Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II

Air Middle East Military Exercises 

Israeli Air Force F-35I “Adir” Jets Trains Alongside U.S. F-35s in Israel for First Time

April 6, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Exercise Enduring Lightning, F-35A Lightning II, F-35I Adir, Fifth-generation jet fighter, Fighter aircraft, Israel, Israeli Air Force (IAF), Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

Israeli Air Force (IAF) F-35I “Adir” stealth fighter jets have trained alongside U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs in Israel

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Air Europe 

Lockheed Martin Awarded $23M Contract to Integrate Belgium into F-35 Enterprise

April 1, 2020 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Belgian Air Force, Belgium, F-35A Lightning II, Fighter aircraft, Foreign Military Sales (FMS), Lockheed Martin, Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics is awarded a $22.9 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract that integrates the government of Belgium into the F-35 Lightning

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Air Americas 

Lockheed Martin Awarded $4.7 Billion for 78 F-35 Lightning IIs

March 31, 2020April 1, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Fifth-generation jet fighter, Fighter aircraft, Lockheed Martin, Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), U.S. Air Force (USAF), U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), U.S. Navy (USN)

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics is awarded a contract modification, worth around $4.7 billion, for the procurement of 78 F-35 Lightning II

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Asia-Pacific Weapons 

Rheinmetall NIOA Munitions Set to Produce Medium-Calibre Ammunition for F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program

March 25, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Australia, Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, Medium-Caliber Ammunition, NIOA, Rheinmetall, Rheinmetall NIOA Munitions (RNM), Rheinmetall Waffe Munition

Rheinmetall NIOA Munitions (RNM) is set to produce and export ammunition for the U.S. F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, the

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Air Americas 

First U.S. Marine Corps F-35C Squadron Receive Safe-For-Flight Operations Certification

March 22, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Carrier-based aircraft, F-35C Lightning II, Fifth-generation jet fighter, Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, MCAS Miramar, U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), USA, USMC Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 314 (VMFA-314)

The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 314 celebrated the results of over five months of F-35C

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Air Europe 

U.S. Air Force B-2 Bombers Conduct Familiarization Flight with Dutch F-35A Aircraft

March 20, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Bomber Task Force (BTF), F-35A Lightning II, Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, Netherlands, North Sea, Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit, Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF), U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

Two U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bomber aircraft conducted a fifth-generation integration familiarization flight with a Royal Netherlands Air

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Air Deployments Europe 

U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit Bombers Conduct Icelandic Mission with Norwegian F-35s, U.S. F-15s

March 17, 2020 DP Staff Writer 1 Comment Boeing F-15 Eagle, Bomber Task Force (BTF), Iceland, Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit, Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF), Strategic bomber, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

Two U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bomber aircraft operating out of RAF Fairford, UK conducted an Icelandic Air Policing

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Air Americas 

Pratt and Whitney Awarded $319.8 Million for 32 F135-PW-100 Engines

March 17, 2020 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Japan, Jet engine, Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), Pratt & Whitney, Pratt & Whitney F135, Turbofan, U.S. Air Force (USAF), U.S. Navy (USN), United Technologies Corporation (UTC), USA

Pratt and Whitney Engines, a division of United Technologies Corp. (UTC), is awarded a $319.8 million contract modification for 32

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Air Europe 

Norwegian F-35 Jets Scrambled to Intercept Russian Aircraft for First Time

March 9, 2020 Arun Mathew 0 Comments F-35A Lightning II, Fifth-generation jet fighter, Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, Norway, Ørland Air Base, Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF), Russia, Tupolev Tu-142

A pair of Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter aircraft were scrambled to intercept Russian aircraft

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Americas Misc 

F135 Engine Returns to Arnold for Testing in Sea Level Facility

March 8, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Arnold AFB, Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC), Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, Pratt & Whitney F135, Turbofan, USA

The Pratt & Whitney F135 turbofan engine has returned to Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) for another round of testing,

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