F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program
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F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: Cost Growth and Schedule Delays Continue
F-35 Sustainment: DOD Faces Several Uncertainties and Has Not Met Key Objectives
Northrop Grumman Delivers 900th F-35 Center Fuselage
Northrop Grumman Corporation marked the 900th center fuselage delivery on February 14th. Utilizing the company’s Integrated Assembly Line (IAL), F-35 center fuselages are delivered across three unique aircraft variants. The IAL is a world-class production facility using the latest in automation and robotics to deliver on large aircraft production efforts at scale. Northrop Grumman is a principal partner to Lockheed…
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F-35 B-61 Nuclear Bomb Delivery Tested in Nevada
Two F-35A Lightning II aircraft recently released B61-12 Joint Test Assemblies (JTAs) during the F-35A’s first Full Weapon System Demonstration, completing the final flight test exercise of the nuclear design certification process. The 422d and 59th Test and Evaluation Squadrons led Air Combat Command’s portion of the test effort, with Airmen from the 57th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 926th Aircraft Maintenance…
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Carrier Strike exercise sees F-35s from four nations train together
June 15, 2021 – Stealth fighter jets embarked with the UK Carrier Strike Group have exercised with other F-35 aircraft from three other nations. The jets aboard UK flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth have participated in Exercise Falcon Strike 21, a multi-national training exercise led by the Italian Air Force. It saw F-35 Lightning stealth fighters from four nations train together…
Read MoreCavour Returns to Taranto F-35B Certified
May 5, 2021 (Google Translation) – On Friday 30 April 2021, the Cavour aircraft carrier , flagship of the Italian Navy , returned to Italy, mooring at the Mar Grande Naval Station in Taranto and thus successfully concluding, after three months in the United States, the ” Ready for Operations ” campaign. for the certification for the operational use of…
Read MoreFive Ways F-35 Training is Improving Mission Readiness for Pilots and Maintainers
December 1, 2020 – It’s the morning of your first solo flight in the most advanced fighter jet ever created – the F-35. You’re excited and anxious because today culminates weeks of training and preparation. Once onsite, you get assigned your tail number. After hours of meticulous preparation and briefing, you head to the airplane knowing your maintenance crew chief…
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