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Media - News | Jul 24, 2019

The F-35 Stealth Fighter is Getting a Very Long-Range Missile That Can Blind an Enemy’s Air Defenses

As rival powers develop increasingly capable air-defense networks, the US military is working with defense firms to arm the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter with a missile able to destroy these systems at long range. Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $34.7 million contract to modify the stealth jet’s internal weapons bay to carry […]
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Media - News | Jul 24, 2019

Air Force F-35s Are Getting Ground Collision Avoidance Tech 7 Years Early

F-35 Lightning IIs belonging to Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, and Hill Air Force Base, Utah, have begun using a technology that can help prevent aircraft from flying into the ground, marking a new milestone for the stealth fighter, officials announced Wednesday.
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Media - News | Jul 19, 2019

Hill Airmen expand F-35A combat capability in Rapid Forge

This week, Airmen from Hill Air Force Base’s fighter wings forward deployed the F-35A Lightning II to several locations in Europe as part of a joint readiness exercise. So far, Operation Rapid Forge has seen F-35As, F-15E Strike Eagles, and C-130J Super Hercules aircraft work together to land, refuel and re-arm with inert munitions at […]
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Media - News | Jul 11, 2019

Largest off-station F-35A operation to date

Since May 30, the 388th Fighter Wing’s 34th Fighter Squadron has been flying out of Mountain Home in what has been the largest off-station F-35A Lightning II operation to date. The squadron, normally stationed at Hill AFB, Utah, is functioning as a detachment with about 300 Airmen in operations, support and maintenance. They arrived at […]
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Media - News | Jul 11, 2019

By buying F-15 jets, Pentagon leaders are repeating past mistakes

On March 14, 2012, an American flag was flown aboard aircraft serial No. 10-4195 — the first flight of the last F-22 Raptor produced. The fifth-generation fighter was of uncompromised design, born of capabilities to sustain the vision of the world’s greatest air force and emphatically demonstrating that America would invest to protect its interests […]
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