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In early 2015 the AF-2 F-35A, the primary flight sciences loads and flutter evaluation aircraft, was flown by Lockheed Martin F-35 site lead test pilot David "Doc" Nelson in air-to-air combat maneuvers against F-16s for the first time and, based on the results of these and earlier flight-envelope evaluations, said the aircraft can be cleared ...
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 ...
33rd FTS, F-35 Training: Image title: An U.S. Air Force pilot waits in the cockpit of an F-35 Lightning II during a hot refuel on Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Dec. 12, 2013. The F-35 is a single seat, fifth generation, multi-role fighter in development to perform ground-attack, reconnaissance and air defense missions.
Lockheed (LMT) wins a contract for the development and delivery of F-35 pilot training device capability to support the F-35 continuous capability development and delivery plan.
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.
Newly released 911 audio details the emergency call between an operator and the pilot of the F-35 that went missing earlier this week, highlighting the confusion after the pilot ejected from the ...
Read this manual from cover to cover. It is your responsibility to have a complete knowledge of its contents. —NAVAIR 01-F14AAA-1, NATOPS Flight Manual, Navy Model F-14A Aircraft [6] [NATOPS] is not intended to cover every contingency that may arise nor every rule of safety and good practice. To achieve maximum value, the
The 58th Fighter Squadron operated the F-15 Eagle to support the various combatant commanders by providing air superiority on call until September 2009 [3] and then became DoD's first F-35 Lightning II training squadron on 1 Oct. 2009. [6] with seven officers and one enlisted airman. Its first F-35A is expected to arrive in the fall of 2010. [7]