Marine Corps Version Of The Joint Strike Fighter To Begin Tests

The Marine Corps version of the Joint Strike Fighter,  F-35B, could begin testing at, Lockheed Martin’s Fort Worth, Texas, plant as early as this week. This will begin perhaps the most critical phase of testing for the F-35 program. About a month of hover-pit testing is planned before the first F-35B, aircraft BF-1, returns to [...]

Navy Orders Carrier Variant Of Joint Strike Fighter

Navy orders Joint Strike Fighter, F-35, for aircraft carriers.

Joint Strike Fighter: Air Force Wants Boeing To Stop Talking Smack

Ok, that is not a direct quote.  Major General Charles R. Davis, USAF, the Program Executive Officer for the F-35 Lightning II Program Office, is far to articulate, educated, and gentlemanly to utter such a comment.  But, reality is not that far off. According to Flightglobal, LtGen Davis is not pleased with, what he characterizes [...]

Marine Corps Joint Strike Fighter F-35B Makes First Flight

Marine Corps Joint Strike Fighter makes first flight.

Video: Test Of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter

This video is of the Marine Corps’s version of the Joint Strike Fighter, the F-35B. yojoe out

Increased Cost of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter

According to a recent GAO report the cost of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) – also known as the F-35 or Lightning II – has increased by more than $23 billion over the past year. Here are the findings of the GAO: GAO believes recent DOD decisions, while potentially reducing near-term funding needs, could have [...]

Marine Corps: Demonstration of F-35B Joint Strike Fighter

On 18DEC07, Lockheed Martin gave a demonstration of the F-35B, Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), to the U.S. Marine Corps. The F-35B uses short-takeoff/vertical-landing (STOVL) to allow it to launch from either a short runway or to launch vertically. The F-35B will replace the AV-8B Harrier. Lockheed Martin is scheduled to make its first delivery of [...]