Luke AFB in Arizona is a key facility for standing up both US and coalition F-35 forces.
The 2014 Miramar Air Show saw both the CH-46 and F-35B fly. The first marked the end of the CH-46 era and the consolidation of the Osprey era and the second marked the opening of the F-35B transformation process.
The USS America has arrived at its home port in San Diego. The ship is designed to enable the USMC as the only tiltrotar enabled assault force in the world. And preparing the ground for the introduction of the F-35B as the integrated C2, ISR, strike asset and enabler.
F-35-Summit to be held in Oslo on 25 September 2014.
The evolution of adversary missile forces is a major challenge for US and Allied forces. It is hardly surprising that the US and its allies are not standing idly by and letting their adversaries conducted a one-sided RMA.
US and Allied Air power leaders are thinking through the future of airpower inextricably intertwined with the introduction of the F-35.
The F-35 enterprise involves building new hangars as well as building out a new fleet.
The Danes are deploying their F-16s in the defense of Greenland and of the Arctic as shown in this video.