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The Houthis Are Freaked: F-35C Fighters Just Drew 'First Blood'
What You Need to Know: The U.S. Navy’s F-35C Lightning II stealth fighter recently saw its first combat action in a series of airstrikes against Houthi rebel weapons storage sites in Yemen.
Will Lockheed Martin Catch Up F-35 Delays In Time For The 2030 US Marine Hornet Replacement?
Additionally, the Marines plan to increase the number of F-35s from 10 to 12 per squadron. This will likely happen sometime ...
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F-35C Fighter Is The 'Backbone' of the U.S. Navy in the Sky
F-35C Stealth Fighter Takes the Spotlight in Navy’s Carrier Strike Groups The U.S. naval aviation community achieved another milestone after the Navy’s third operational F-35C Lightning II ...
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F-35C fighter jet: Race is on to reach sunken US plane... before China
The $100m (£74m) F-35C plane came down in the South China Sea after what the Navy describes as a "mishap" during landing on the USS Carl Vinson. The jet is the Navy's newest, and crammed with ...
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F-35 Sustainment Costs Still Too High, USMC Boss Says
F-35 Sustainment Costs Still Too High, USMC Boss Says is published in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with your AWIN ...
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F-35C Lightning II
The F-35C Lightning II is the U.S. Navy’s first low-observable carrier-based aviation platform. The F-35 is being purchased to replace the F/A-18C/D Hornet as the carrier strike group’s ...
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Miramar-Based Squadron Returns After Flying F-35C Jets in Combat for First Time
The squadron completed the first combat employment of the F-35C Lightning II during a five-month mission to the Middle East and Eastern Pacific. While in the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM ...
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F-35C fighter jet recovered from South China Sea
A major operation was launched to recover the $100m (£74m) F-35C jet - the newest, most advanced in the US force. The aircraft ended up in at the bottom of the South China Sea following a landing ...
Map Shows US and Chinese Aircraft Carriers in Pacific This Week
An American aircraft carrier continued to patrol the South China Sea, and a Chinese "flattop" concluded a sea trial.
US Aircraft Carrier Carries More Firepower on Return to West Pacific
Photos published by the U.S. Navy showed the USS Carl Vinson is deployed with six additional F-35C stealth fighter jets.
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F-35C stealth fighter makes combat debut with US Marine Corps air strikes
The US Marine Corps made a significant milestone by launching the first combat air strikes using the F-35C Lightning II aircraft on November 9 and 10. The operation was carried out by the Marine ...
What US Air Force Bases Have F-35s?
A's initial operational capability in August 2016 (the year after the Marines declared initial operational capability of the ...