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F-35B testing issues called out in scathing Pentagon report
An internal Pentagon report has uncovered a number of issues with at-sea testing of the US Marine Corps' variant of the F-35B Lightning II ... over the ten days aboard the Wasp, the six embarked ...
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Japan Set to Field 2nd F-35B Squadron by 2030, Amphibious Brigade Drills with U.S. Marines
An F-35B Lightning ... with F-35B operations, with the leadership of Japan’s Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade (ARDB), observing flight operations from amphibious assault ship USS America ...
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The USS Tripoli, the Navy's newest F-35 'lightning carrier,' is headed to the Indo-Pacific, bolstering US air power near China
It replaces USS America as the Navy's amphibious assault ship based in Japan. The Tripoli played a central role in the F-35B 'lightning ... to its predecessor, the Wasp-class amphibious warships.
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Marines expand F-35B’s presence in Japan, marking new phase for fighter operations
A third Marine Corps squadron of F-35B Lightning II fighters arrived in ... the Navy’s air component for the aircraft carrier USS George Washington, homeported at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan.
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F-35B Flies With Powerful Anti-Ship Weapon Under Its Wing, More to Come
the weapon was now attached externally to a F-35B for something that is described as an initial flight test performed by the people from the F-35 Pax River Integrated Test Force (ITF). We're not ...
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USS Wasp: The Worst Aircraft Carrier Ever Built
USS Wasp (CV-7) was authorized by Congress in March 1934, at the height of the Great Depression, laid down in April 1936, launched in April 1939, and commissioned in April 1940.
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USS America
The January 13 exercise included a US F-35B carrying amphibious assault ship ... The USSAmerica will be replacing the USS Wasp as the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed amphibious assault ...
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Small, agile USS America aircraft carriers to transport F-35s
With a longer hangar deck, it can carry bigger aircraft like the F-35B. Each ship costs $3.4 billion and has been commissioned since 2013. More from Military & Defense The USS America is the first ...
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The Marine Corps Is Adjusting Its Future F-35 Lightning II Acquisition
The F-35 program has a big problem in not being mission-ready enough of the time, and the problem is getting worse with the F ...
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Marine Corps F-35s practice 'shock and awe' strikes in the Pacific with back-to-back bombing runs
Marine Corps F-35s recently carried out the first at-sea ... II laser-guided bomb took off from the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp and conducted a strike on a "killer tomato," a large red ...
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The USS Tripoli, the Navy's newest F-35 'lightning carrier,' is headed to the Indo-Pacific, bolstering US air power near China
The America-class amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli is replacing the first ... MH-60S Knighthawk helicopters, and F-35B stealth jets. The Tripoli has been central to the Navy's experimental ...