Tag: F-35

Will Musk kill the F-35 in the name of government efficiency?

Jamie McIntyre · December 6, 2024 5:25 am

Beltway Confidential

Biden revives the F-35 deal for Turkey

Michael Rubin · September 24, 2024 1:54 pm

Pilot hospitalized after $80 million F-35 crashes in New Mexico

Brady Knox · May 28, 2024 7:19 pm

F-35 pilot who fell 2,000 feet asked family to call 911: ‘A military jet crashed. I’m the pilot’

Rachel Schilke · September 22, 2023 2:56 pm

A Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II performs a demonstration flight at the Paris Air Show, in Le Bourget, east of Paris, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. On Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023, a Marine Corps pilot safely ejected from an F-35 Lightning II over North Charleston, S.C. The search for his missing aircraft was focused on two lakes north of North Charleston, military officials said.

Beltway Confidential

GAO issues scathing report on Lockheed Martin’s F-35 debacle

Tom Rogan · September 21, 2023 8:16 pm

The mystery of the missing F-35

Byron York · September 19, 2023 6:12 pm

FILE - A United States Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II takes part in an aerial display during the Singapore Airshow 2022 at Changi Exhibition Centre in Singapore, Feb. 15, 2022.

How the Air Force spent 25 hours hunting for missing $80 million stealth jet after in-air ‘mishap’

Rachel Schilke · September 19, 2023 3:10 pm

A Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II performs a demonstration flight at the Paris Air Show, in Le Bourget, east of Paris, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. On Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023, a Marine Corps pilot safely ejected from an F-35 Lightning II over North Charleston, S.C. The search for his missing aircraft was focused on two lakes north of North Charleston, military officials said.

National Security

Search for missing Marine Corps fighter jet underway after pilot ejected from aircraft

Peter Cordi · September 18, 2023 4:43 pm

U.S. Air Force F-35 A-fighter jets from 31st Test Evaluation Squadron at Edwards AFB fly over Levi's Stadium before an NFL football game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Oakland Raiders in Santa Clara, Calif., Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

Pentagon must reject absurd F-35 performance-based logistics contract

Tom Rogan · May 2, 2023 7:24 pm

A U.S. F-35 stealth fighter is seen during the press day of the 2017 Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition at Seoul Airport in Seongnam, South Korea.

Beltway Confidential

Lockheed Martin-funded writer says F-35 is the best. It isn’t

Tom Rogan · February 22, 2023 9:11 pm

An F-35B Lightning II aircraft assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 262 (Reinforced) flies over amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7), Aug. 20, 2022. Tripoli is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

Pentagon grounds some F-35s after pilot gets ejected

Mike Brest · December 28, 2022 1:41 am

President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, Polish President Andrzej Duda, and his wife Agata Kornhauser-Duda watch a flyover of one of two F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft at the White House, Wednesday, June 12, 2019, in Washington.

F-35 crashes, explodes on runway in Utah, pilot safely ejects

Brady Knox · October 20, 2022 6:49 pm