F-35A

Military Aviation News September 23, 2016

First Japanese F-35A presented

Senior Japanese and U.S. government officials joined Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) to celebrate the roll out of the first Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF)…

Military Aviation News April 5, 2016

Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska selected to receive operational F-35A aircraft

WASHINGTON (AFNS) — Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, was selected as the new home for the Air Force’s first operational overseas F-35A Lightning IIs. Air…

Military Aviation News February 29, 2016

Hill’s F-35s drop first weapons

HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah (AFNS) — Airmen from the 388th and 419th fighter wings dropped laser-guided bombs at the Utah Test and Training Range…

Military Aviation News February 8, 2016

F-35A LIGHTNING II COMPLETES FIRST TRANSATLANTIC OCEAN CROSSING

An Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare) F-35A Lightning II aircraft completed very first transatlantic Ocean crossing, arriving at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. from…

Military Aviation News January 10, 2016

FIRST F-35A “ADIR” FOR ISRAEL TAKING SHAPE IN FORT WORTH

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Israeli Ministry of Defense officials commemorated the beginning of the first F-35A “Adir” (meaning “mighty one” in Hebrew) manufactured for…

Military Aviation News December 16, 2015

FIRST JAPANESE-ASSEMBLED F-35A COMPONENTS MATE AT NAGOYA FACO

The first F-35A Lightning II aircraft began its assembly today at the Nagoya, Japan, F-35 Final Assembly and Check-Out (FACO) facility. The aircraft, designated AX-5,…

Military Aviation News December 8, 2015

Northrop Grumman Delivers Center Fuselage for First Japanese F-35 Aircraft

PALMDALE, Calif., Dec. 8, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has delivered the center fuselage for Japan’s first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, an…

Military Aviation News December 5, 2015

First F-35A delivered outside the United States

The first delivery of an F-35 outside the United States happened December 3 at the F-35 Final Assembly and Check Out (FACO) facility in Cameri…

Military Aviation News November 3, 2015

F-35A LIGHTNING II COMPLETES FIRST SUCCESSFUL AERIAL GUN TEST

The F-35A Lightning II completed the first three airborne gunfire bursts from its internal Gun Airborne Unit (GAU)-22/A 25mm Gatling gun system during a California…

Military Aviation News September 29, 2015

First refuel for RAAF KC-30A refueller to F-35A (JSF)

The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) completed the first fuel transfer with the air refuelling boom from a RAAF KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT)…

Military Aviation News September 7, 2015

ITALY’S F-35A LIGHTNING II FLIES INAUGURAL EUROPEAN FLIGHT

CAMERI AIR BASE, Italy, Sept. 7, 2015 – Italy’s first F-35A Lightning II, known as AL-1 and assembled at the Cameri Final Assembly and Check…

Military Aviation News September 3, 2015

First operational F-35As arrive at Hill AFB

HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah — The Air Force ushered in a new era of combat air power today as Hill Air Force Base received…

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