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Japan Starts F-35B Training Flights

As deliveries continue, the JASDF has now started training operations with the F-35B Lightning II at Nyutabaru Air Base. The JASDF (Japan Air-Self Defense ...
Japan has officially started training flights with the stealth fighter F-35B Lightning II at Nyutabaru Air Base, marking an ...
Falcon Strike 25 is the latest stop of the UK’s eight-month-long deployment across the globe, from the North Atlantic to the ...
Doing anything for 5,000 hours without a mistake is great, much less flying an F-35. And an entire squadron having zero ...
B’s unique vertical takeoff and landing system sets it apart from other stealth fighters. This video explains how engineers ...
The F-35's development costs are well over $1 trillion, but then again it's really three planes in one. Here's what sets each apart from the others.
He is a former Naval Flight Officer who performed tactical air control on the carrier-capable Airborne Early Warning (AEW) ...
The UK Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee found that a "pattern of short-term decision-making" had delayed investment in the F-35 fighter jet early on, increasing its later costs.
As rivals evolve and unmanned stealth aircraft emerge, the F-35's long development timeline raises questions about US ...
The Royal Navy’s Queen Elizabeth-class carriers can hold up to 72 aircraft total. This includes room for 36 F-35B fighter ...
The Air Force warns that having a smaller fleet may increase the risk it won't be able to carry out all its missions.
Currently deployed on Operation Highmast, the RAF is exercising with Italian allies on Exercise Falcon Strike, flying aircraft deeply familiar to generations of RAF aircrew, the Harrier and Tornado.