Fokker chosen to maintain European F-35 fleets landing gear
GKN Aerospace’s business unit Fokker has been chosen to maintain and service the landing gear for the F-35 fleet in Europe and the Pacific. The…
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250th Electronic Warfare Suit for F-35
BAE Systems reaches significant milestone in F-35 program. BAE Systems celebrated last week the production and delivery of the 250th electronic warfare (EW) suite for…
US Navy Conducts First Live Fire NIFC-CA Test with F-35
WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, New Mexico– The Navy hosted its first live fire demonstration to successfully test the integration of F-35 with existing Naval Integrated…
US F-35’s stationed in Japan
Washington is planning to deploy several sophisticated F-35 fighter jets at a US military base in Japan. The move can be seen as an act…
Successful Weapons tests for F-35
The F-35 Integrated Test Force (ITF) at Edwards Air Force Base, California, recently completed 25 missions comprising of 12 Weapons Delivery Accuracy (WDA) and 13…
MOD Signs £184 Million Contract To Secure Air-To-Air Missile For F-35
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has awarded a contract worth around £184 million to ensure the UK’s new supersonic stealth combat aircraft will be equipped…
PROGRESS BEING MADE WITH MARTIN-BAKER SEAT TESTING
Martin-Baker Aircraft Co. Ltd (MBA) expressed confidence in the company’s F-35’s ejection seat based on recent ejection test results. “There should be no question; we…
U.S. Air Force eyes decision on F-35 combat readiness soon
(Reuters) Efforts to declare an initial squadron of Lockheed Martin Corp fighter jets ready for combat are going “exceptionally well,” and a decision should be…
USAF ACC: F-35 on track for IOC
JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. (AFNS) — The F-35A Lightning II is on track to declare initial operational capability between August and December. IOC is the…
Netherlands F-35 Noise Tests Complete
In 2015, the Dutch Minister of Defense made a commitment to do everything in her power to bring an F-35 to the Netherlands, as a…
Pentagon Admits Delays to F-35 Final Operational Test for 2018
The final test of the fifth-generation F-35 stealth multirole fighter jet has been delayed for 2018, US Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and…
First F-35 Lightning II’s of Dutch Air Force landing at Leeuwarden AFB
Today at Leeuwarden AFB The Netherlands, two F-35 Lighting II’s landed for a 3 weeks stay. The aircraft are stationed in The Netherlands for so…