Here you have it, the Pentagon’s annual 30-year aviation plan. Click through the jump to read all about how the Defense Department plans on buying two new VC-25 presidential transports (Air Force One) by the end of this decade, kicking off an effort to replace the ancient T-38 Talon around 2018, new bombers and a […]
F-35 Watch
Happy humpday. Make the last few hours of the workday go by faster by watching this brand new video showing a low-level high speed pass by an carrier variant F-35C Joint Strike Fighter. It’s the first time I’ve seen a video of the jet making an always thrilling fast flyby. Enjoy.
In case you’ve ever wondered what an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter looks like while its still under construction, now you know. These pics show the mid-fuselage section of the 69th F-35 being prepped for delivery to Lockheed Martin from F-35-subcontractor Northrop Grumman. Remember, Lockheed designed the jet and does all the final assembly, but Northrop […]
Here’s F-35 Joint Strike Figther-maker Lockheed Martin’s updated response to yesterday’s news that the cost to purchase and sustain the Pentagon’s fleet of 2,443 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters over the next five decades has grown to $1.45 trillion. It seems they got their dollar amounts wrong in the first response. Today, the Office of the […]
That awesome picture shows the first ever nighttime air-to-air refueling performed by the F-35 Joint Strike Figther. The image shows F-35A AF-4 flying just behind a KC-135 Stratotanker in the skies around Edwards Air Force Base, California during a three hour flight to qualify the JSF to tank from the KC-135 at night.
