07/09/2016: U.S. Marine Corps F35B Lighting II assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3d Marine Aircraft Wing(MAW),particpate in aerial refueling missions with KC130J Super Hercules assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, Marine Air Group 11, 3d MAW at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz,…
2016-07-02 Although the arrival of F-35s for the Farnbourgh and RIAT air shows can be seen as a unique event, it is not. It is part of a process of the coming of the F-35 to its initial operating capability, and starting a pattern of cross-Atlantic crossings. Earlier, the Italian…
2016-07-05 According to an article by the Commander, US Third Fleet Public Affairs published on 6/23/16: SAN DIEGO - Twenty-six nations, 45 ships, five submarines, more than 200 aircraft, and 25,000 personnel will participate in the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise scheduled June 30 to Aug. 4, in…
2016-07-01 According to an interview with Col. David Chace, the F-35 systems management office chief and lead for F-35 operational requirements at Air Combat Command, the plane will be IOCd with the USAF later this year. The interview is dated June 21, 2016. JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. – The F-35A is…
2016-07-04 During a visit to Airbus Helicopters in June 2016, one could see a number of the EC135 T2+ being built for the Australian forces. According to an Airbus Helicopter press release of January 26, 2015: First flight within only two months of HATS contract signing Donauwörth, Germany, 26 January 2015…
2016-06-29 By Harald Malmgren and Robbin Laird There is little question that the result of the recent British referendum shocked most members of Parliament as well as politicians across the entire European Union. The unexpected referendum majority vote to leave the EU also shocked global financial markets. Within hours after the…
07/02/2016: Documentation of the first F-35A trans-Atlantic aerial refuel on the way to the United Kingdom. Credit: Air Combat Command:7/1/16
07/02/2016: F-35B making its first transatlantic flight. Three F-35’s flew from MCAS Beaufort in South Carolina and landed at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, England. They were assisted by two KC-10’s. Footage courtesy of Cpl. Brian Burdett: 6/29/16
