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May- 2024 -

15 May

Air

Joe Saballa

Turkey Claims New KAAN Fighter Jets ‘Better Than’ America’s F-35s

Turkish Aerospace Industries' general manager has said the country’s new KAAN fighter jet is better than US-made F-35s.

9 May

Technology

A shot of a land mass generated by Precision3D Data Suite by Maxar Intelligence. The computer-generated image shows a relatively flat and green landscape with small mountains. The background is a clear blue sky.

Juster Domingo

Maxar, Lockheed to Streamline F-35 Simulator Delivery

Maxar has signed a deal with Lockheed to expedite delivery of the F-35 Full Mission Simulator flight simulation and training system.

Apr- 2024 -

23 April

Middle East

Joe Saballa

Iran Claims New Version of Bavar-373 Can Take Out US-Made Stealth Jets

Iran has unveiled an enhanced version of its Bavar-373 long-range air defense system that can allegedly take out US-made stealth fighters.

3 April

Technology

Rojoef Manuel

US Navy, Air Force to Begin Joint Fighter Jet Training in 2024

The US Navy and Air Force will start cooperative fighter pilot training this year through a Joint Simulation Environment.

Mar- 2024 -

19 March

Air

Two F-35 Lightning II and a JAS-39 Gripen fighter plane fly together during Denmark and Sweden's drills. The background is a clear blue sky with some white clouds covering it. The sea below shows calm, blue-green waters.

Juster Domingo

Denmark, Sweden Conduct First Joint Air Combat Drills as NATO Members

Denmark and Sweden's Air Forces have conducted their first combat training drills together as NATO allies in and around Danish airspace.

15 March

Air

Inder Singh Bisht

Honeywell Demonstrates Upgrading F-35’s Cooling System

Honeywell demonstrated upgrading the cooling capacity of the F-35 Power and Thermal Management System from 30 to 80 kilowatts.

14 March

Land

A DIRT Bag 6090 maintainer fabricated enclosure kit, or MFEK, is set up for an on-aircraft demonstration of a structural repair in a hangar at a Marine Corps Air Station facility in July 2022. A MFEK is a pre-fabricated walk-in enclosure that rapidly enables maintainers to perform sustainment on the Air Force’s current fleet of combat aircraft in a controlled, dust- and debris-free environment that works the same way for every maintainer, every time. The enclosure is comprised of durable, transparent panels and a lightweight, reconfigurable frame made of telescoping poles, and is scalable and reconfigurable from 54” up to 90”. AFWERX, the DAF’s innovation arm and a functional directorate within the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, funded the design, development and successful flightline testing of Cornerstone Research Group’s DIRT Bag DB-6090, which will be sold alongside the smaller DIRT Bag DB-2424 model previously developed under an AFRL Small Business Innovation Research program. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Rojoef Manuel

US Air Force Extends Development of Aircraft Repair Tents

Cornerstone Research Group has secured a contract to extend maintainer-fabricated enclosure kit development for the US Air Force.

13 March

Americas

Joe Saballa

US OKs F-35 Full-Rate Production After 5-Year Delay

The US Department of Defense has approved the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to enter full-rate production after a five-year delay.

11 March

Americas

Joe Saballa

F-35A First 5th-Gen Fighter Jet Authorized to Carry Nukes

Lockheed Martin’s F-35A Joint Strike Fighter aircraft has received authorization to carry nuclear bombs.

Feb- 2024 -

13 February

Europe

An Israeli F-35 fighter jet performs in an air show

Staff Writer With AFP

Court Orders Netherlands to Stop F-35 Parts Delivery to Israel

The Netherlands must stop delivering parts for F-35s used by Israel in Gaza after a Dutch court ruled there was a "clear risk" the planes would be involved in breaking international humanitarian law.

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