By Chris Pocock February 2, 2018 The annual report from the Pentagon’s Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) again contains serious criticism of the F-35 program. Unresolved problems in the development, plus availability and reliability issues, are all of concern. “The operational suitability of the F-35 fleet remains at a level below service expectations […]
BY JOSEPH TREVITHICK OCTOBER 27, 2017 Whatever you might think of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, it’s safe to say that the Joint Program Office hasn’t had a particularly good week. Reports of hypoxia, cyber security concerns, and the need for a major cost review followed the appearance of a U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) […]
By Srivari Aishwarya November 1, 2017 A review conducted by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has recommended that the US Department of Defense (DoD) must address the challenges affecting readiness and cost transparency of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter sustainment programme. The DoD is sustaining more than 250 F-35 aircraft, with plans […]
January 8, 2018 For 25 years, Dan Cruz delivered mail at the Peterson Air Force Base and drank the water. Then came cancer – thyroid, prostate, testicular – he said never before seen in his family. “I’m the only one that’s been diagnosed with cancer not once, not twice, but three times. People on my […]
By Cory Dawson January 5, 2018 A group of city residents is gathering signatures for a petition that would put an item on the March ballot asking the City Council to oppose basing F-35 fighter jets at the Burlington International Airport. The move is the latest in a long-running dispute over the new warplanes. Since […]
Charles Simpson, retired professor of sociology, sits down with Jimmy Leas, activist with Save Our Skies, Rosanne Greco, retired Air Force Colonel and Save Our Skies activist, and Carol Miller, of the New Mexico based Peaceful Skies Coalition, to pokes a few holes in the message to which Vermont’s political establishment is wed: that the […]
December 25, 2017 In what could be a major change in Japan’s policy on aircraft carriers, the Defense Ministry is mulling a plan to buy F-35B stealth fighter jets for use on its helicopter carriers, government sources said. The introduction of F-35Bs, which have short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) capability, will be useful in countering China’s […]
December 21, 2017 The Air Force has selected Truax Field Air National Guard Base, Wisconsin and Dannelly Field, Alabama as the preferred locations for the next two Air National Guard F-35A bases. “Selecting Truax Field and Dannelly Field will increase Air National Guard F-35A units providing 5th Generation airpower around the world,” said Secretary of […]
By Joseph Trevithick October 27, 2017 Reports of hypoxia, cyber security concerns, and the need for cost review, followed the leak of highly critical review. Whatever you might think of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, it’s safe to say that the Joint Program Office hasn’t had a particularly good week. Reports of hypoxia, cyber security […]
December 21,2017 Citizens for a Livable Boise (CLB)agrees with the United States Airforce’s F35 Air National Guards’ Site Selections decision announced today.For over two years, thousands of Boise Citizens have voiced concerns about the potential, negative environmental and economic impacts basing F 35 aircraft at Gowen Field might have. Hundreds of residents have not only […]