Posted by Java Joe on July 24, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The F-35 fighter jet is arriving in growing numbers in Europe, and military officials say it is poised to play a much broader role in missile defense.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags anti-mine units, arms transfer policy, F-35, Gen. Tod Wolters, Harry S. Truman Carrier STrike Group, Lt. Col. Sam Folsom, North Korea sanctions, PES-HI, Ukraine, weapons exports, World War I memorial
Posted by Java Joe on June 26, 2018 · Leave a Comment
F-35 jets are already in 12 nations, are set to dominate the Western fighter market for decades to come.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags 355-ship fleet, A-29 Super Tucano, Class C ground mishaps, Desert Storm War Memorial, F-35, foreign military sales, Joseph Maguire, military commissaries, MQ-9 Reaper, National Counterrorism Center, North Korean summit, SpaceX
Posted by Java Joe on June 25, 2018 · Leave a Comment
An F-35B that erupted into flames caused by a faulty bracket nearly two years ago has been struck by the Marine Corps, making it the first loss of an F-35 for the corps. The corps made the determination that the costs to repair the fighter would not be worth the return on investment.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Air Force Gen. Paul J. Selva, coaxial helicopter, electronic warfare, F-35, F-35B, Fat Leonard, future of NATO, MQ-8C Fire Scout, NATO, North Korean summit, S-97 Raider, space force, VA electronic health records
Posted by Java Joe on June 21, 2018 · Leave a Comment
US Senate blocks Lockheed’s $10 billion sale of F-35s to Turkey, fearing the fighter jet’s secrets are at risk since the NATO ally’s decision to buy the Russian S-400 air defense system.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Afghanistan commander, amphibious combat vehicle, Austin Scott miller, BAE Systems, Bryce Benson, F-35, Irian Woodley, Lockheed, Maryland National Guard, Massachusetts National Guard, Natalie Combs, NATO, Turkey, UN Human Rights Council, USS Fitzgerald, Virginia ational Guard
Posted by Java Joe on June 18, 2018 · Leave a Comment
An upgrade to the F-35’s engine is being developed. Pratt & Whitney says the changes will give the engine the power and cooling necessary to make the fighter jet even more of a powerhouse.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags A-10 Thunderbolts, Blue Angels, Cmdr. William Schomer, F-35, F-35A Lightning II, Maj. Gen. Daniel Yoo, Navy warrant officer-1, Netherlands F-35A, North Korea summit, reservists, Turkey F-35A
Posted by Java Joe on June 7, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The F-35 fighter jet is cruising toward the end of its development phase, but a Government Accountability Office report warns DoD not to move to full-rate production until it’s certain all critical technical issues have been resolved.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags American Electronics, Aviation Systems Engineering Co., Blue Origin, Dark Sword, Eagle Systems Inc., F-35, F-35B training, North Korea summit, Operation Overlord, Research and Engineering Development LLC, Rollout Systems LLC, single-use plastics, Social Security, Space Race, SpaceX, VA Choice
Posted by Java Joe on June 5, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The F-22 Raptor has deployed to the Pacific as part of a theater security mission, swapping in for the Air Force’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags BAE Systems, Booz Allen Hamilton, Expedition 60/61, F-22 Raptor, F-35, FFG(X), Fincantieri, frigate Alpino, German drones, Lockheed Martin, MQ-9 Reapers, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Senate defense policy bill, Top Gun
Posted by Java Joe on June 4, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The US Pacific Command has a new name. It will now be called US Indo-Pacific Command in the latest move to counter Chinese economic and military pressure in the region.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags C5I Edge Systems, F-35, forward firing gun, Geico Skytypers, MacAulay-Brown, military pet owners, minidrone, pilot retention, Pioneering Decisive Solutions Inc., Smartronix, tariffs, US Indo-Pacific Command, US Pacific Command, V-22 Osprey
Posted by Java Joe on May 2, 2018 · Leave a Comment
You won’t be commanding a ship, the Navy wants to recruit the “scientific or technical” skills needed to wage cyber war and needs to bring in those software engineers at a captain’s grade. A six-figure salary, commensurate with civilian workers, is necessary to bring the skill needed into the military.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags captain, David Quinn, EFT, F-35, Marine Corps Sgt. David Quinn, Navy's Expeditionary Fast Transport, pay grade, presidential helicopter, sexual assault, software engineer, Sprint, steel tariffs, T-Mobile, Tarawa, tariff, VA, World War II, WWII
Posted by Java Joe on April 16, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Three F-35 Lightning IIs have completed the most comprehensive flight test program in aviation history, Lockheed Martin officials said last week.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags A-10 Thunderbolt II, aviation accidents, Broad Area Maritime Surveillance, F-35, M80 Stiletto, military budget, missile strikes, submarine force ratings, Syrian air strikes, TESS, Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, Triton, UAS
