The US Air Force is looking into the possibility of replacing the Martin-Baker ejection seat on the F-35. Defensenews.com is reporting that the United Technologies ACES 5 model is under View More ›
Don’t Put All Your Eggs in the Stealth Basket
There are quite a few things our Air Force requires to ensure battlespace dominance in the future. One of those things is low observable or “stealth” technology. That said, we View More ›
First F-35’s for JASDF to Fly by Year End
Japan’s first F-35’s will be flying sorties from Luke Air Force Base by the end of 2016 according to a Lockheed Martin spokesman. The first batch of four is slated View More ›
Training To Fly The F-35 Lightning II
FighterSweep Fans, we’ve spent a lot of time talking about the F-35 program and the associated topics. This piece we ran across is going to be a bit different, as View More ›
Hill Lightning Crews Working on 4-Ship Training
On the F-35 progress front, the Lightning IIs based at Hill Air Force Base have begun working on their 4-ship combat training missions. To that end, personnel from the 388th View More ›
A Split-Second In The (Dutch) F-35!
FighterSweep Fans, we wanted to start your Sunday off with some pretty cool aerial footage shot of the Royal Netherlands Air Force’s F-35s. As one of the original partner nations View More ›
Pentagon: F-35 Program Making Solid Progress
Happy Friday, FighterSweep Fans! Despite what the date on the calendar says, we can assure you, this is not an April Fools joke. Contrary to what many are saying, the View More ›
Air Force: Out With The Old, In With The New?
Editor’s Note: If you were the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force and had one dollar in your pocket to spend, how would you do it? Would you View More ›
F-35s Conduct Deployment Test at Mountain Home!
Editor’s Note: Our friends in the F-35 community have been busy of late and the jet continues its march toward Initial Operational Capability, or IOC– fragged to happen later this year. View More ›
Photo Album: F-35 Crosses The Atlantic
As much as we would love to say we took each of these images, we didn’t. All of these photos are courtesy of the Italian Air Force, or Aeronautica Militare. As View More ›