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Israel’s F-35 variant comes with a unique combat helmet

The F-35I Adir is jam-packed with custom Israeli electronics, and its pilots need a custom helmet to help make sense of them.
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Navy Awards Lockheed $133M Contract Modification for F-35 Flight Test Support

The Navy awarded Lockheed a $133 million contract modification to continue providing F-35 flight test support for U.S. military services.

What's The Average Lifespan Of The F-35 Fighter Jet?

Modern military aircraft can be phenomenally expensive to build, so it makes sense to have them in service as long as possible.

The striking differences pilots notice between the F-15 Eagle & the F-35 Lightning II

F-15 vs F-35: two powerful fighter jets built for different eras. One dominates with speed and firepower, the other with ...

Why the F-35 Fighter Jet Is Such a Badass Plane

The F-35 will also serve as a test bed for technologies that will become commonplace in the next generation of jets. Flying in coordination with AI-enabled drones will become a staple of any ...
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The F-35 Lightning Just Logged Its Millionth Flight Hour

The F-35 is a true quarterback of the skies due to its unsurpassed interconnectivity capabilities. The F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter jet fleet achieved a major milestone this month, after its ...
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See the US Air Force's 'Franken-bird' F-35 made from wrecked stealth fighters take its first flight

A salvaged F-35 fighter made from two wrecked aircraft is set to return to the US Air Force's fleet. The restoration began in 2023. The jet took its maiden flight in January less than two years later.
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Poland begins transition to F-35 with start of flight training at US base

Poland has begun training its air force pilots to operate Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighters. The Polish ministry of defence confirmed to FlightGlobal on 3 February that aviators from the Polish ...
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Pentagon data reveals 8,000-hour structural lifespan for F-35 fighter jets

Official U.S. Department of Defense data has confirmed that the certified operational lifespan for the F-35 Lightning II ...
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Marine Corps Awards Textron Subsidiary ATAC $198M Deal to Support F-35 Flight Training

Textron subsidiary Airborne Tactical Advantage Company, or ATAC, has won a task order from the U.S. Marine Corps to support the service’s F-35 stealth strike fighter flight training. The task order, ...
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The First Finnish F-35 Has Taken Flight

That first flight came almost four years to the day that the Finnish government announced it had selected the F-35 as the winner of its HX Fighter Program. NATO member Finland is one step closer to ...
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The F-35 Lightning II from concept to cockpit edited by Jeffrey W. Hamstra, Lockheed Martin Corporation

Purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. Foreword / Capt. Charles Thomas (Tom) Burbage -- Preface / Jeffrey W. Hamstra -- Chapter 1. F-35 program history : from JAST to IOC / Arthur E ...