Robert Farley HMS Furious, the first real aircraft carrier, entered service in early 1918. A converted cruiser, she displaced about 20,000 tons, and flew about half a dozen Sopwith Camels, … More »
By: JAMES DREW WASHINGTON DC The US government may currently have no plans to carry nuclear weapons on the F-35C, the carrier-based variant of Lockheed Martin‘s Joint Strike Fighter, but some … More »
Gareth Jennings, London – IHS Jane’s Defence Weekly With the US Marine Corps set to declare initial operating capability for its Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) … More »
Malcolm Davis After the leaking of a report about the recent failure of an F-35 to win in a dogfight against an F-16D, debate has intensified about the future … More »
Jul 12 2015 By David Cenciotti There are over 150 Allied WWII aircraft lying 130 feet under the Pacific Ocean near the Marshall Islands. They call it the “Airplane Graveyard.” … More »
by Bill Sweetman in Ares Last week’s leak of a report by a test pilot on the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) team would have raised much less of … More »
David Barno and Nora Bensahel On July 9, the Senate Armed Services Committee will hold a confirmation hearing for General Joseph Dunford, who has been nominated to be the next chairman … More »
THE NAVY IGNORED YEARS OF ALARMING REPORTS — AND TWO PILOTS PAID THE PRICE By David Larter and Meghann Myers , Staff writers The Story: Unheeded Warnings