Rear Adm. Mark Darrah, commander of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, said ship change notices have been issued for the amphibious assault ships so that they can accommodate the extreme heat and noise generated by the F-35B.
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YouTube: Harrier pilot sends brother a wedding message from cockpit while over Afghanistan
Captain Matthew Krivohlavy, a Harrier pilot with VMA-231, could not attend his brother’s wedding as he is deployed to Afghanistan. So he decided to make this wedding video during one of his flights.
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Nellis AFB pilots fly their first operational F-35 mission
Two F-35As assigned to the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron conducted the aircraft’s first operational flights from Nellis AFB on Apr. 10.
U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Brett Clashman
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F-35 JPO soliciting for paper shredders
The F-35 Joint Program Office is soliciting for 31 shredding consoles for its “annual clean-out week” this October.
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Combatants in Camp Bastion battle in Afghanistan honored
U.S. Marines who battled insurgents during the attack on Camp Bastion in Afghanistan last year will be honored at the 42nd annual Marine Corps Aviation Association symposium and dinner, May 15-18 in Reno.
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