Lockheed Martin has delivered more than 800 F-35 fighter jets, but production is still plagued by many defects and rework that pose the risk of significant delivery delays and reduced readiness, according to the Pentagon’s Defense Contract Management Agency, which cited Bloomberg. Lockheed, the Defense Department’s prime contractor, has improved in many ways from the […]
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Israel: F-35s grounded due to possible ejection seat problem
The Israeli Air Force announced on Saturday that it is temporarily suspending all activity of its partially invisible to radar F-35 fighter jets, following concerns in the US over a possible problem with the ejection system of its pilots’ seats. The fighters will be inspected, a process that will take several days, the Israeli PA […]
The State Department has given the green light to the sale of F-35s and other equipment to Germany
The State Department has approved the potential sale of F-35 fighter jets, ammunition and military equipment to Germany, estimated at $8.4 billion, the US Pentagon announced Thursday. The road to the Washington-Berlin deal was opened when German Chancellor Olaf Scholz pledged to upgrade his country’s armed forces after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Key contractors […]
State Department: Green Light to Sell F-35s and Other Equipment to Germany
The State Department has approved the potential sale of F-35 fighter jets, ammunition and military equipment to Germany, estimated at $8.4 billion, the US Pentagon announced Thursday. The road to the Washington-Berlin deal was opened when German Chancellor Olaf Scholz pledged to upgrade his country’s armed forces after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Key contractors […]
Why is everyone ‘suddenly’ buying F-35s?
By Loren Thompson If the F-35s were a… normal Pentagon program, this July would look like a milestone of impressive numbers. Instead, it’s shaping up to be an ordinary month in the recent history of the world’s largest weapons program. Greece asked the US to freeze 20 fighters and another 20 conditional. The Czech Republic […]
N. Panagiotopoulos: The Turkish demilitarization request is outrageous
“The issue of demilitarization is outrageous to talk about. I would say it has no sound legal basis, no matter how silly, ridiculous, outrageous we think it is, yet we have to explain this to partners and allies. Because the others – all probably – not having the same knowledge or familiarity with the subject”. […]
Babatjan v US: ‘They say they will give us F-16s but they won’t fly in the Aegean – Is this sovereignty?’
“Fire” against Washington by Ali Babacan, who, commenting on the US’s refusal to include Turkey in the F-35 program, characteristically asked “where are the F-35 fighter jets for which we are partners, for which we paid billion dollars?” As SKAI reported, the chairman of the Turkish DEVA party continued to lash out against the US: […]
N. Panagiotopoulos at the F-35 production facilities in Texas
The Lockheed Martin facilities in Fort Worth, Texas, United States, were visited by the Minister of National Defense, Nikos Panagiotopoulos, to learn more about the production processes and operational capabilities of the 5th generation F-35 fighter jets. As announced, N. Panagiotopoulos received a warm welcome from executive vice president Gregory M. Ulmer, vice president of […]
Turkish analysts: US gives F-35 to Greece and finds it difficult to give us F-16
The armament upgrade of Greece – with the acquisition of the French Rafale, the upgrade of the F-16s and the acquisition of the F-35s – is the issue that concerns analysts in Turkey again, after the shock caused by the recent decision of the American Congress . As reported by the SKAI correspondent in Istanbul, […]
In Fort Worth, Texas, where the F-35 is manufactured, K. Floros
Dallas, in the state of Texas, specifically Fort Worth, was visited by the head of GEETHA, Konstantinos Floros. In a Facebook post, the head of the Air Force Base states that in Fort Worth “Lockheed Martin produces the 5th generation F-35 fighter jet” and adds: “I was briefed on the state-of-the-art facilities that include the […]