Featured in F-35 SagaBYJoseph TrevithickApr 12, 2021ShareToday’s F-35As Not Worth Including In High-End War Games According To Air Force GeneralComments from one of the Air Force’s top officers adds fuel to a newly-swirling and already fiery debate about the future F-35 program, as a whole. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 12, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickAug 17, 2020ShareLightning Rods Protect F-35 Lightnings From Lightning At Exercise Northern LightningThere is a real risk that a lightning strike could cause a fire or an explosion if dangerous gases are not purged from the jet’s fuel system. BYJoseph TrevithickAug 17, 2020ShareBYJamie HunterJul 10, 2020ShareApproval Of Mega F-35 Sale For Japan Is A Huge Step Towards Its Aircraft Carrier AmbitionsJapan would become the second-largest Lightning II operator in the world if it bought all 105 jets in the proposed deal. BYJamie HunterJul 10, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareF-35 Pilots Dress For Chemical and Biological Warfare For The First TimeThere is nothing easy or comfortable about fighting in a weapons of mass destruction environment, and F-35 pilots are getting that ability with this new getup. BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 3, 2020ShareHere’s the USMC’s Plan for ‘Lightning Carriers’ Brimming With F-35BsThe concept is a modern and much more potent iteration of the “Harrier Carrier” concept used in the past. BYTyler RogowayJul 3, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 3, 2020ShareThe Air Force Desperately Needs A Stealth TankerFielding a stealthy tanker would go a long way to remedy the USAF’s near-sighted practice of betting heavily on relatively short-ranged stealth fighters, but it won’t be cheap. BYTyler RogowayJul 3, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 2, 2020ShareNow the Head Of the USAF Is Jumping On the F-22 Production Re-Start BandwagonAnother pass in the ongoing dogfight of priorities within the USAF. BYTyler RogowayJul 2, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 2, 2020ShareCould the F-35 Become the Biggest Electronic Intelligence Collection System Ever Devised?Go ask ALIS if your enemy’s air defenses are ten feet tall… BYTyler RogowayJul 2, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 2, 2020ShareThe Alarming Case of the USAF’s Mysteriously Missing Unmanned Combat Air VehiclesThe USAF has them but isn’t telling us they do, or they don’t. Either way we are in trouble. Here’s why. BYTyler RogowayJul 2, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 24, 2020ShareBritish Government Says It Might Pass On $27M Upgrade For Some Of Its F-35sAircraft without the still-in-development Block 4 update would be left with reduced functionality and more limited capabilities. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 24, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickDec 1, 2019ShareThese Are The Briefings President-Elect Trump Got On The F-35, Air Force One, and NukesThe presentations provide a window into what kinds of information he was receiving, and how, during a particularly critical time in history. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 1, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickNov 25, 2019ShareTurkey Tests F-16s And F-4s Against S-400 Radars In Defiance Of U.S. Sanctions ThreatsThe U.S. government has called on its Turkish counterparts for months to not “activate” the radars and abandon the purchase altogether. BYJoseph TrevithickNov 25, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickOct 31, 2019ShareWhoops! First F-35A Based In The Netherlands Got A Foam Bath By MistakeBase firefighters were supposed to give the plane a water salute to mark the arrival of the first Joint Strike Fighter to be based in the country. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 31, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickSep 17, 2019ShareHere’s The Air Force’s Questionably Ambitious Plan To Develop New Fighters In Five YearsThe service says it can outpace potential enemies by producing multiple short runs of fighters in tiny periods of time. BYJoseph TrevithickSep 17, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickSep 9, 2019ShareThe F-35A Is Set To Finally Get Chaff Countermeasures To Confuse Enemy RadarsThese cartridges full of radar-reflecting material have been curiously absent from the stealthy fighter’s already highly capable defense suite. BYJoseph TrevithickSep 9, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickAug 27, 2019Share“We’re Buying This One?” Turkey’s Erdogan Asks Putin In Front Of Su-57 Fighter At Air ShowTurkey is in the market for a new advanced fighter after getting locked out of the F-35 program over its purchase of the S-400 air defense system. BYJoseph TrevithickAug 27, 2019Share123
