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Video of the month

Marine Corps Proof of Concept Demo

Posted on November 23, 2016 | by Caroline Teames
11/23/2016
The CO of VMX-1 provides a perspective on the importance of an F-35-enabled LHA for the MAGTF.
Posted in Con Ops, The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, Video, Video of the month, What's New | Tagged California, Colonel Rowell, F/A-18 Hornet, Florida, Marine Corps, MCAS Beaufort, MCAS El Toro, Naval Air Station Pensacola, Proof of Concept Demo, South Carolina, T-2, T-34, TA-4J, VMFAT-101, VMX-1

An Overview on the F-35 as a Flying Combat System

Posted on October 12, 2016 | by SysAdmin
10/12/2016
The F-35 is highly interactive with air combat transformation.
Posted in The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, Video, Video of the month, What's New

F-35Cs Aboard the USS George Washington, August 2016

Posted on September 10, 2016 | by SysAdmin
09/10/2016
F-35Cs aboard the USS George Washington.
Posted in The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, Video, Video of the month

Marines and RAF Bring the F-35B to the UK

Posted on July 10, 2016 | by SysAdmin
07/10/2016
The pilots highlight interoperability built in.
Posted in The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, Video, Video of the month, What's New

F-35B First Transatlantic Flight

Posted on July 2, 2016 | by SysAdmin
07/02/2016
RAF and USMC F-35B's First Transatlantic Flight.
Posted in HOME, The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, Video, Video of the month | Tagged England, F-35B, F-35B First Transatlantic Flight, Gloucestershire, KC-10, MCAS Beaufort, RAF Fairford, South Carolina

An Italian First: The F-35 Crosses the Atlantic

Posted on February 6, 2016 | by SysAdmin
02/06/2016
The Italians fly the first F-35 across the Atlantic.
Posted in The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, Video, Video of the month, What's New

Italian F-35 Pilots First Flight

Posted on November 10, 2015 | by SysAdmin
11/10/2015
Italian F-35 pilots first flight, included flying Aussie F-35.
Posted in The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, Video, Video of the month, What's New

Test Firing of F-35 Gun

Posted on November 2, 2015 | by SysAdmin
11/02/2015
F-35 test pilot Maj Charles “Flak” Trickey fires the first aerial gun test burst of the GAU-22/A 25mm gun from F-35A aircraft AF-2
Posted in The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, Video, Video of the month, What's New
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