That an old F-35A Lightning II mishap photo – Credits: : Michael Snyder/Northwest Florida Daily News Upon landing, the landing gear of a Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II, operated by the 388th FW, collapsed. The pilot survived the crash. The accident occurred at 10:45 a.m. local time. The pilot, part …
Read More »52 F-35 Stealth Fighters Take Part In “Elephant Walk” Drill To Take Out Iran’s Missile Defence
The F-35s during the Elephant Walk (Image credit: U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw) Amid fast-rising tensions between the United States and Iran following the former’s assassination of Quds Force commander General Qasem Soleimani, the U.S. Air Force has launched massive exercises for its newest class of combat …
Read More »U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor That Crash Landed 7 Years Ago Takes To The Sky Again
Seven years after an accident that nearly saw the jet written off, a U.S. Air Force Lockheed-Martin F-22A Raptor serial 02-4037/TY made a functional check flight at Hill Air Force Base (AFB), UT after an extensive 7-year repair of the aircraft at the Ogden Air Logistics Center (OOALC). The Raptor …
Read More »Warthog Pit Stop: See USAF A-10 Thunderbolt II Undergoing Maintenance
On July 2, 2019, 75th Air Base Wing Public Affairs at HILL AIR FORCE BASE posted interesting photos that feature A-10 Warthog attack aircraft undergoing maintenance in an Ogden Air Logistics Complex maintenance hangar at Hill AFB. The Ogden Air Logistics Complex, with headquarters at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, …
Read More »U.S. Air Force conducts first-ever F-35 shipment via C-17 Globemaster
on U.S. Air Force has conducted first-ever F-35 Lightning II wing removal and shipment via air transport. 96th Logistics Readiness Squadron aerial porters helped load an F-35 Lightning II via C-17 Globemaster This was the first-ever F-35 wing removal and shipment via air transport. It will become the Air Force’s …
Read More »Russian Man Jailed In United States For Buying F-16 Fighter Jet Flight Manuals
A Russian national is currently being held in Weber County, Utah court for conspiring against the United States by buying F-16 manuals on eBay. Man is being arrested and charged with smuggling and violating the Arms Export Control Act”. The man insists he needed these and other files, like those …
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