Posted by Java Joe on September 12, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The US military and Europe officials partner to minimize F-35 operating costs to assure sustainment and future purchase goals can be reached.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Boeing, F-35 operating costs, F-35B, Hauck, HMS Queen Elizabeth, Hurricane Florence, KC-46, mattis, military misconduct, Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Navy divers, Norfolk fleet, Pangang Group Company, Syrian jet
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 May 15, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Marine Corps F-35B Lighting II stealth fighters are training alongside Japanese F-35As for the first time at Misawa Air Base in northern Japan. US and Japanese airmen welcomed the first operational JASDF F-35A to Misawa earlier this year.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Barry McCullough, Bell Boeing JPO, drone sales, EA Engineering, F-35B, Japanese F-35A, Lt. Gen. Scott Howell, Navy SEALS, Operation Inherent Resolve, silent rotor technology, Silver Fang, student loan forgiveness, UAS, USS Harry S. Truman, USS Theodore Roosevelt
Posted by Java Joe on May 1, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Supply challenges and unshared lessons learned of the F-35 could imperil the high-tech aircraft’s operational effectiveness, according to a GAO report released last week.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Expeditionary Fast Transport Capabilities, F-35B, foreign military sales, Gen. Tony Thomas, hypersonics, Michael Griffin, North Korean missiles, SOCOM, USS Fitzgerald, USS John S. McCain, VADM Joseph Aucoin
Posted by Java Joe on February 5, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The first F-35B assembled outside of the US landed at NAS Patuxent River last week after completing a transatlantic flight from Cameri Air Base in Italy.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags DefSec James Mattis, F-35B, Global Heat Map, government shutdown, GPS technologies, hypoxia, Pentagon acquisition, SM-3 Block IIA missile, T-6 trainers, USS Fitzgerald, USS John S. McCain, vaping
Posted by Java Joe on October 24, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The Air Force is preparing to put nuclear-armed bombers back on 24-hour alert. “This is yet one more step in ensuring that we’re prepared,” Gen. David Goldfein, AF chief of staff, says.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Bowe Bergdahl, Coastal Battlefield Reconnaissance and Analysis, Cobra, Cygnus OA-8, Dawn Blitz, Elon Musk, F-35B, F-35s, GAO report, Gene Cernan, Gov. Larry Hogan, High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, HIMARS, HMS Queen Elizabeth, hyperloop, Jimmy Carter, MQ-8B Fire Scout, North Korea, nuclear bombers, South China Sea, water contamination
Posted by Java Joe on September 5, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The Air Force is lifting its altitude flight restriction for F-35A Joint Strike Fighters at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags B-2 Spirit, Capt. Jason Hammond, F-22 Raptor, F-35A, F-35B, hypoxia, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, THAAD, US Pacific Command, USS Wasp, VADM Mike Shoemaker
Posted by Java Joe on May 8, 2017 · Leave a Comment
USMC Cyberspace Command wants to have 13 fully operational cyber teams. Right now, it has nine teams defending networks and conducting operations in cyberspace.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Capt. Jason Hammond, Capt. Scott Starkey, cyber, department of homeland security, F-35B, HALE, Littoral Combat Ships, Mark Green, North Korean sanctions, Patriot Construction, UAV, USMC cyber, veterans health care
Posted by Java Joe on March 13, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The debate over the military budget is heating up in Washington between the defense hawks on Capitol Hill and the fiscal hawks in the Trump administration.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Boeing, defense contracting, Euro Hawk, F-35 Lightning II, F-35B, Great Mills Trading Post, Lockheed Martin, Mantech, military budget, MQ-4C Triton, Northrop Grumman, P-8A Poseidon, VX-1
Posted by Java Joe on November 22, 2016 · Leave a Comment
Marines are putting F-35Bs and their pilots through qualifications and tests to better understanding how small-deck carriers, the F-35s, V-22s, and combat-ready Marines can best function together.
