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British Team Completes 600mph Ejection Tests for F-35 Aircraft
A British industry team led by BAE Systems has completed the final tests on the ejection or escape system for all variants of the F-35 Lightning II combat aircraft. The system has been certified as safe for flight after a series of rigorous tests. The escape system, used in emergency situations, ensures pilots can eject [...]
US Fuel Stops Gripen Libya Mission
The Swedish JAS Gripen aircraft deployed in Sicily as part of NATO’s Libya mission remained grounded on Thursday as the fuel available is suitable only for US navy aircraft. The eight fighter jets are located in the US part of the Sigonella airbase on Sicily and the only fuel available it that which is used [...]
Britain moves Libya jets to ground attack role
Britain said on Wednesday it was moving four Typhoon jets from policing the Libya no-fly zone to ground attack roles after criticism from rebels that NATO forces were failing to protect Misrata. “In agreement with NATO, the UK has today agreed to move four RAF Typhoons from an air defence role, policing the no-fly zone, [...]
T-38 arrives to supplement F-22 training
Following a successful test run in March 2010 and approval by Air Combat Command officials, the first of several T-38 Talons from Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., arrived here April 1 for the beginning of the 1st Operations Group’s T-38 Adversary Air Program. Col. Matt Molloy, the 1st Fighter Wing’s commander, and Col. Kevin Mastin, [...]
Gripen in NATO-Led UN Mission
Eight Gripen fighter aircraft from the Swedish Armed Forces is currently taking part in the NATO lead UN mission in Libya. The formal decision to participate in the UN mission was taken by the Swedish Parliament in the beginning of April 2011. In total the Swedish Armed Forces will have up to 130 people deployed [...]
F-35C CF-1 Catapult Hookup
Navy F-35 flight test aircraft CF-1 approaches the TC-7 catapult at Naval Air Station Patuxent River March 22. With U.S. Marine Corps test pilot Lt. Col. Matt “Opie” Taylor at the controls, CF-1 completed functional checks and performed the first test hookup of the F-35C to the catapult. The test team also investigated an issue [...]
Lockheed Martin F-35 Flight Test Program Shows Progress
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II test jets made considerable flight test progress during the first quarter of 2011, conducting 199 test flights versus a plan of 142 flights. Additionally, the F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) variant logged six times more vertical landings in the first quarter than in all of 2010. The test program remained [...]
Sweden’s Gripen Aircraft Reach Sicily
This weekend the first sections of FL 01 (Air Force Libya) will set course for the Mediterranean. Hopefully by the middle of next week, the first Gripen aircraft will be airborne and patrolling Libyan airspace. “I feel confident about the mission,” says Force Commander, Wing Commander Stefan Wilson. Sweden’s contribution will provides considerable impact with [...]
French airstrikes pound armour, munitions dump
French warplanes Sunday carried out strikes on Libyan armoured vehicles and a “major munitions depot” in the Misrata and Zintan regions in the west of the country, French military headquarters said. Three patrols on a “reconnaissance mission” had carried out “strikes on armoured vehicles and a major munitions depot in the regions of Misrata and [...]
