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This Is The First F-35C Carrier Variant Joint Strike Fighter For The U.S. Marine Corps VMFA-314

Marines are also getting the F-35C CATOBAR (Catapult Assisted Take Off But Arrested Recovery) variant of the Lightning II. Here's their first Carrier Variant Jet in VMFA-314 markings. Along with…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 5, 2019
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Here’s The Second F-35B For The Italian Navy During Test Flights in STOVL Mode

Some interesting shots of the the second F-35B destined to the Italian Navy. On May 29, the second Italian F-35B, a short-take and vertical landing Lightning II aircraft assembled at…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 4, 2019
Military Aviation

How The F-35 Demo Team Is Changing Minds About the Joint Strike Fighter Program.

Media Team Combines State of the Art Imaging with Messaging to Shift Opinion. For nearly a decade the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program was fighting a dogfight it had to…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
June 3, 2019
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F-35 Jets Accidentally Draw A “Sky Penis” During Training Mission Over Luke Air Force Base

The 5th generation jets were involved in an air-to-air combat training mission. On Tuesday May 28, 2019 photos began circulating online about penis-shaped contrails above Luke Air Force Base in…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
June 2, 2019
Military Aviation

Robin Olds’ P-51 Mustang Flies In A Heritage Formation With 52nd FW F-16C Jets

The plane, named Scat VII, was flown by the iconic triple-ace fighter pilot during WW2. On May 28, 2019, the restored P-51 Mustang once flown by Brig. Gen. Robin Olds…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
June 2, 2019
Aviation

“Strato-Goose”? Stratolaunch to Discontinue Operations After Single Flight.

Bizarre Rehash of “Spruce Goose” History May Mean Stratolaunch Only Flew Once. In what seems like an event bizarrely reminiscent of the single flight of the failed Hughes H-4 Hercules,…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
June 1, 2019
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