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The first F-35 Lightning II for the Finnish Air Force, JF-501, is now in production, with roll out expected in 2025. Finland selected the F-35 in 2021 to replace the F/A-18, ordering 64 aircraft. During a visit to Lockheed Martin’s Fort Worth plant in Texas, USA, on Oct. 28, 2024, retired Finnish Ai...

Nederland was tijdens de Koude Oorlog akkoord met de opslag van Amerikaanse kernwapens in Soesterberg, meldt de Volkskrant. Die wapens waren, anders dan bijvoorbeeld de nucleaire wapens op vliegbasis Volkel, enkel voor Amerikaans gebruik. Dat blijkt uit niet-eerder geopenbaarde geheime documenten ui...

The arrival of the first A400M for the 15th Wing (the Luxembourg's plane) is expected on Friday around 10.45 local time.

At Florennes AB of course

The last flight took place on August the 28th under strict corona rules. The plane involved was the B-Hunter s/n 274

Fighter jets belonging to the Israeli Air Force are bound for Germany in the coming week to take part in a symbolic memorial event and joint military exercises, the German air force said on Thursday. "To commemorate the 1972 Olympics attack, a German-Israeli formation will fly over the Fuersten...

The nine Belgian C-130s sold by the ministry of Defence have been bought by Sabena Aerospace and Blue Aerospace. One will go to the Army Museum

At least eight Lot 14 Turkish F-35A to go the the USAF US Air Force to Receive Turkish F-35s Under Latest $862M Contract Award (Source: US Department of Defense; issued July 20, 2020) Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded an $861,731,778 modification (...

The summit is still continuing this Saturday afternoon and could last until Sunday. Time will tell.

Is the delivery of the first plane planned on 30th June?

Indeed a political debate in sight

German Gov't Split Over Move to Replace Tornado Jets with US Nuclear-Capable F-18s
(Source: Sputnik News; posted April 21, 2020)

Pentagon Contract Announcement (Source: US Department of Defense; issued March 31, 2020) Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $22,902,038 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract that integrates the government of Belgium into the F-35 Lightning II combat aircraft enterprise. Work wil...

Allied airlift brings urgent medical supplies to the Czech Republic A cargo plane carrying several tons of medical supplies from China, including vital respirators and millions of facemasks, landed at Pardubice airport on Tuesday night (24-25 March 2020) to help combat the coronavirus. The AN-124 pl...

The future L-001, indeed Denmark's First F-35 on the Production Line in Fort Worth The aircraft is expected to be completed by the end of 2020 and will arrive at Luke Air Force Base in 2021, where it will be included in the training of Danish pilots. The front fuselage (aircraft hull) for Denmark's ...

Sorry, partially n French The Task Force 473 built around the French carrier Charles de Gaulle is going to take part to Frisian Flag after a one month deployment in the Mediterranean Sea. She left the port of Toulon on Tuesday. Deuxième étape : l’Atlantique, avec un exercice impliquant plusieurs nav...