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F-35B Lightning lands at Beaufort’s Marine Air Station. Why is this warplane special?
The first F-35B Lightning II jet arrived at the Marine Corps Air Station Friday to much fanfare. The jet has “advanced ...
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Intense video shows fiery Marine Corps F-35 crash after colliding with a C-130
The Marine Corps’s F-35 variant currently costs just over $100 million per aircraft. Related: Marine Corps F-35 crashes after colliding with C-130 during refueling exercise Jared Keller ...
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First F-35 For The 301st Fighter Wing Sporting the ‘TX’ Tail Code Has Flown
The jet with the TX tail code will soon join the fleet of the "Spads" as part of the first stand-alone F-35 Air Force Reserve ...
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Marine unit found metal shavings in F-35 fuel, plastic tool in wing
Fisher's memo was approved by Col. William Mitchell, commander of Marine Aircraft Group 11. "F-35 readiness continues to ...
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U.S. Marine Corps’ VMFA-533 Receives First F-35B Lightning II Block 4 at MCAS Beaufort
The delivery makes VMFA-533 the Marine Corps’ second operational F-35B Lightning II unit on the East Coast. TR-3 supported ...
F-35 Lightning II Vs Typhoon FGR4: How Do The Fighter Jets Compare?
The U.S. military's F-35 Lightning II fighter jet has some strong competition from the U.K.'s Typhoon FGR4. How do these two ...
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F-35B Lightning II
The F-35 will replace AV-8B Harrier IIs in the Marine Corps inventory. Designed to operate from austere bases and a range of air-capable ships with its short takeoff/vertical landing capability ...
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The Hidden Troubles of the F-35
The Pentagon will have to live with limits on F-35’s supersonic flights The Navy's and Marine Corps' versions of the F-35 will have restrictions on how long they can fly at supersonic speeds ...
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Lockheed names software specialist as new head of F-35 jet program
Lockheed Martin has struggled with software components for the F-35's latest upgrades, and has now put a software engineering ...
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F-35B Lightning lands at Beaufort’s Marine Air Station. Why is this warplane special?
One of the most advanced fighter jets in the world will have a new home in Beaufort. Marine Air Corps Station Beaufort Air Station is transitioning from the F/18 Hornet to the supersonic F-35Bs ...