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  Gen. Bogdan's JSF Security Doubts

  Posted by Bill Sweetman 5:57 PM on Apr 26, 2013

  There was an immediate circling of the wagons late last week after Lt Gen Chris Bogdan, Joint Strike Fighter program director, took a shot at his contractors’ security measur... Read More >>

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  U.K. Thinks 5th Generation

  Posted by Tony Osborne 3:30 PM on Apr 22, 2013

  The U.K. Royal Air Force (RAF) used its first deployment of Eurofighter Typhoons to Red Flag to conceptualize how it might use the fighter in conjunction with the Lockheed Martin F... Read More >>

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  New F-35 Videos

  Posted by Sean Meade 10:22 AM on Mar 28, 2013

  Lockheed Martin has posted three new F-35 videos. Check them out. Read More >>

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  JSF-Centric Warfare

  Posted by Bill Sweetman 3:18 PM on Jan 28, 2013

  Now charging into the Joint Strike Fighter debate is the American Enterprise Institute, with what they call “a comprehensive case for the F-35”. It’s not exactly ... Read More >>

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  Video: Lockheed Martin's Perspective on F-35 2012 Flight Testing

  Posted by Sean Meade 2:05 PM on Jan 24, 2013

  Lockheed Martin has just come out with their 2012 F-35 Flight Test at Edwards AFB video on YouTube. Their description: Hear from the F-35 flight test team at Edwards Air Force B... Read More >>

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  Fire Down Below

  Posted by Bill Sweetman 1:41 PM on Jan 14, 2013

  I’m sure that the spin experts are even now writing their reviews of the latest report on the F-35 program by Michael Gilmore, the Pentagon’s director of operational te... Read More >>

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  JSF Is Not F-16-Priced

  Posted by Bill Sweetman 4:47 PM on Dec 18, 2012

  Lockheed Martin consultant Loren Thompson is promoting a rather misleading meme about the cost of the Joint Strike Fighter in a recent blog post. When you add up all the expens... Read More >>

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  Maybe Another F-35 Defection ... How Much Should It Matter?

  Posted by Amy Butler 2:19 PM on Dec 07, 2012

  The recent news that Canada has once again opted to shop around for an F-35 alternative didn’t come as a shock. Ottawa has long been embroiled in a controversy over whether t... Read More >>

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  Photo: F-35A Operational Utility Evaluation

  Posted by Sean Meade 6:45 PM on Nov 05, 2012

  The USAF says operational utility evaluation of the F-35A at Eglin AFB, Fla. will be done in the next two weeks if the weather is good. Four pilot students have begun the flying... Read More >>

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  Video and Photo: F-35A Completes First AIM-120 AMRAAM Internal Weapons Release

  Posted by Sean Meade 4:01 PM on Oct 22, 2012

  Lockheed Martin released this item:   EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., Oct 22, 2012 – An F-35A test aircraft, flown by U.S. Air Force Maj. Matthew Phillips, completed t... Read More >>

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