The US Air Force can write, among its pages of history, the name of the first female test pilot of the F-35 Lightening, Major Rachael Winiecki of the 461st Flight Test Squadron, at Edwards Air Force Base in California . Winiecki, with a touch of pride, commented on the finish line saying that female figures already exist, on the line, between [...]
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According to what emerges from a proposal presented by the executive led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan intends to transform the Izumo ship into an aircraft carrier by modifying the ramps, currently used to accommodate helicopters, to allow the take-off of the latest generation F-35B fighters. short take-off and vertical landing, recently purchased by the United States Abe, referring to [...]
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Tests of the first F-35B assembled in Cameri, in the province of Novara, where the Final Assembly and Check Out (Faco) is located, are underway at the Pax River air base in Maryland, the center where the fifth generation low observability supersonic jet. This was stated to "Agenzia Nova" on [...]
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Yesterday, the first F-35B STOVL (Short Take-Off / Vertical Landing) Lightning II assembled outside the United States was delivered to the Italian Defense. The aircraft, intended to be equipped for the Navy, was entirely built in the FACO (Final Assembly and Check Out) plant in Cameri. The F35B aircraft delivered to the Italian Navy, after a series of test flights carried out in [...]
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