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First F-35B Assembled Internationally And Destined To The Italian Air Force Has Completed Its First Short Take Off And Vertical Landing

October 31, 2017 David Cenciotti 2

The first Italian F-35B has performed its first STOVL test flight. On Oct. 30, the first Italian F-35B, the first assembled outside the US, carried out its first flight in short-take and vertical landing mode […]

First F-35B Assembled Outside Of The U.S. Makes First Flight In Italy

October 24, 2017 David Cenciotti 0

“BL-01” is the first Italian F-35B STOVL jet. On Oct. 24, the first F-35B, the Short Take-Off Vertical Landing variant of the the F-35 Lightning II, the first assembled internationally, flew its first sortie from […]

Well Before The SR-72 Was Conceived, The Iconic SR-71 Blackbird Proved “Speed Is The Real Stealth”

October 6, 2017 David Cenciotti 19

The SR-71 Blackbird was so fast it outran every missile shoot against it and every interceptor scrambled to intercept it. The aviation “side” of the Web went abuzz following the rumor that an SR-72 prototype […]

New Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works Video Teases The Shape Of The Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) Fighter

September 17, 2017 David Cenciotti 16

A new video provides a glimpse of the 6th Gen. fighter concept that could replace the F-22. But it’s probably not the real one… A short clip just released by the Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works […]

F-35B In “Third Day Of War” External Weapons Load Configuration Demonstrates Ski Jump Launch in U.S. for Royal Navy.

August 24, 2017 Tom Demerly 17

Check Out This Cool New Video of F-35B Doing Ski Jump Launch Trials for the QE2. British Aerospace test pilot Peter “Wizzer” Wilson demonstrated the F-35B Lightning II’s capability to launch from a ski-jump style […]