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Pentagon halts F-35, F135 engine deliveries Pending Texas F-35B Crash Investigation

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Pentagon halts F-35, F135 engine deliveries Pending Texas F-35B Crash Investigation

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F-35s with Fewer than 40 Hours of Flying Grounded because of Issue with Tube that Transfers High-Pressure Fuel in the Fighter’s F135 Engine Discovered after F-35B Crash in Texas

Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

F-35s with Fewer than 40 Hours of Flying Grounded because of Issue with Tube that Transfers High-Pressure Fuel in the Fighter’s F135 Engine Discovered after F-35B Crash in Texas

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Israel grounds 11 F-35I stealth jets after US F-35B crash at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth

Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

Israel grounds 11 F-35I stealth jets after US F-35B crash at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth

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Video shows F-35B crash and 0-0 ejection at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth as result of failed hovering test

Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

Video shows F-35B crash and 0-0 ejection at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth as result of failed hovering test

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With a total of 53 missiles successfully launched, RAF Typhoon and F-35B Lightning II aircraft conducted their largest ever mass firing of ASRAAMs

Military Aviation / Weapons

With a total of 53 missiles successfully launched, RAF Typhoon and F-35B Lightning II aircraft conducted their largest ever mass firing of ASRAAMs

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Two RAAF F-35A Lightning II stealth fighters killed Six RSAF F-15SG fighters in a single mock engagement during Exercise Pitch Black 2022

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Two RAAF F-35A Lightning II stealth fighters killed Six RSAF F-15SG fighters in a single mock engagement during Exercise Pitch Black 2022

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KAI displays model of KF-21N, Boramae Variant Operating From Aircraft Carrier

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KAI displays model of KF-21N, Boramae Variant Operating From Aircraft Carrier

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USMC KC-130J Pilot who Landed his Plane Safely in a Farmer’s Field in California after a Mid-Air Collision with an F-35B received the Distinguished Flying Cross

Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

USMC KC-130J Pilot who Landed his Plane Safely in a Farmer’s Field in California after a Mid-Air Collision with an F-35B received the Distinguished Flying Cross

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Marines carry out Test of ‘Lightning Carrier’ Concept by loading Record 16 F-35Bs Aboard USS Tripoli (the number of Lightning IIs aboard Tripoli could grow to 18 or 20 this week)

Military Aviation

USMC to reduce the number of F-35 Lightning II strike fighters in some squadrons

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USMC East Coast Harrier squadrons gather together for a few last group shots before transitioning to the F-35B

Military Aviation

Despite facing retirement within this decade, USMC AV-8B Harrier mission capable rate is now at 83 percent

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USS Tripoli amphibious assault ship completes Lightning Carrier Concept demo with 20 F-35B Joint Strike Fighters aboard (almost as many jets as on Chinese Carriers)

Aircraft Carriers / Military Aviation

USS Tripoli amphibious assault ship completes Lightning Carrier Concept demo with 20 F-35B Joint Strike Fighters aboard (almost as many jets as on Chinese Carriers)

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Marines carry out Test of ‘Lightning Carrier’ Concept by loading Record 16 F-35Bs Aboard USS Tripoli (the number of Lightning IIs aboard Tripoli could grow to 18 or 20 this week)

Aircraft Carriers / Military Aviation

Marines carry out Test of ‘Lightning Carrier’ Concept by loading Record 16 F-35Bs Aboard USS Tripoli (the number of Lightning IIs aboard Tripoli could grow to 18 or 20 this week)

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VMA-214 re-designated as VMFA-214 as the squadron prepares to transition from the AV-8B to the F-35B marking the sundown for Harriers on the West Coast

Aviation History / Military Aviation

VMA-214 re-designated as VMFA-214 as the squadron prepares to transition from the AV-8B to the F-35B marking the sundown for Harriers on the West Coast

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USAF B-1B, F-15Es and RAF F-35B conduct Joint Flypasts over RAF Lakenheath and RAF Duxford for Eighth Air Force 80th Anniversary

Aviation History / Military Aviation

USAF B-1B, F-15Es and RAF F-35B conduct Joint Flypasts over RAF Lakenheath and RAF Duxford for Eighth Air Force 80th Anniversary

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Twenty-Six F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters are operating aboard US Navy ships in the Indo-Pacific amid heightened tensions between the US and China

Aircraft Carriers / Military Aviation

Twenty-Six F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters are operating aboard US Navy ships in the Indo-Pacific amid heightened tensions between the US and China

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USS Tripoli recovers and launches the F-35B Lightning II Fifth Generation Fighter for the first time

Aircraft Carriers / Military Aviation

USS Tripoli recovers and launches the F-35B Lightning II Fifth Generation Fighter for the first time

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Are Russians hunting to fish the wreckage of the UK F-35B that crashed last week like they did with that of a US Navy F-14 that fell off the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy in 1976?

Aircraft Carriers / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

Are Russians hunting to fish the wreckage of the UK F-35B that crashed last week like they did with that of a US Navy F-14 that fell off the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy in 1976?

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