Next 8 Aussie F-35s ordered – at new ‘low’ price
The next batch of F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters – including eight for Australia – has been ordered, at
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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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200th F-35 Lightning delivered
The first F-35 Lightning delivery of 2017 was also the 200th overall delivery for the Joint Strike Fighter program and, highlighting the
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Two Aussies on F-35 international deployment
Two Royal Australian Air Force members on posting to the Joint Strike Fighter Operational Test Team (JOTT) located at Edwards
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JSF fleet tops 50,000 flight hours
F-35 Lightning II aircraft operating at 12 different locations worldwide surpassed the 50,000 flight hour mark this month. CAPTION: An Aussie
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F-35 Lightening completes first trans-Atlantic crossing
An Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare) F-35A Lightning II aircraft completed the very first trans-Atlantic crossing for the type, arriving
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First Australian to fly the F-35A
Royal Australian Air Force pilot Squadron Leader Andrew Jackson made history at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, on 18 March
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Joint Strike Fighter completes first airborne gunfire test
An F-35A Lightning Joint Strike Fighter completed the first three airborne gunfire bursts from its internal Gun Airborne Unit (GAU)-22/A 25mm
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KC-30 home after JSF trials
A Royal Australia Air Force KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport has returned home from successful refuelling trials with the F-35A Lightning
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First Aussie fuel transfer to a Joint Strike Fighter
The Royal Australian Air Force has completed the first fuel transfer with the air refuelling boom from a RAAF KC-30A
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