Six U.S. Marine Corps F-35 jets flew more than 5,000 miles to join their British counterparts as the Royal Navy’s newest aircraft carrier prepares for its first worldwide deployment. The F-35B fighter jets from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211, the “Wake Island Avengers,” flew from their home base in Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, […]
F-35 Lighting II
The Chinese military will outmatch the US in the Pacific by 2025
FeaturedEarlier in March, the top U.S. commanders in the Indo-Pacific and Pentagon officials gave testimony in Congress about the balance of U.S. and Chinese forces in the region. Although the US military and its allies still have the preponderance of equipment, the future doesn’t look quite as good. Indeed by 2025, China, according to the […]
The Air Force is moving to fly F-35s out of Alaska and Europe
AirpowerThe Air Force is steadily incorporating the F-35A fighter jet, its new workhorse aircraft, into the fleet. Late in December, the Air Force reactivated the 335th Fighter Squadron in Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. The Air Force aims to have two F-35A squadrons in Alaska with a total of 54 aircraft. These aircraft are often […]
