RAAF F-35A begins flying ops from Williamtown
F-35As begin flying operations near RAAF Base Williamtown this week, scheduled from 21 to 25 January. FILE PHOTO (10 December
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F-35 Lightning touches down at Williamtown
The first two of 72 Australian F-35A Lightning Joint Strike Fighters to be based in Australia have landed at RAAF Base Williamtown.
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First F-35A deployable cabins delivered
The first two of 15 Lockheed Martin Australia F-35A deployable cabins critical to successful Joint Strike Fighter operations have been delivered to the Australian
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Breaking ground on F-35 engine-maintenance facility
TAE Aerospace yesterday held an event to mark the start of construction on its new aerospace facility in Bundamba, Queensland.
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Australia grounds its F-35 fleet
The ABC is reporting that Australia has grounded its fleet of F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters in America following
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First F-35 Lightning crash
An F-35B belonging to Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 (VMFAT-501) stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort crashed in the vicinity
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Australia’s first F-35 coming soon
A35-009 – the first F-35A for the Royal Australian Air Force scheduled to be delivered to Australia in December –
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First Aussie F-35 bomb drops
An Australian F-35A aircraft dropped two inert GBU-31v3 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) weapons for the first time on 20
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300th F-35 delivered
The F-35 Joint Program Office and Lockheed Martin yesterday delivered the 300th production F-35 aircraft. CAPTION: The 300th F-35 (an F-35A
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Aussie F-35 fleet clocks first 1000th sortie
RAAF personnel at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, in the United States, marked a significant milestone on Monday this week
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F-35C gets precision engagement with JSOW missile
Raytheon and the US Navy have completed final developmental tests to integrate the Joint Standoff Weapon C onto the F-35
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F-35 Lightning completes system development and demonstration phase
The F-35 program has accomplished the final developmental test flight of the System Development and Demonstration (SDD) phase of the
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Australia receives next three F-35A Lightning
Australia has taken delivery of its next three F-35A Lightning II aircraft from Lockheed Martin. CAPTION: Royal Australian Air Force
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South Korea gets first F-35A
Republic of Korea and US government leaders celebrated the public debut or ‘roll out’ of the first Republic of Korea
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First F-35A JSF in Japan unveiled
Senior leaders of Japan’s Ministry of Defense, US Forces Japan Pacific Air Forces and Lockheed Martin celebrated the arrival of
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Australia’s third F-35 rolls off production line
Australia’s third F-35A Joint Strike Fighter has rolled off the assembly line at Lockheed Martin’s production facility in Fort Worth,
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Italy builds first F-35B outside USA
The first short take-off/vertical landing F-35B assembled outside the United States rolled out of its Final Assembly and Check Out (FACO)
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F-35 deploys on first exercise in Europe
F-35A Lightning II, airmen and accompanying equipment arrived at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, yesterday, marking the aircraft’s first training
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It’s official – Australia’s own F-35A at Avalon
Minister for Defence Marise Payne and Minister for Defence Industry Christopher Pyne today announced that both of Australia’s F-35A Joint Strike Fighters
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Next 8 Aussie F-35s ordered – at new ‘low’ price
The next batch of F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters – including eight for Australia – has been ordered, at
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