Featured in F-35ABYThomas NewdickMar 28, 2022ShareCanada Has Selected The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter To Replace Its CF-18 HornetsAfter 25 years of investing in the program and one prior decision to buy it, Canada is once again an F-35 customer. BYThomas NewdickMar 28, 2022ShareBYJoseph TrevithickFeb 10, 2022ShareMirage F1 Aggressor Jet Crashed Near Luke Air Force Base (Updated)The F1 was owned by ATAC, which provides adversary support services to pilots training to fly F-35s and F-16s at Luke AFB. BYJoseph TrevithickFeb 10, 2022ShareBYThomas NewdickFeb 10, 2022ShareFully Armed Grim Reaper F-15 Eagles Arrive In Poland In Response To Russian Build-UpArriving from England, the F-15C/Ds from the famous Grim Reaper squadron may be making their final operational deployment. BYThomas NewdickFeb 10, 2022ShareBYBrett TingleyFeb 3, 2022ShareCritical Repair Could Allow Air Force F-35s To Fly Near Lightning StormsA fix to the F-35’s fuel system could solve an issue that has frequently caused delays in production and restricted where the jets can fly. BYBrett TingleyFeb 3, 2022ShareBYThomas NewdickJan 5, 2022ShareKorean F-35 Fighters Grounded After ‘Major Systems Malfunction’ Leads To Belly LandingThe grounding order follows yesterday’s belly-landing incident involving a Joint Strike Fighter at Seosan Air Base. BYThomas NewdickJan 5, 2022ShareBYThomas NewdickDec 16, 2021ShareU.S. Air Force’s First European-Based F-35s Have Arrived In EnglandBased at RAF Lakenheath, the 495th Fighter Squadron is the first overseas U.S. Air Force unit to get its hands on the jet. BYThomas NewdickDec 16, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickDec 14, 2021ShareUAE F-35 Stealth Fighter Deal Hangs By A Thread Amid Chinese Espionage WorriesMultiple reports indicate that the United Arab Emirates is now poised to drop plans to buy F-35s and MQ-9 drones. BYThomas NewdickDec 14, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickDec 10, 2021ShareHere’s How Finland Justified Its Decision To Buy 64 F-35 Joint Strike FightersThe Finnish competition judged the Joint Strike Fighter the most cost-effective option to replace the Hornet. BYThomas NewdickDec 10, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickDec 6, 2021ShareFinland Chooses F-35 As Its Next Fighter: ReportThe Joint Strike Fighter looks to have emerged successfully from its latest fighter competition, to replace Finland’s F/A-18 Hornets. BYThomas NewdickDec 6, 2021ShareBYThomas Newdick and Joseph TrevithickDec 1, 2021ShareIt’s Official, Canada Has Rejected The F/A-18 Super Hornet As Its Next FighterThe F-35 and Gripen will be left to duke it out after the surprise removal of the Boeing jet from the competition. BYThomas Newdick and Joseph TrevithickDec 1, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickNov 30, 2021ShareAustralia Says Farewell To The F/A-18 Legacy Hornet As Its Final Flight Looms (Updated)With its plan to introduce the F-35A well underway, the Royal Australian Air Force is finally retiring the last of its F/A-18A/B Hornets. BYThomas NewdickNov 30, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickOct 14, 2021ShareF-35s Nearly Collided With F-22s Right After Last Year’s Raptor CrashThere’s now a detailed report on how an F-22 Raptor tumbled out of control and crashed on the Eglin Training Range. BYThomas NewdickOct 14, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickOct 5, 2021ShareWatch An F-35 Drop A B61 Nuclear Bomb In This First-Ever Declassified VideoThe supersonic drop test puts the F-35A a step closer to being able to employ the new nukes, which are literally worth more than their weight in gold. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 5, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickOct 5, 2021ShareF-35A Completes Final Inert Drop Test Of New B61-12 Nuclear BombThe F-35A is now on a trajectory to become fully certified to deliver thermonuclear weapons in the near future. BYThomas NewdickOct 5, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickAug 4, 2021ShareF-35s Have Flown Their First “Red Air” Missions As Dedicated Stealth AggressorsThe latest iteration of the Air Force’s huge Red Flag aerial war games features highly-trained aggressor pilots playing the “bad guys” in F-35s. BYThomas NewdickAug 4, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJul 26, 2021ShareAir Force Tweet Showing F-35As Protected By Lightning Rods Asks “Which Lightning Strikes Harder?”An Air Force Tweet playing on the F-35’s nickname, Lightning II, comes days after lightning caused millions of dollars of damage to two Marine F-35Bs. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 26, 2021Share12
