21, 2024

West Coast F-35B Demonstration Team Debuts New Demo Pilot At Yuma Airshow 2024. With the North America 2024 airshow season kicking off in full effect...

786 Flying Tigers – Airplane Geeks Podcast

Aviation February 7, 2024

809 Naval Air Squadron Returns As UK’s Second Frontline F-35B Squadron

Aviation December 10, 2023

Mojave RPAS Flies From HMS Prince of Wales Aircraft Carrier

Aviation November 21, 2023

UK performs new SRVL testing from Prince of Wales as part of DT-3 flight trials

DefenseNovember 2, 2023

02 November 2023 by Richard Scott One of the two embarked F-35Bs from VX-23 completes an...

British F-35B Jets Scramble From UK Aircraft Carrier To Escort A Russian Il-38 Maritime Patrol Aircraft

AviationOctober 6, 2023

The F-35Bs launched from HMS Queen Elizabeth and escorted a Russian Il-38 flying close to the UK Carrier Strike Group. A Russian Il-38 maritime patrol...

Japan’s Defense Ministry Requests Largest Ever Budget for Fiscal Year 2024

DefenseAugust 31, 2023

AdvertisementOn August 31, the Ministry of Defense in Tokyo asked for 7.74 trillion yen ($53 billion) for fiscal year 2024, its largest ever budget...

Leonardo progresses Excalibur with second 757 airframe acquired for flight-testing

DefenseJuly 14, 2023

14 July 2023 by Gareth Jennings Leonardo has acquired a second aircraft (tail number G-POWH 3) for...

Japan acquiring F-35 landing system for Izumo

DefenseFebruary 8, 2023

08 February 2023 by Akhil Kadidal Japan is acquiring the Raytheon Joint Precision Approach and Landing...

Unwise divestments are crippling US Marine Corps aviation

DefenseJanuary 26, 2023

U.S. Marine Corps aviation is being significantly and needlessly decimated, another unforced error of Force Design 2030. Newly procured aircraft have been tossed aside;...

First Two Italian Navy F-35B Returning From The U.S. Land Aboard Cavour Aircraft Carrier

AviationDecember 22, 2022

The first two F-35Bs delivered to the Italian Navy have returned from the U.S. The first two F-35B Lightning II STOVL (Short Take Off Vertical...

Pilot Successfully Ejects From Lockheed Martin F-35B At Fort Worth

AviationDecember 15, 2022

Images coming from Texas show the F-35B, nose down, next to the runway, after the pilot ejected. An incident, involving a Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning...

Next America-class amphibious assault ship to be named ‘Fallujah’

DefenseDecember 13, 2022

The Navy’s America-class amphibious assault ship LHA-9 will receive the name “Fallujah” to remember the first and second Battles of Fallujah in the Sunni...

U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Nose Gear Collapse Incident At Kadena Air Base

AviationDecember 1, 2022

The 5th gen aircraft suffered a nose gear down collapse during towing. An F-35B Lightning II, belonging to the Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121...

U.S. And Dutch F-35s Have Flown Without Radar Reflectors During First Week Of ‘Falcon Strike 2022’

AviationNovember 20, 2022

Some of 5th gen. aircraft have operated in “full stealth mode” to train in the most realistic scenarios. As we already reported, F-35s from Italy,...

Japanese Defense Ministry Requests Largest Ever Budget for Fiscal Year 2023

DefenseAugust 30, 2022

AdvertisementOn August 31, the Ministry of Defense in Tokyo asked for 5.59 trillion yen ($40.4 billion) for fiscal year 2023, its largest ever budget...

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