BYJoseph TrevithickApr 12, 2021ShareToday’s F-35As Not Worth Including In High-End War Games According To Air Force GeneralComments from one of the Air Force’s top officers adds fuel to a newly-swirling and already fiery debate about the future F-35 program, as a whole. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 12, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickAug 17, 2020ShareLightning Rods Protect F-35 Lightnings From Lightning At Exercise Northern LightningThere is a real risk that a lightning strike could cause a fire or an explosion if dangerous gases are not purged from the jet’s fuel system. BYJoseph TrevithickAug 17, 2020Share
BYJamie HunterJul 10, 2020ShareApproval Of Mega F-35 Sale For Japan Is A Huge Step Towards Its Aircraft Carrier AmbitionsJapan would become the second-largest Lightning II operator in the world if it bought all 105 jets in the proposed deal. BYJamie HunterJul 10, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareF-35 Pilots Dress For Chemical and Biological Warfare For The First TimeThere is nothing easy or comfortable about fighting in a weapons of mass destruction environment, and F-35 pilots are getting that ability with this new getup. BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 3, 2020ShareHere’s the USMC’s Plan for ‘Lightning Carriers’ Brimming With F-35BsThe concept is a modern and much more potent iteration of the “Harrier Carrier” concept used in the past. BYTyler RogowayJul 3, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 3, 2020ShareThe Air Force Desperately Needs A Stealth TankerFielding a stealthy tanker would go a long way to remedy the USAF’s near-sighted practice of betting heavily on relatively short-ranged stealth fighters, but it won’t be cheap. BYTyler RogowayJul 3, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 2, 2020ShareNow the Head Of the USAF Is Jumping On the F-22 Production Re-Start BandwagonAnother pass in the ongoing dogfight of priorities within the USAF. BYTyler RogowayJul 2, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 2, 2020ShareCould the F-35 Become the Biggest Electronic Intelligence Collection System Ever Devised?Go ask ALIS if your enemy’s air defenses are ten feet tall… BYTyler RogowayJul 2, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 2, 2020ShareThe Alarming Case of the USAF’s Mysteriously Missing Unmanned Combat Air VehiclesThe USAF has them but isn’t telling us they do, or they don’t. Either way we are in trouble. Here’s why. BYTyler RogowayJul 2, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 24, 2020ShareBritish Government Says It Might Pass On $27M Upgrade For Some Of Its F-35sAircraft without the still-in-development Block 4 update would be left with reduced functionality and more limited capabilities. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 24, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickDec 1, 2019ShareThese Are The Briefings President-Elect Trump Got On The F-35, Air Force One, and NukesThe presentations provide a window into what kinds of information he was receiving, and how, during a particularly critical time in history. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 1, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickNov 25, 2019ShareTurkey Tests F-16s And F-4s Against S-400 Radars In Defiance Of U.S. Sanctions ThreatsThe U.S. government has called on its Turkish counterparts for months to not “activate” the radars and abandon the purchase altogether. BYJoseph TrevithickNov 25, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickOct 31, 2019ShareWhoops! First F-35A Based In The Netherlands Got A Foam Bath By MistakeBase firefighters were supposed to give the plane a water salute to mark the arrival of the first Joint Strike Fighter to be based in the country. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 31, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickSep 17, 2019ShareHere’s The Air Force’s Questionably Ambitious Plan To Develop New Fighters In Five YearsThe service says it can outpace potential enemies by producing multiple short runs of fighters in tiny periods of time. BYJoseph TrevithickSep 17, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickSep 9, 2019ShareThe F-35A Is Set To Finally Get Chaff Countermeasures To Confuse Enemy RadarsThese cartridges full of radar-reflecting material have been curiously absent from the stealthy fighter’s already highly capable defense suite. BYJoseph TrevithickSep 9, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickAug 27, 2019Share“We’re Buying This One?” Turkey’s Erdogan Asks Putin In Front Of Su-57 Fighter At Air ShowTurkey is in the market for a new advanced fighter after getting locked out of the F-35 program over its purchase of the S-400 air defense system. BYJoseph TrevithickAug 27, 2019Share
