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The first batch of students undergoing the F-35 pilot training course in the 33rd Fighter Wing have flown for the first time on Mar. 6.

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The Pentagon has allowed flights for the F-35 to resume. An email by the F-35 program office said a crack found last week was due to “prolonged exposure to high levels of heat and other operational stresses” in testing.

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There will be no flyovers by the U.S. military at NASCAR, football, baseball and other sports events once cuts under sequestration full kicks in.

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Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan, the F-35 program chief, publicly ripped Lockheed Martin and Pratt & Whitney on Wednesday during a visit to Australia.
Continue reading “LTG Bogdan: LM, P&W trying to “squeeze every nickel” out of the U.S. government”

With the F-35 still grounded with an engine issue, the first class of six F-35 pilots will have to postpone making their first flights scheduled next week.

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