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Any delivery today? KC135 spotted taking off from FW

tally wrote:First Flight AF-242 (18-5351/AK) May 11, 2020. Came back with an issue which sounded like limited cockpit pressurization.
Tally.

Any news about it? Is it another case of IPP/OBOGS malfunction?

For the Star Wars Day the IAF made the two Squadrons (140FS & 116FS) commanders play Star Wars roles
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=317 ... 7101913936

"Enduring Lightning" exercise in Israel, March 29th 2020 Four F-35A's from USAF 34FS based in Al Dhafra Air Base participated together with four F-35i's from IAF 140FS in A2A and A2G missions. Because of the COVID-19 the event was only in the air includes briefing and debriefing using clas...

The Israel Air (& Space) Force will receive 6 from each of LRIP 12, 13 & 14 taking it to a total of 39 before series production begins. Here is AS12 seen during this week's "joint" exercise with "the Americans". As no American aircraft will land in Israel my guess would ...

Starfighter_F-104G wrote:

tally wrote:First flight 18-5345/AK. marked as 354 OG.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/496 ... 10e2_h.jpg

Black?

Today IAF F-35i AS-15 made f/f, this unique bird set to be a testing Adir (carry lots of telemetry equipments) and destinate to the IAF Flight Test Center in Tel-Nof AFB
https://www.instagram.com/p/B9XE-cXBh9M/

And a brief pause from the program updates with McLaren Speedtail vs F-35B by Top Gear
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNZAqMj2U_0

Summarizing LRIP-12 so far: - US: 48A, 20B, 9C (77) - UK: 3B - Italy: 1A, 2B (3) - Netherlands: 8A - Australia: 15A - Norway: 6A - Turkey/US: 8A - Denmark: 2A - Israel: 6A - Japan: 6A - S.Korea: 5A Total: 105A, 25B, 9C (139) To remind you the block buy of 478 airplanes from October 2019 consist of: ...

No marking F-35A made FF, is it AS-15?
https://m.facebook.com/TXAFTERBURNER/ph ... 42/?type=3

Jan 16th, 2020 Israel Air Force inaugurates its second F-35 squadron
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-ai ... -squadron/

IAF web site (hebrew)
https://www.iaf.org.il/9267-51925-he/IAF.aspx

JASDF F-35A 09-8717 was seen at Komatsu on 9 December. According to the spotter it's AX-17 made FF on Dec' 5th https://www.airliners.net/photo/Japan-Air-Force/Lockheed-Martin-Mitsubishi-F-35A-Lightning-II/5807803?qsp=eJxtjbEOgkAQRP9l6muQgIROGkst/IHN3qqXIFz2tpAQ/t3zSKzsJu9NZlbwPJm87bZEQY8kpPyEQySlV0...

Noted the following Aussie F-35's at NAS Fort Worth. Not first flights but FMS serial tie ups. AU-19 (A35-019 - FMS 18-5390) Dec 11, 2019. AU-20 (A35-020 - FMS 18-5391) Dec 13, 2019. According the spotters there was FF https://www.facebook.com/TXAFTERBURNER/photos/pcb.1492836160897547/1492836120897...

roberto wrote:

evhest wrote:A little bird told me F-010 is up for delivery next Friday. Don't shoot me!

As far as i know pilot goes to Italy on friday and will return with the F-010 on 16/12 with 17/12 as a reserve day. Time will tell who is right

LM pilot?

for USAF F-35A I have: AF-227 17-5285 USAF LRIP 11 AF-228 18-5336 USAF LIRP 12 AF-229 18-5337 USAF LIRP 12 etc Not really, AF-227 is 18-5336, here look for yourself.. https://www.airliners.net/photo/USA-Air-Force/Lockheed-Martin-F-35A-Lightning-II/5800483/L AF-228 as mentioned before is 18-5337, an...