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The Aviationist12h
Hill AFB’s F-35As Receive Improved Canopies to Reduce Need for Field Repairs
While wear, tear and environmental impacts on the cockpit’s canopy glass don't affect airworthiness, it impacts the ...
National Security Journal on MSN14h
Why Canada Could Dump the F-35 and Pick the F-47 Fighter Instead
F-47 for Canada? The RCAF operates the CF-18 Hornet, a derivative of the U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet, a Cold War-era ...
F-35 Crisis Puts Pressure on Europe To Develop Sixth-Gen Fighter Jets
"There will be an increased pressure on pan-European projects, that is for sure," former Lithuanian foreign minister, ...
The National Interest1d
All About America’s Three F-35 Fighter Jet Variants
With the F-35 Lightning II, the Pentagon wanted to standardize its stealth fighter jet fleet across the armed services—in principle cutting costs. In practice, this has not worked out.
The Aviationist4d
U.S. Navy Releases Previously Unseen Photos of Mirror-like Coating on F-35Cs
The photos show two VX-9 F-35Cs with the mirror-like coating during testing at Naval Base Ventura County Point Mugu in 2022.
F-35’s Inventory Failings Are Issue in Pentagon’s Audit Failure
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has promised to produce a first-ever “clean” audit of the Pentagon by 2028, but the F-35, the costliest US weapons system, poses one of the biggest obstacles.