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Meet the 65 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Test Pilots
Tech. Sgt. Brian West, of the 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, marshals in DOD's newest aircraft, the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter to a stop at its new home at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.,...
View ArticleSenate Republican Leaders Use Good Cop-Bad Cop Tactics on Likely Hagel...
Click here to view the embedded video. The Senate’s top Republicans on Sunday struck a good cop-bad cop tone about the expected nomination of former GOP Sen. Chuck Hagel to become defense secretary. On...
View ArticleAnother Top House Republican Says Sequestration Cuts Are a Done Deal
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Sequestration is going to happen. At least that’s what yet another Republican U.S. House leader says. “I think the sequester...
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Live Blog: Senate Committee Will Grill Chuck Hagel Over Israel, Iran, Defense...
Former U.S. Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., leaves the office of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., after the two Vietnam War veterans met Jan. 22. McCain and other senators will grill Hagel today about his defense...
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How Big Would DoD Budget be Under Sequestration? Historically Big, It Turns Out.
How big would the U.S. defense budget be if sequestration happens? Turns out, despite the sometimes-apocalyptic rhetoric, big. And how would the post-Afghanistan defense budget draw down compare to...
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AFA Orlando: Cleaning out the notebook
A look at the exhibition floor at last week's AFA (Aaron Mehta) Last week, your intrepid reporter trucked down to Orlando, Fla. to attend the Air Force Association Air Warfare Symposium. The event...
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BREAKING: F-35 Cleared for Flight
F-35A test aircraft AF-4 flies a high angle of attack (AOA) mission Nov. 3. The F-35 is designed to fly to a 50 degree angle of attack, which was achieved on the fourth AOA test mission. The aircraft...
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Photo of the Day: May 2, 2013
An F-35B Lighting II with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 takes on fuel from a Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252 KC-130J Hercules during a training exercise over the Atlantic...
View ArticleFirst Vertical Takeoff by the F-35B Marine Corps JSF
Click here to view the embedded video. Who needs short-takeoff when you can just rise straight up into the sky? The latest development with the F-35B short-takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) version...
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HASC Subcommittees to Kick Off 2014 NDAA Sausage-Making
Military officers wait for members to arrive for a House Armed Services Tactical Air and Land Forces subcommittee hearing on Feb. 28. The same room will host multiple HASC subpanels as they build their...
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F-35 Completes First AMRAAM Missile Test – now with video!
An Air Force F-35A CTOL variant launches an AIM-120 C5 AAVI (AMRAAM Air Vehicle Instrumented) missile during a live-fire test June 5 2013. / Credit: Matt Short, Lockheed Martin Click here to view the...
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US Navy Fleet Squadron receives 1st F-35C JSF
F-35C C-6 approaches Eglin Air Force Base on June 22. (U.S. Navy) Click here to view the embedded video. The U.S. Navy’s first operational squadron to operate the F-35C Joint Strike Fighter (JSF)...
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Photo of the Day: F-35C Gets Fueled Up
An F-35C variant is refueled by a KC-135 on Aug. 20 (Lockheed Martin photo by Michael Jackson) Here’s a shot to start off your week: the first F-35C to be refueled by a KC-135 tanker while in flight....
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Get a Glimpse of the first Australian F-35
A glimpse of AU-1, the first Australian F-35 model. (Beth Groom/Lockheed Martin) Right now, it’s just a large piece of green. But eventually, what you see above will become the first Australian F-35...
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Marine Commandant Gen. Amos has an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
A Lockheed Martin F-35B bearing the name of Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Amos parked in a hangar at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. (Gabe Starosta/Inside the Air Force) Marine Corps Commandant Gen....
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Taiwan Seeking F-35, Despite F-16C/D Failure
In the 1983 movie, “A Christmas Story,” 8-year old Ralphie dreams of getting a Red Ryder BB Gun from Santa. He tries a variety of clever tricks to get his parents to give him one, but continually runs...
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Highlights from Gates book “Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War”
The cover of former Defense Secretary Robert Gates new book “Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War.” (Knopf) Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ new book, “Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War,” is one...
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