F-35A At Red Flag: 90% Mission Capable; Key Systems Up Every Flight

F-35A At Red Flag: 90% Mission Capable; Key Systems Up Every Flight
F-35A At Red Flag: 90% Mission Capable; Key Systems Up Every Flight

WASHINGTON: All indications from the pilots and commanders at Red Flag are that the F-35A performed far better than recent reports from the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation seemed to indicate. [Read about F-35 combat performance at Red Flag 2017] The now-departed Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, Michael Gilmore, said the Lockheed Martin-built aircraft…

At Red Flag ‘It’s Tough To Be Legacy Aircraft In An LO World’

At Red Flag ‘It’s Tough To Be Legacy Aircraft In An LO World’
At Red Flag ‘It’s Tough To Be Legacy Aircraft In An LO World’

WASHINGTON: “You get whacked a lot.” Those are the words of someone who should know, the leader of the aggressor squadron at Red Flag, the man who tries to kill U.S. forces. Lt. Col. Tyler Lewis, commander of the 57th Adversary Tactics Support Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, echoed comments we’ve heard before, that…