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The Pentagon Is Set to Spend $24 Billion on 296 More F-35 Fighters
Despite the high cost per aircraft, US allies and partners continue to choose the F-35 Lightning II due to its unparalleled ...
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USN F-35C Lightning II Takeoff From Aircraft Carrier (2020)
U.S. Navy F-35C Lightning II strike fighters takeoff from the deck of aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) on 18, 2020. Carl Vinson just completed a 17-month maintenance period and retrofit in ...
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JPO and Lockheed Martin Finalize F-35 Contract for Lots 18 and 19
Lockheed Martin will build up to 296 F-35s as part of Lots 18 and 19, with first deliveries in 2026. Lockheed Martin and the F-35 Joint Program Office ...
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US F-35s in Japan Have a Fearsome New Enemy: Noise Complaints
Recent air exercises at a Marine Corps base in Iwakuni, Japan, resulted in noise complaints from irate Japanese citizens—and ...
A U.S. Navy stealth fighter pilot was forced to eject from a $100 million F-35C Lightning II jet moments before the plane slammed into a California cotton field, say officials. Plumes of black smoke ...
Japanese officials want to ban fixed-wing aircraft training at U.S. Marine Corps Aviation Station Iwakuni after the George ...
While the USS Gerald R. Ford was the first aircraft carrier to employ EMALS to launch combat jets. But China's Fujian stole ...
A Navy F-35C Lightning II crashed Wednesday near Naval Air Station Lemoore, Calif., according to a post on the base’s official Facebook page. The pilot ejected safely when the multirole fighter from ...
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