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The 301st Fighter Wing Receives Its First F-35A with ‘TX' Tail Code
The first F-35 sporting with the ‘TX' has been officially taken on charge by the “Spads” at NAS JRB Fort Worth in Texas. N ...
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Why F-35 Fighter Jets Are "Obsolete", According to Elon Musk
The F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter ... "but plenty dream of flying a fighter jet with an American flag on its tail." ...
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Inside the mile-long factory line where America's F-35 stealth fighter jets are made
The F-35 is the world's most expensive weapons program ... an area where the four major structure pieces of the jet — the tail section, wings, center fuselage, and forward fuselage — are ...
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See the US Air Force's 'Franken-bird' F-35 made from wrecked stealth fighters take its first flight
Scrap to salvage In 2014, an F-35, tail number AF-27, was severely damaged at the Eglin Air Force Base in Florida after an engine fire burned the rear two-thirds of the aircraft. The cost of ...
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A DIY Functional F-35 Is No Simple Task
The F-35 series of aircraft is one of the most expensive ... landing gear and thrusters. The thruster on the tail can pivot 90° down for VTOL operations, using an interesting 3-bearing swivel ...
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Poland begins transition to F-35 with start of flight training at US base
Lockheed displayed the first jet (designated tail number AZ-01 ... “The key issue will be the integration of the F-35 and F-16,” Lieutenant Colonel Michal Zloch told Polish military magazine ...
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See the US Air Force's 'Franken-bird' F-35 made from wrecked stealth fighters take its first flight
Scrap to salvage In 2014, an F-35, tail number AF-27, was severely damaged at the Eglin Air Force Base in Florida after an engine fire burned the rear two-thirds of the aircraft. The cost of damage ...