F-35 test pilot shares what it's like to jump from flying an old F-16 to Lockheed Martin's newest 5th-gen stealth fighter
Monessa Balzhiser, whose call sign is "Siren," explained to Business Insider the surprises of moving from one aircraft to the ...
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F-35C Lightning II
The F-35C Lightning II is the U.S. Navy’s first ... named the Lockheed Martin lead Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) team as the winner of the contract to develop the F-35 JSF. Lockheed Martin is ...
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F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter
A new report alleges that an F-35A was defeated by the very aircraft it is meant to replace. Tokyo needs to step up its modernization efforts, otherwise the JASDF might face an aircraft shortage ...
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Marine Corps F-35C notches first overseas combat strike
Marines recently carried out the service's first combat strikes using the F-35C Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter during air missions against Houthi targets near the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.
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Why Is The F-35 Fighter Jet Called The Lightning II?
Michael Moseley announced the Joint Strike Fighter's (JSF ... The name for the F-35, Lightning II, was a win for aviation heritage and culture." The Lightning II was considered a force of ...
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US Navy sailors sculpt F-35C stealth fighter for Japan’s iconic snow festival
The C-model is the Navy’s carrier-capable variant and the fifth-generation fighter. Strike Fighter Squadron 147, the ...
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F-35 Completes First Dual External GBU-54 Laser JDAM Drop
An F-35C of VX-9 assigned to the United Operational Test Team at Edwards AFB performed the first dual drop of externally ...
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Marines Test the Joint Strike Fighter
Test pilots from Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Air Force had already flown the new F-35 Lightning II, or Joint Strike Fighter, when U.S. Marine Major J.T. Bachmann took it up for a test run on ...
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F-35B Lightning II
The F-35B Lightning II is the Marine Corps variant of the Joint Strike Fighter and features a vertical lift fan and pivoting engine nozzle to deliver vertical landing and short takeoff capability ...