By Stephen Losey Wednesday, Jul 19, 2023 WASHINGTON — Problems with the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s newest upgrades will cause the aircraft’s manufacturer to miss its 2023 delivery goal by up to roughly 50 jets, Lockheed Martin officials said Tuesday. The delays could bring down Lockheed’s revenue for 2023 by hundreds of millions of dollars. […]
By Rachel S. Cohen Thursday, Jul 27, 2023 An F-35A Lightning II fighter crashed at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, last October when turbulent air confused its avionics, rendering the jet uncontrollable, an Air Force investigation has found. The nonfatal crash marks the second time an Air Force F-35A has been destroyed in an accident […]
By Rachel S. Cohen Tuesday, Jun 27. 2023 Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, is the service’s top pick to become the next active duty home of the F-35A Lightning II fighter. The Air Force said Monday it plans to bring two F-35 squadrons to the Valdosta base starting in fiscal 2029, when it hopes to […]
BY DAN GRAZIER JUNE 08, 2023 The Air Force’s top civilian leader says the F-35 program taught everyone how not to buy a fighter jet and vows not to repeat the mistakes that turned history’s most expensive weapon program into an absolute boondoggle. While it is refreshing to hear an official acknowledge some of the […]
Retired Air Force Colonel Rosanne Greco helped negotiate the first START treaty which reduced the number of strategic nuclear weapons by thousands. She is much more worried now than ever about the threat of nuclear war, particularly with officials seeing some of the newer nuclear weapons as “usable”. in this 20 minute podcast, Col Greco […]
BY ALFRED MEYER MARCH 27, 2023 1:01 PM While Tom Cruise heroically flies fighter jets in the film Top Gun: Maverick, which was vying for an Oscar for Best Film this year, two communities in the United States—Burlington, Vermont, and Madison, Wisconsin—are contending with the dangers caused by the basing of F-35s in residential neighborhoods. […]
By James Marc Leas Dec 16. 2022 The F-35 has a lengthening history of crashes. Different reasons. Not good to train with F-35 jets hundreds of times a month in a city. What kind of Vermont leader would order or facilitate F-35 training in Vermont’s most densely populated area? The Vermont Senators and Congressman. The […]
By Tanmay Kadam December 6, 2022 Australia’s fifth-generation F-35 stealth fighter jets have again come under the scanner due to concerns related to their cost, capabilities, and viability for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). A senior Australian journalist, Brian Toohey, who has been writing extensively for Australia’s national security policy since 1973, has criticized […]
By Michael Marrow October 6, 2022 The Air Force has certified an initial design for the F-35A to carry nuclear bombs, Inside Defense has learned, putting the service months ahead of its January 2023 goal. The Air Force Nuclear Weapon Center approved the certification on Sept. 29 for the platform to carry the B61-12 thermonuclear gravity bomb, […]
September 15, 2022 SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. — A Vermont Air Guard pilot made history this week at 20,000 feet after she became the first woman in the National Guard to pilot an F-35 fighter jet. Last week, the Air National Guard welcomed 1st lieutenant Kelsey Flannery to their ranks. Flannery, a 30-year-old former boxing instructor […]