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Joint Strike Fighter

Joint Strike fighter A35-11 departs for a night sortie from RAAF Base Williamtown. Photo by Corporal Craig Barrett.
News Science & Technology 

World F-35 fleet continues to grow

04/01/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2607 Views 1 Comment F-35A Lightning II, Joint Strike Fighter

Lockheed Martin completed another successful year as the F-35 program continued to expand its global footprint and enhance operational capabilities.

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Australia's first two F-35As to be based on home soil – A35-009 and A35-010 – arrive at RAAF Base Williamtown. Photo by Brian Hartigan.
Australian News Royal Australian Air Force Science & Technology Videos 

F-35 Lightning touches down at Williamtown

10/12/201803/02/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4044 Views 0 Comments F-35A Lightning II, Joint Strike Fighter

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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An F-135 engine from a F-35 Lightning Joint Strike Fighter. Supplied by TAE Aerospace.
Australian News Royal Australian Air Force Science & Technology 

Asia-Pacific JSF engine maintenance an Ipswich Masters stroke

30/08/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3743 Views 0 Comments F-35A Lightning II, F135 engine, Joint Strike Fighter, TAE Aerospace

TAE Aerospace has purchased a former Masters building near Ipswich and will transform the site into a state-of-the-art aerospace facility,

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A USMC F35B performs a fly past of crowds at RAF Fairdord on Friday 8th July 2016 during the Royal International Air Tattoo. Crown Copyright 2016. Photo by SAC Tim Laurence.
Australian News Royal Australian Air Force Science & Technology 

It’s official – Australia’s own F-35A at Avalon

07/02/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5986 Views 0 Comments F-35A Lightning II, Joint Strike Fighter

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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An Aussie and three US F-35A Lightning IIs on a training sortie near Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. Lockheed Martin photo
Australian News Royal Australian Air Force Science & Technology 

Next 8 Aussie F-35s ordered – at new ‘low’ price

04/02/201704/02/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5545 Views 0 Comments F-35 Lightning, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF

The next batch of F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters – including eight for Australia – has been ordered, at

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News Overseas Science & Technology 

200th F-35 Lightning delivered

12/01/201713/01/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4491 Views 0 Comments F-35 Lightning, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF

The first F-35 Lightning delivery of 2017 was also the 200th overall delivery for the Joint Strike Fighter program and, highlighting the

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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 4451 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 4835 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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Australia's third F-35A pilot Flight Lieutenant Edwin Borrman undertakes his first flight in in a F-35A aircraft.
Australian News Royal Australian Air Force Science & Technology 

Australia’s third F-35A pilot qualified

24/05/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5029 Views 0 Comments F-35A, Joint Strike Fighter

Australia’s third F-35A pilot Flight Lieutenant (FLTLT) Edwin Borrman, recently completed his qualifying flight in an F-35A aircraft at Luke

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Two F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters complete vertical landings aboard the USS Wasp (LHD-1). US Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Remington Hall
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US Marine Corps’ F-35B reached initial operational capability yesterday

01/08/201516/02/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3903 Views 0 Comments F-35, F-35B, Joint Strike Fighter

The US Marine Corps’ F-35B Lightning II reached initial operational capability yesterday with a squadron of 10 F-35Bs ready for world-wide

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