BYThomas NewdickMar 28, 2022ShareCanada Has Selected The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter To Replace Its CF-18 HornetsAfter 25 years of investing in the program and one prior decision to buy it, Canada is once again an F-35 customer. BYThomas NewdickMar 28, 2022Share
BYJoseph TrevithickFeb 10, 2022ShareMirage F1 Aggressor Jet Crashed Near Luke Air Force Base (Updated)The F1 was owned by ATAC, which provides adversary support services to pilots training to fly F-35s and F-16s at Luke AFB. BYJoseph TrevithickFeb 10, 2022Share
BYThomas NewdickFeb 10, 2022ShareFully Armed Grim Reaper F-15 Eagles Arrive In Poland In Response To Russian Build-UpArriving from England, the F-15C/Ds from the famous Grim Reaper squadron may be making their final operational deployment. BYThomas NewdickFeb 10, 2022Share
BYBrett TingleyFeb 3, 2022ShareCritical Repair Could Allow Air Force F-35s To Fly Near Lightning StormsA fix to the F-35’s fuel system could solve an issue that has frequently caused delays in production and restricted where the jets can fly. BYBrett TingleyFeb 3, 2022Share
BYThomas NewdickJan 5, 2022ShareKorean F-35 Fighters Grounded After ‘Major Systems Malfunction’ Leads To Belly LandingThe grounding order follows yesterday’s belly-landing incident involving a Joint Strike Fighter at Seosan Air Base. BYThomas NewdickJan 5, 2022Share
BYThomas NewdickDec 16, 2021ShareU.S. Air Force’s First European-Based F-35s Have Arrived In EnglandBased at RAF Lakenheath, the 495th Fighter Squadron is the first overseas U.S. Air Force unit to get its hands on the jet. BYThomas NewdickDec 16, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickDec 14, 2021ShareUAE F-35 Stealth Fighter Deal Hangs By A Thread Amid Chinese Espionage WorriesMultiple reports indicate that the United Arab Emirates is now poised to drop plans to buy F-35s and MQ-9 drones. BYThomas NewdickDec 14, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickDec 10, 2021ShareHere’s How Finland Justified Its Decision To Buy 64 F-35 Joint Strike FightersThe Finnish competition judged the Joint Strike Fighter the most cost-effective option to replace the Hornet. BYThomas NewdickDec 10, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickDec 6, 2021ShareFinland Chooses F-35 As Its Next Fighter: ReportThe Joint Strike Fighter looks to have emerged successfully from its latest fighter competition, to replace Finland’s F/A-18 Hornets. BYThomas NewdickDec 6, 2021Share
BYThomas Newdick and Joseph TrevithickDec 1, 2021ShareIt’s Official, Canada Has Rejected The F/A-18 Super Hornet As Its Next FighterThe F-35 and Gripen will be left to duke it out after the surprise removal of the Boeing jet from the competition. BYThomas Newdick and Joseph TrevithickDec 1, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickNov 30, 2021ShareAustralia Says Farewell To The F/A-18 Legacy Hornet As Its Final Flight Looms (Updated)With its plan to introduce the F-35A well underway, the Royal Australian Air Force is finally retiring the last of its F/A-18A/B Hornets. BYThomas NewdickNov 30, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickOct 14, 2021ShareF-35s Nearly Collided With F-22s Right After Last Year’s Raptor CrashThere’s now a detailed report on how an F-22 Raptor tumbled out of control and crashed on the Eglin Training Range. BYThomas NewdickOct 14, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickOct 5, 2021ShareWatch An F-35 Drop A B61 Nuclear Bomb In This First-Ever Declassified VideoThe supersonic drop test puts the F-35A a step closer to being able to employ the new nukes, which are literally worth more than their weight in gold. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 5, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickOct 5, 2021ShareF-35A Completes Final Inert Drop Test Of New B61-12 Nuclear BombThe F-35A is now on a trajectory to become fully certified to deliver thermonuclear weapons in the near future. BYThomas NewdickOct 5, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickAug 4, 2021ShareF-35s Have Flown Their First “Red Air” Missions As Dedicated Stealth AggressorsThe latest iteration of the Air Force’s huge Red Flag aerial war games features highly-trained aggressor pilots playing the “bad guys” in F-35s. BYThomas NewdickAug 4, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJul 26, 2021ShareAir Force Tweet Showing F-35As Protected By Lightning Rods Asks “Which Lightning Strikes Harder?”An Air Force Tweet playing on the F-35’s nickname, Lightning II, comes days after lightning caused millions of dollars of damage to two Marine F-35Bs. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 26, 2021Share
