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The F-35 was the product of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program, which was the merger of various combat aircraft programs from the 1980s and 1990s. One progenitor program was the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Advanced Short Take-Off/Vertical Landing (ASTOVL) which ran from 1983 to 1994; ASTOVL aimed to develop a Harrier jump jet replacement for the U.S. Marine Corps ...
336th Air Refueling Wing: not active as a refueling wing: 336th Bombardment Group: 336th Crew Training Group [note 5] [13] 340th Air Refueling Wing: 1 October 1984 – 1 October 1992: Altus AFB: 340th Bombardment Wing: 340th Flying Training Group: SAC, AMC [14] 380th Air Refueling Wing: 1 July 1992 – 30 September 1995: Plattsburgh AFB: 380th ...
A KC-135 Stratotanker refuels an F-16 Fighting Falcon using a flying boom. Aerial refueling (), or aerial refuelling (), also referred to as air refueling, in-flight refueling (IFR), air-to-air refueling (AAR), and tanking, is the process of transferring aviation fuel from one aircraft (the tanker) to another (the receiver) while both aircraft are in flight.
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a family of stealth multirole fighters that first entered service with the United States in 2015. The aircraft has been ordered by program partner nations, including the United Kingdom, Italy, Norway, and Australia, and also through the Department of Defense's Foreign Military Sales program, including Japan, South Korea, and Israel.
F-16 Fighting Falcon: United States: multirole: F-16C/D Block 30: 32 [1] Nearly all active aircraft were built under license by TAI. [2] [3] Block 40s and 50s have been upgraded under the PO-III and F-16 MSM/CCIP. [4] All will be ugpraded to Block 70 standarts within F-16 Özgür program. [5] 93 F-16Ds are used for conversion training. [1]
An F-35B crashed at the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth in 2022, another incident in which the pilot was able to eject safely. The jet hovered while landing but when it hit the ...
The 117th Air Refueling Wing flies the Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker. Its mission is to train and equip combat ready aircrews and support personnel to perform worldwide aerial refueling and airlift missions. [1] 187th Fighter Wing; Established 1 October 1947 (as: 160th Fighter Squadron); operates: F-35A Lightning II
The first aircraft, registered T-264/'Prins Bernhard' and due for a major service, was withdrawn from use in November 2019, prior to being transferred to its new owner, Omega Aerial Refueling Services. [35] The last KDC-10, registered T-235/'Jan Scheffer' remained in Dutch service until October 2021. [36]