An F-35A Lightning II assigned to the 355th Fighter Squadron flies over Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, May 12, 2021. Photo By: Air Force Airman 1st Class Jose Miguel T. Tamondong
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MAY 14, 2021 | BY DAVID VERGUN, DOD NEWS
There are about 630 F-35 Lightning IIs in the field today in nine nations, including the U.S., the program executive officer for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office said. Five of those nations have deployed the F-35 in combat.
Air Force Lt. Gen. Eric T. Fick spoke yesterday at the McAleese FY2022 Defense Programs conference.
“The F-35 delivers truly game-changing capabilities today. With its combination of stealth, sensor fusion and interoperability, the F-35 is truly the quarterback of the joint force,” he said.
F-35A Lightning II test aircraft assigned to the 31st Test Evaluation Squadron from Edwards Air Force Base, California, released AIM-120 AMRAAM and AIM-9X missiles at QF-16 targets during a live-fire test over an Air Force range in the Gulf of Mexico on June 12, 2018. The Joint Operational Test Team conducted the missions as part of Block 3F Initial Operational Test and Evaluation.
‘Have bombs, will travel’: How agile deployments are reshaping combat in the Middle East May 3 The 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing configured six F-15E Strike Eagles to carry extra bombs to bare-base locations, taking off from an undisclosed location April 25. This new configuration is allowing the Air Force to increase combat capabilities by carrying more munitions to a forward operating base than the Strike Eagle can use on one mission. (Air Force) The Air Force’s latest push for a more flexible force known as agile combat employment could help the service keep airmen at home longer and its aircraft readiness up, the leader of a key expeditionary wing in the Middle East told Air Force Times April 30. But deployments could become more intense for airmen when they do go abroad.
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How the B-52 Bomber Is Coming Back From the Dead
It isn t that uncommon for older military hardware to return to service after being mothballed or sent out to the not-so proverbial pasture.
Here s What You Need to Remember: Despite the facility s name, aircraft sent to the Boneyard don t actually slowly return to the ground from which they came. Rather the aircraft are monitored and maintained accordingly.
There have been plenty of films – many that star Sylvester Stallone or Arnold Schwarzenegger – that tell of a retired and aging veteran called back to military service, yet in reality, it probably doesn t happen all that much. However, it isn t that uncommon for older military hardware to return to service after being mothballed or sent out to the not-so proverbial pasture.