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 […]
The Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) conducted by the U.S. Air Force, on the planned F-35 basing in Vermont states that: Our area would be negatively affected in the following categories: Noise, Safety, Climate Change, Air Quality, Socioeconomics, Land Use, Transportation, Environmental Justice, and the Protection of Children. More information available in this brochure in PDF […]
Dec 20, 2014 50 years ago this week a Phantom Jet took off from Davis Monthan AFB, lost power, and crashed into the Food Giant on Alvernon south of 22nd St in Arizona. Four on the ground died. There will be an EIS to bring the single-engine F-35 to D-M beginning this Spring. Almost 11 […]
Case 16-3309, Document 68-1, 09/21/2017, 2130072, Page1 of 7 16-3309-cv Zbitnoff et al. v. James UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT SUMMARY ORDER Rulings by summary order do not have precedential effect. Citation to a summary order filed on or after January 1, 2007, is permitted and is governed by Federal Rule […]
By Sven Berg October 14, 2017 The first F-35s ever to land in Boise arrived Friday from Hill Air Force Base in Salt Lake City, crew members said. The two jets were parked Saturday on the tarmac at Gowen Field, the Idaho Air National Guard base that shares the Boise Airport’s runways, for thousands of Gowen Thunder […]
By Daniel Wasserbly September 19, 2017 The Pentagon is shortly to determine the location of a base for an additional Air National Guard unit with new Lockheed Martin F-35A Joint Strike Fighters. A review is now complete, and its results are being analysed. A basing decision is expected “in the next couple of months”, Air […]
By Valerie Insinna August 23 Northrop Grumman has a pitch to solve communications problems between the F-35 and F-22: Put a new radio on a Global Hawk drone and have it act like a translator between the two assets. The U.S. Air Force’s two most advanced fighter jets, the F-35 and F-22, cannot currently transmit […]