Put it blunt terms, choosing a new combat fighter was not a beauty contest but part of building effective deterrence against threats near and far.
The UK's lead officer on introducing the F-35 into the RAF talks about the way ahead.
A two-day 4th 5th Generation Integration Information Forum was held at RAF High Wycombe at the end of April 2016.
We have just published a book on the F-35 and 21st Century Defence: Shaping a Way Ahead which can be purchased from Amazon worldwide.
Tanking an F-35 with an Osprey is part to the multi-mission everything approach of the USMC.
The Brits are preparing their new F-35 base at RAF Marham and their new Queen Elizabeth carrier for the arrival in 2018 of the initial UK F-35s.
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The latest Williams Foundation report on the transformation of Australian defense forces has just been published.