RAAF F-35A damaged in Williamtown ground incident
Defence is investigating an incident at RAAF Base Williamtown that left an F-35A Joint Strike Fighter with ‘minor damage’ last
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F-35A Lightning II
F-35A at Richmond – 26 Feb 2020
Six Royal Australian Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs from RAAF Base Williamtown will conduct diversion training into RAAF Base Richmond on 26 Feb 2020.
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First homegrown F-35A engine removal
The first removal of an F135 engine from an F-35A Lightning II by a Royal Australian Air Force unit happened RAAF Base Williamtown recently.
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Aus/UK open splinter F-35 Reprogramming Laboratory
Australia and the UK have officially opened an Australian and United Kingdom F-35 Reprogramming Laboratory at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.
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RAAF F-35A begins flying ops from Williamtown
F-35As begin flying operations near RAAF Base Williamtown this week, scheduled from 21 to 25 January. FILE PHOTO (10 December
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F-35 Lightning touches down at Williamtown
The first two of 72 Australian F-35A Lightning Joint Strike Fighters to be based in Australia have landed at RAAF Base Williamtown.
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First F-35A deployable cabins delivered
The first two of 15 Lockheed Martin Australia F-35A deployable cabins critical to successful Joint Strike Fighter operations have been delivered to the Australian
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Australia grounds its F-35 fleet
The ABC is reporting that Australia has grounded its fleet of F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters in America following
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Australia’s first F-35 coming soon
A35-009 – the first F-35A for the Royal Australian Air Force scheduled to be delivered to Australia in December –
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First Aussie F-35 bomb drops
An Australian F-35A aircraft dropped two inert GBU-31v3 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) weapons for the first time on 20
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Asia-Pacific JSF engine maintenance an Ipswich Masters stroke
TAE Aerospace has purchased a former Masters building near Ipswich and will transform the site into a state-of-the-art aerospace facility,
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300th F-35 delivered
The F-35 Joint Program Office and Lockheed Martin yesterday delivered the 300th production F-35 aircraft. CAPTION: The 300th F-35 (an F-35A
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Aussie F-35 fleet clocks first 1000th sortie
RAAF personnel at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, in the United States, marked a significant milestone on Monday this week
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Antonov arrival overshadows substance of delivery
Training equipment for Australia’s soon-to-be-delivered F-35A Lightning fighter fleet was delivered to RAAF Base Williamtown yesterday – though everyone seemed to
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F-35 Lightning completes system development and demonstration phase
The F-35 program has accomplished the final developmental test flight of the System Development and Demonstration (SDD) phase of the
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Australia receives next three F-35A Lightning
Australia has taken delivery of its next three F-35A Lightning II aircraft from Lockheed Martin. CAPTION: Royal Australian Air Force
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South Korea gets first F-35A
Republic of Korea and US government leaders celebrated the public debut or ‘roll out’ of the first Republic of Korea
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First F-35A JSF in Japan unveiled
Senior leaders of Japan’s Ministry of Defense, US Forces Japan Pacific Air Forces and Lockheed Martin celebrated the arrival of
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Australia’s third F-35 rolls off production line
Australia’s third F-35A Joint Strike Fighter has rolled off the assembly line at Lockheed Martin’s production facility in Fort Worth,
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JSF fleet tops 100,000 flight hours
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft fleet recently exceeded 100,000 flight hours while the F-35 Integrated Test Force
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