The F-35A flight test that could cut years off every allied weapons certification cycle

The stealth fighter gets more lethal thanks to joint defense.
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First Polish F-35 Built at Cameri's FACO has Flown

The first Polish F-35s to be built at Cameri's Final Assembly Check Out facility in Italy has conducted its first functional ...
The Aviationist

Meteor BVRAAM Nears F-35A Flight Testing

The F-35A completed ground vibration testing and fit checks at Edwards Air Force Base ahead of the beginning of flight testing. The F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) has announced the completion of a ...
Dayton Daily News

First female F-35 test pilot completes flight mission

Maj. Rachael Winiecki, 461st Flight Test Squadron F-35 test pilot, and Airman 1st Class Heather Rice, 412th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, pose for a photo right after Winiecki landed her F ...
Flightglobal

US Air Force receives F-35A instrumented for flight-test work

The US Air Force has taken delivery of a Lockheed Martin F-35A fighter that will be employed for testing software updates and new weapons. The US Air Force (USAF) has taken delivery of a Lockheed ...
Combat Aviator on MSN

F-35 commands loyal wingman: Autonomy test reshapes air combat

The landscape of aerial warfare has reached a transformative milestone. In a groundbreaking demonstration that reads like science fiction but represents hard military reality, an F-35 Lightning II ...
Flightglobal

US F-35A test dropped inert B61 nuclear bombs in August

US Air Force Lockheed Martin F-35A fighters have completed integration tests with inert B61-12 nuclear gravity bombs, proving the stealth jet’s “dual capable” status of being able to deliver ...