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F-35 Lightening

New F-35A Lightning II aircraft taxi to the lines at RAAF Base Williamtown in NSW. Story by Flying Officer Bronwyn Marchant. Photo by Corporal Craig Barrett.
News Royal Australian Air Force 

Three new F-35A Lightning II aircraft touch down

23/11/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2824 Views 0 Comments F-35 Lightening, No. 77 Squadron, Williamtown

Air Force has now received 44 of the planned 72 F-35A Lightning II aircraft after three more aircraft touched down

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U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Madelyn Brown
News Overseas Science & Technology USA 

USAF declares F-35A Lightning II – ‘combat ready’

04/08/201616/02/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4763 Views 1 Comment F-35 Lightening

The F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter aircraft was declared ‘combat ready’ on 3 August by Gen. Hawk Carlisle, the commander

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Australian News Royal Australian Air Force 

Australia’s first F-35A squadron boss meets his steed

11/07/201611/07/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 7457 Views 0 Comments F-35 Lightening, F-35A

Australia’s first commanding officer of an F-35A Joint Strike Fighter squadron, Wing Commander Darren Clare, had his first opportunity to

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Photo courtesy Lockheed Martin
Europe News Overseas Science & Technology USA 

F-35 arrives in UK for Royal International Air Tattoo

30/06/201616/02/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4448 Views 0 Comments F-35 Lightening, Joint Strike Fighter, RIAT, Royal International Tattoo

Aviation history is set to be made in the UK this summer when, in a major airshow ‘first’, the Lockheed

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Australian News Royal Australian Air Force 

Two Aussies on F-35 international deployment

24/06/201611/07/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4833 Views 0 Comments F-35 Lightening, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF

Two Royal Australian Air Force members on posting to the Joint Strike Fighter Operational Test Team (JOTT) located at Edwards

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