F-35 fleet hits 1 million flight hours; DOD reevaluating heavy reliance on private contractors
The DOD plans to use the F-35, its "most ambitious and costly weapon system," through 2088, with projections of over $1.7 ...
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Inside the mile-long factory line where America's F-35 stealth fighter jets are made
The F-35 is the world's most expensive weapons program ... the four major structure pieces of the jet — the tail section, wings, center fuselage, and forward fuselage — are brought together.
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F-35 test pilot shares what it's like to jump from flying older F-16s to Lockheed Martin's ...
A test pilot who made the jump from the now fifty-year-old F-16 to the new F-35 stealth fighter told Business Insider that it is a wildly different experience. Think about the informational ...
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How China is solving F-22’s stealth coating cracks with 3,000-year-old silk weaving tech
While US stealth fighters like the F-22 Raptor grapple with delaminating radar-absorbent coatings – a vulnerability likened to “moulting cicada wings ... F-22 and F-35, rely on layered ...
The National Interest9 天
Somehow, The F-35 Lighting II is Getting Even Better
The legendary F-35 Lighting II is in line to receive a propeller for greater air-to-air refueling capabilities. The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II continues to be touted as the most capable ...