On 17 September, US Military Joint Base Charleston asked the public for help in their search for a F-35B fighter jet which had gone missing. The aircraft’s pilot reportedly ejected… Continue reading "Search for Missing F-35B Ends with Discovery of Plane’s Debris in South Carolina"
Lockheed Martin have delivered the first four of Denmark’s F-35A fighters. The first of the aircraft to be based in Denmark landed at the Royal Danish Air Force’s Fighter Wing… Continue reading "Denmark’s First F-35s Arrive Home"
Construction work on Rheinmetall’s future manufacturing facility for F-35 center fuselages started on August 1, with a groundbreaking ceremony at the site in Weeze attended by officials from Rheinmetall, Lockheed… Continue reading "Construction Starts On Rheinmetall’s German F-35 Fuselage Facility"
German arms company Rheinmetall announced last Tuesday, 4 July, their intentions to build a “state-of-the-art” F-35 fuselage factory in the Lower Rhine municipality of Weeze, Germany. This project is to… Continue reading "Rheinmetall Announces Plans for F-35 Fuselage Factory in Germany"
The Israeli Ministry of Defense and Israel Defense Forces have approved the purchase of 25 additional Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter jets to help secure Israeli airspace. Following this… Continue reading "Israel To Purchase 25 Additional F-35 Lightning II Fighter Jets From The United States"
The State Department notified Congress on June 29 that it had approved the Foreign Military Sale of up to 24 F-35As to the Czech Republic. An announcement by the State… Continue reading "Czech Republic Receives US State Department Clearance For F-35A Sale"
Lockheed Martin announced that Rheinmetall will be producing center fuselage sections for the F-35. This comes on the heels of Germany’s purchase of 35 A model F-35s in December of… Continue reading "Rheinmetall to Produce F-35 Center Fuselage"
The Canadian government announced on 9 January that it is procuring Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II aircraft as a result of the Future Fighter Capability Project competition. The Royal Canadian… Continue reading "Canada Announces Procurement Of 88 F-35A Fighters For $14 Billion"
The Thursday morning crash of an F-35B at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth that resulted in the successful ejection of the pilot is now under investigation. Video… Continue reading "F-35B Vertical Landing Crash In Fort Worth Under Investigation"
The German Ministry of Defense announced Wednesday that it had officially signed a letter of offer and acceptance for the purchase of 35 F-35As, with the signing made by Annette… Continue reading "Germany Officially Signs For 35 F-35A Lightning IIs"