By Kiyoshi Takenaka Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighters are the best choice for Japan's future operational needs, the nation's highest-ranking uniformed officer said on Wednesday, in a vote of confidence for the state-of-the-art U.S. warplane. His comments follow reports that some nations that have placed orders for the F-35s may reconsider…
2013-03-27 Singapore is poised to be the first user of F-35Bs buying them to operate largely from land bases. The significance of the deployment flexibility has not been lost on Singapore. The forthcoming decision will add Singapore to three other members of the B working group, namely, the USN-USMC, the…
03/27/2013: U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, conduct live-fire training with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force as part of Exercise Iron Fist 2013, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. Jan. 24, 2013. Credit Video:13th Marine Expeditionary Unit:1/24/13
03/25/2013: U.S. Sailors remove slot seals from a catapult on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) while in the Atlantic Ocean Jan. 8, 2013. George H.W. Bush was conducting training and carrier qualifications. [slidepress gallery='george-hw-bush-training-at-sea'] Credit:Defense Imagery Management Operations Center:1/12/13 In photo 2,…
2013-03-24 Similar to Italy, Japan is going to build a FAL similar to what Italy has built, according to Jane’s. According to Jon Grevatt in an article posted on 3/22/13: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is preparing to invest billions of yen to construct an assembly line to support its licensed…
03/22/2013: One of the essential facts of life in Afghanistan, is not only is a long way away, but the weather is as tough as it gets. In this slideshow, a US Army aviation unit prepares the field for operations after an Afghan snowstorm. Snow flies off the rotor blades…
2013-03-21 The photo below shows two F-35Bs involved in squadron training at Yuma USMC Air Station. [caption id="attachment_51744" align="alignnone" width="300"] VMFA-121 in hover mode. March 21, 2013. Credit: Yuma Air Station[/caption] The photo of VMFA-121's aircraft 15 (BF-19) shows it in hover mode at pad 4 in Yuma. In the…
The first international student aviator at the 33rd Fighter Wing, training to be an F-35B Lightning II instructor pilot, completed his first sortie in the joint strike fighter here March 19. United Kingdom Royal Air Force Squadron Leader Frankie Buchler flew with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron-501. "There were no…
