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Air Warfare

JPO Fixing F-35 Oxygen, Carrier Landing, Software Glitches: VADM Winter

CORRECTED number of hypoxia incidents ARLINGTON: As the F-35 prepares for a massive ramp-up in production, the program is fixing the costly, controversial plane’s last technical glitches, Vice Adm. Mat Winter said in his first press conference since becoming program director. Winter expressed confidence about three problems in particular: air supply for pilots, carrier landings, and […]

By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Air Warfare

IOC Tomorrow? F-35A Kills First Drone: ‘Boola Boola’

WASHINGTON: The F-35 is now a real, honest-to-god weapon. It located, fixed and killed a real moving target on July 28. “It’s been said you don’t really have a fighter until you can actually hit a target, and we crossed that threshold with the first air-to-air weapon delivery of an AIM-9X. This successful test demonstrates […]

By Colin Clark