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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F-35A Lightning II
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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Aussie Growler fleet now complete
Australia’s fleet of 12 EA-18G Growlers is now complete with the last two aircraft arriving at RAAF Base Amberley this
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F-35 deploys on first exercise in Europe
F-35A Lightning II, airmen and accompanying equipment arrived at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, yesterday, marking the aircraft’s first training
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It’s official – Australia’s own F-35A at Avalon
Minister for Defence Marise Payne and Minister for Defence Industry Christopher Pyne today announced that both of Australia’s F-35A Joint Strike Fighters
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F-35 Lightning debuts at Red Flag
Story by Micah Garbarino 75th Air Base Wing Public Affairs After eight days “at war” the F-35A Lightning II is proving
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RAAF takes command with F-35 and Growler at Red Flag
Royal Australian Air Force personnel have deployed to Nevada for Exercise Red Flag 17-1, where they will train in the
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