The U.S. Navy performed its first at-sea replenishment when a naval logistics team delivered an aircraft power module to the USS Carl Vinson carrier. USS Carl Vinson, also known as CVN 70,
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The U.S. Marine Corps has announced the initial operational capability of F-35C Lightning II aircraft under Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 314 or VMFA-314. This milestone allows VMFA-314 to use F-35C with U.S.
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The U.S. Navy announced the initial operational capability of the Lightning II aircraft's carrier variant, the F-35C, has met requirements including safety certification and a complete set of support tools. The IOC
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The U.S. Navy is on schedule to declare initial operating capability for its F-35 Joint Strike Fighters in February, with no recent delays experienced, Military.com reported Friday. Strike Fighter Squadron 147, the
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Capt. Max McCoy, commodore of the U.S. Navy's F-35C squadrons, has said a newly-installed Joint Strike Fighter Wing will be used to support training and manning operations of the service's fighter aircraft
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The U.S. Navy has begun to formally test the operation of an F-35C stealth fighter intended to demonstrate fulfillment of the service's requirements, USNI News reported Thursday. Rear Adm. Dale Horan, who
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U.S. Navy fighter pilots flew F-35C Lightning II aircraft during an operational test aboard the fifth Nimitz-class aircraft carrier. The test aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln evaluated the aircraft's aptitude to operate
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The U.S. Navy‘s first F-35 Joint Striker Fighter variant underwent a flight exercise Oct. 18 aboard an aircraft carrier off the Southern California coast as the aircraft prepares to reach initial operating capability. F-35C Lightning
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Sean Stackley, acting secretary of the U.S. Navy, has said Boeing‘s proposed Block III version of the Super Hornet aircraft could supplement the carrier variant of the Lockheed Martin-built F-35 aircraft, Breaking Defense reported Thursday.
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Air Force Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan, head of the F-35 joint program office, has said an “affordability compendium” that outlines initiatives on how to reduce the fighter program’s costs has now been handed to Defense Secretary
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