The Eglin Air Force, Florida based Integrated Test Force has completed 500 F-35 JSF sorties. Operating both the CTOL F-35A and STOVL F-35B, the Integrated Test Force accomplished the 500 sortie milestone in 238 days, Lockheed Martin says, reducing the time between each 100th sortie from initially 123 days to currently 16 days. There are now
The fifth production P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft has been delivered to the US Navy. A further three Poseidons are undergoing mission systems installation and pre-delivery tests in Seattle with two more in final assembly. “As we transition to the P-8A and prepare for Initial Operational Capability in 2013, the US Navy is successfully flying
The Royal Australian Air Force has taken delivery of its sixth and final C-17 Globemaster transport in a ceremony at Boeing’s Long Beach, California factory on November 1. The airflifter will join five already in service with 36 Squadron at RAAF Amberley. “I am delighted to accept the sixth C-17 on behalf of the Royal
Boeing has delivered the fourth and final 737 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft to the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF). The Peace Eye is Korea’s variant of the Wedgetail AEW&C platform in service with the RAAF. The Peace Eagle variant is also being delivered to Turkey. Three of the four Peace Eyes
Boeing has celebrated 50 years since it delivered its last B-52 Stratofortress to the US Air Force. Of 744 B-52s built between 1952 and 1962, H-model 61-040 was assigned to Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota where it remains in active service. The USAF currently has 76 H-model B-52s in service, with two test
The CTOL F-35A variant of the Joint Strike Fighter has completed its first weapons release of an AIM-120 AMRAAM missile. F-35A AF-1 flown by Maj Matthew Phillips jettisoned the instrumented AIM-120 over the China Lake test range from an internal weapons bay on October 19. It was the second in-flight weapons release in three days for
