12/18/2015: An F-35B Lightning II from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121 conducts a vertical landing at a Forward Arming and Refueling Point (FARP) aboard Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, Calif., Dec. 10, 2015. VMFA-121 marked another important milestone in the evolution of the aircraft conducting their first Close Air Support…
12/18/2015: LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. (AFNS) -- The first two Norwegian F-35s arrived here Nov. 10. Shortly after, a Norwegian pilot flew the F-35 Lightning II for the first time, in conjunction with the Royal Norwegian Air Force's birthday. The F-35 program took its first step forward, integrating partner nations…
12/18/2015: The F-35A Lightning II from the 33rd Fighter Wing, Eglin Air Force Base, at Tyndall Air Force Base is seen flying in support of Exercise Checkered Flag 16-01. Checkered Flag is a large-force exercise which simulates the employment of a large number of aircraft and is an opportunity to highlight…
2015-12-17 While the F-22, Typhoon and Rafale were working on ways to integrate higher end airpower at Langley AFB during the trilateral exercise, further south in Flordia, the USAF was working its legacy fleet with both the F-22 and the F-35. Given that the coming of the F-35 to the…
2015-12-17 By Murielle Delaporte “The Royal Air Force, the French Air Force and the United States Air Force are three little brothers, pioneers in the history of military aviation and born some fifteen years apart of each other –- respectively in 1918, 1934 and 1947 --We are to this day…
2015-12-15 The Second Line of Defense team joined the media day held by the Air Combat Command on December 15, 2015 to learn more about the trilateral exercise, which featured the F-22s, working with Typhoons, and for the first time with Rafales. We will have reportage on the discussions and…
2015-12-16 The tip of the spear in the exercise was provided by the premier combat jets operating today in the USAF, the RAF, and the French Air Force. Each of these combat jets—the F-22, the Eurofighter and the Rafale – has more than 10 years of combat under its belt…
2015-12-16 The Air Combat Command held a media day on December 15, 2015 to highlight the first trilateral exercise. The origin of the exercise goes back to the establishment of the trilateral agreements in 2010. Murielle Delaporte published an article in 2013 which looked at the process and the focus…
