The video shows the F-35C suffering a ramp strike before bursting in flames and skidding off the deck. Video footage from the USS Carl Vinson’s Pilot’s Landing Aid Television (PLAT) camera has just been leaked [...]
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The F-35 would be used to replace the German Air Force Tornado in the nuclear strike role. Germany is once again considering the F-35 as a potential replacement of its ageing Tornado fleet, that Berlin [...]
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The missiles will fill a capability gap caused by the IRIS-T not being integrated with the F-35. The Naval Air Systems Command’s (NAVAIR) Air-to-Air Missiles Program Office (PMA-259) just announced that Italy became the 28th [...]
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The Subcommittee on Security and Defence will hold an exchange of views with Florence Parly, Minister of French Armed Forces, on 7 February. The debate will focus on six key areas: strategic compass; promotion of joint operations; new areas of conflict - high seas, cyberspace and outer space; development of capabilities, promotion of innovation, and the deepening of partnerships, including the transatlantic link.