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  JSF Gets A Schedule After Three Years

  Posted by Bill Sweetman 4:18 AM on Jun 03, 2013

  Release of the latest selected acquisition report on the F-35, and the announcement of initial operational capability dates, is good news for the program.  Good news, in that... 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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  Wrongheaded? Really?

  Posted by Bill Sweetman 11:28 AM on Oct 18, 2012

  Aviation Week’s editorial of October 1 recommended re-injecting some competition into the US fighter business, and has taken some flak from Lockheed Martin consultant Loren T... Read More >>

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  AvWeek Editorial: Pentagon Needs More Fighter Options

  Posted by Sean Meade 10:21 AM on Oct 02, 2012

  We have often vociferously debated the Joint Strike Fighter program here on Ares. This week's edition of Aviation Week & Space Technology features an editorial that says the U.... Read More >>

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  RNLAF Disbands F-16 Squadron

  Posted by Nicholas Fiorenza 8:26 AM on Sep 27, 2012

  The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) has disbanded 311 Squadron, leaving it with only four F-16 squadrons. Volkel air base commander Col. Peter Tankink today handed the squadron... Read More >>

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  9/18 Frago

  Posted by Sean Meade 9:44 AM on Sep 18, 2012

  + Camp Bastion Attack Is Reality Check for F-35B + New U.S. Amphib Anchorage Delivered + Is China’s New Stealth Fighter Headed to Sea? + Boeing builds Super Hornet di... Read More >>

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  The New Sheriff Ain't Happy

  Posted by Bill Sweetman 12:21 PM on Sep 17, 2012

  Maj Gen Christopher Bogdan, deputy director of the Joint Strike Fighter program office for the past five weeks, and designated successor to VAdm Dave Venlet, took the stage at the ... Read More >>

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