Here’s U.S. Marine Corps C-130J That Collided With An F-35B Over Southern California on September 29th, 2020, U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Crashes and KC-130J Crash Lands After Mid-Air Collision During Air-to-air Refueling. We still don’t know much about what exactly caused the collision between a KC-130J and an F-35B, both …
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Capt. Andrew “Dojo” Olson, F-35 Demo Team pilot and commander performs aerial maneuvers during the Aero Gatineau-Ottawa Airshow in Quebec, Canada, Sept. 7, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alexander Cook) The Pentagon had instituted time limits on the number of seconds the F-35B short-takeoff-and-landing variant and the …
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An F-35A Lightning II taxis during Red Flag 20-1 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Feb. 3, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw) Pentagon just placed an order for 78 new F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, a $4.7 billion agreement that will provide planes for the U.S. Air …
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United States Air Force pilot Capt. Melanie Ziebart poses for a photo on the flight deck of amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jonathan Berlier) In this article, we will share with you the story of U.S. Air Force female pilot …
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The F-35s during the Elephant Walk (Image credit: U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw) Lockheed Martin achieves a new milestone by delivered the 500th F-35 Lightning II Aircraft, with the fleet also surpassing the 250,000 flight hour mark. The 500th production aircraft is a U.S. Air Force F-35A, …
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Credits: U.S. Marines and F-35 Lightning II According to U.S. Marine Corps press release, U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Brian W. Bann, a Marine Corps F-35B pilot, became the first military pilot to accumulate more than 1,000 flight hours in the F-35 Lightning II when he delivered a new production …
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U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Steve Gillette explains the capabilities of the F-35B Lightning II joint strike fighter to Dr. Ng Eng Hen, Singapore minister of defense, at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., Dec. 10, 2013. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jason Colbert) The US State Department approved …
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An undisclosed number of U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II STOVL aircraft belonging to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 (VMFA-211), assigned to the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, launched the first-ever combat mission by a U.S. military F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter last year. The long-range strikes that struck insurgent …
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Capt. Anneliese Satz is the Marine Corps’ first-ever female F-35B Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter jet pilot. The 29-year-old from Boise, Idaho, has spent the past four years training as a naval aviator. The Marine Corps announced in a press release last week that Satz, 29, of Boise, Idaho, completed …
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The Royal Air Force in mid-2019 operates just 119 fighters, the lowest number in its history. The shrinking of the British fighter fleet has happened even faster than observers predicted just a few years ago. And it could be years before the force significantly grows again. As of June 2019, …
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