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By   Theresa Hitchens on April 26, 2021 at 5:08 PM An Air Force maintainer plugs into the F-35 to perform pre-flight checks. WASHINGTON: DoD is considering how the services might take over more of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s maintenance chores from Lockheed Martin in order to reduce costs. The study of future sustainment options is one of a number of efforts by DoD’s F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO), prime contractor Lockheed Martin and engine-maker Pratt & Whitney to get a handle of the program’s myriad issues. These range the jet’s sky high operating costs, to chronic spare pa...

Congress May Put the Kibosh on Buying Extra F-35 Fighter Jets The active-duty 388th and Reserve 419th Fighter Wings conducted an F-35A Combat Power Exercise at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Jan. 6, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo/R. Nial Bradshaw) 26 Apr 2021 For years, Congress has given the military services the option to buy extra F-35 Joint Strike Fighter stealth jets that were not in the original budget request. But some lawmakers say that practice may be coming to an end. In a joint hearing April 22, members of the House Armed Services tactical air and land forces and readiness subcommittees c...

Turkey’s removal from F-35 program to cause hike in engine price 1 hour ago A Pratt & Whitney F135 engine, used to power the F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft, undergoes testing at Arnold Air Force Base in Tullahoma, Tenn. (PRNewsfoto/Pratt & Whitney) WASHINGTON — The cost of the F-35′s engine is set to increase by 3 percent due to Turkey’s removal from the program in 2019, the head of Pratt & Whitney’s military engines division said Thursday. The company’s F135 engine — which is used in all three variants of the Lockheed Martin F-35 joint strike fighter — was initially ...

Search for: Home » Aviation » HASC: Congress Let DoD Buy Too Many F-35 Fighters But Not Enough F-35 Spares, Sustainment HASC: Congress Let DoD Buy Too Many F-35 Fighters But Not Enough F-35 Spares, Sustainment April 22, 2021 5:59 PM Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 2nd Class Cosme Zamora, from Compton, Calif., assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA-6), signals an F-35B Lightning II fighter aircraft assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) on the ship’s flight deck on Jan. 21, 2021. US Navy Photo The House Armed Services Committee has li...

The F-35 lacks both active jammers and a compatible radar-homing missile. Here's What You Need to Remember:  Two U.S. Air Force F-35 stealth fighter had a close encounter with a mobile air-defense system during combat operations over the Middle East. The encounter underscores the stealth fighter’s potential as a platform for suppressing enemy air-defenses, a service official said. A dozen F-35s from the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings in April 2019 traveled from their home station at Hill Air Force Base in Utah to Al Dhafra air base in the United Arab Emirates to participate in coalition...