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: F-35B Lightning IIs depart from Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort June 29. Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 pilots and maintainers are traveling to the United Kingdom to support the Royal International Air Tattoo and the Farnborough International Airshow. Personnel and equipment from both the U.S. Marine Corps and the…
2016-06-26 By Robbin Laird Last April, I had the chance to talk with Air Commodore Smyth about the coming of the F-35 to RAF Marham. And just down the road from Marham is RAF Lakenheath where the USAF will operate its UK-based F-35s. Flying the same aircraft in the same airspace…
2016-07-01 By Robbin Laird At the recently held Trade Media Brief 2016 in Munich, Stephan Miegel, head of Military Aircraft Services for Airbus Defence and Space provided an overview on the company’s approach to services and support to military combat systems. At the same time, an article appeared in National…
