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5 months, 5,000 flying hours, 0 failures: US Marines’ F-35 squadron sets record
A US Marine Corps squadron flying the F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter has returned from a landmark five-month deployment ...
The Marines issued a flashy press release last week: “first operational F-35B conducts initial Vertical Landing.” It was an amateurish, somewhat slimy piece of hype. In one important way, the press ...
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Marines say a deployed F-35 stealth fighter squadron clocked nearly 5,000 hours without any mishaps
The five-month deployment marked a win for the F-35 stealth jet, which has seen rising sustainability costs coupled with ...
As one of the few fifth-generation fighter jets, the F-35 Lightning II is widely considered a highly advanced jet because of its stealth, multi-role capability, and sensor functionality. When Lockheed ...
No other fighter jet to date has garnered as much controversy as the F-35 Lightning II. While it is the most capable carrier jet ever built, the production issues and mind-melting $2 trillion price ...
A Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II that made a precautionary landing at a Japanese airport more than three weeks ago is still undergoing maintenance, the service said Tuesday. The stealth jet, assigned ...
Japan has taken delivery of its first Lockheed Martin F-35B stealth fighters. An initial batch of three jets were ferried by US pilots to Nyutabaru air base in Japan’s southern Miyazaki region on 7 ...
A British F-35B Lightning stealth fighter jet was forced to make an emergency landing in Japan on Sunday after developing a technical fault. The £88m aircraft, one of the world’s most advanced combat ...
The squadron is expected to receive its first F-35B later this year and is now actively working to achieve “Safe for Flight” certification. One of the oldest fighter attack squadrons of the United ...
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