Japan’s F-35B fighter jet delay calls its defence readiness into question
The stealth fighters, designed to operate from aircraft carriers, are central to Japan's broader strategy of bolstering ...
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F-35B Lightning II
F-35B aircraft have been delivered to the U.S. Marines and the U.K., whose forces are training together at the Integrated Training Center at Eglin Air Force Base. STOVL aircraft are also stationed ...
Will Lockheed Martin Catch Up F-35 Delays In Time For The 2030 US Marine Hornet Replacement?
Additionally, the Marines plan to increase the number of F-35s from 10 to 12 per squadron. This will likely happen sometime ...
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Delivery of the First F-35Bs to Japan Delayed
The planned delivery of the first six F-35B Lightning II fighters for Japan in FY2024 has now been pushed back to sometime during FY2025, Japan’s Defense Minister announced. The delivery of the ...
We Went With Marine F-35Bs As They Fought A Mock War From A Pacific Island
On Dec. 8th, 2024, four F-35Bs from VMFA-214 “Black Sheep” squadron, along with two F-35Bs from VMX-1, flew out of Marine ...
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Japan's First F-35B Delivery Slips To Fiscal 2025
Japan's First F-35B Delivery Slips To Fiscal 2025 is published in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with your AWIN ...
Cherry Point celebrates completion of F-35 Lightning II expansion project
Cherry Point says the project offers space and aircraft bays to support the increasing F-35 modification workload.
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US approves additional $39 million JASSM-ER order for JASDF’s aircraft
The US State Department has approved the sale of joint-air-to-surface missiles (JASSM-ER) to Japan to equip the F-15J, F-35A ...