Time for you to fly after you get your Pilot's License
Time for you to fly after you get your Pilot's License
Artist’s concept of the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapons Concept (HAWC) vehicle after booster separation. (Image: Lockheed Martin) The data acquired will be used for the More Opportunities HAWC program and other hypersonic technologies. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently announced the successful completion of the final test of the Hypersonic Airbreathing Weapon Concept, accomplishing …
An F-35A, in flight above the Mojave Desert in California, January 6, 2023. A developmental test team from the 461st Flight Test Squadron conducted the first flight of an F-35 in the Technology Refresh 3 (TR-3) configuration at Edwards Air Force Base, California. (Courtesy photo – F-35 JPO) The aircraft passed the Functional Test Flight …
File photo of an F-35A (Lockheed Martin) As part of the largest investment in the Royal Canadian Air Force in 30 years, Canada is purchasing the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lighting II. On Jan. 9, 2023, Canada announced the finalisation of an agreement with the United States (US) government and Lockheed Martin with Pratt & Whitney …
A U.S. Air Force F-35A of the 493rd Fighter Squadron during the recent Falcon Strike 2022 exercise in Italy. (Photo: Stefano D’Urso/The Aviationist) The new APG-85 radar will replace the older APG-81 on the upcoming Block 4 fighters. Last year, the U.S. Air Force’s unfunded wish list for Fiscal Year 2023 mentioned the procurement of …
Two images showing the Lockheed-owned F-35B on the ground at Fort Worth. (Image created using screenshots from Fox 4 and NBCDFW) Images coming from Texas show the F-35B, nose down, next to the runway, after the pilot ejected. An incident, involving a Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II aircraft, occurred on the shared runway at Naval …
One of the new renderings of the LMXT tanker, showing a notional 6th-gen fighter taking fuel. (Photo: Lockheed Martin edit: TheAviationist) The notional design for the Next Generation Air Dominance program was shown during a briefing about the LMXT tanker, which the company is proposing for the KC-Y competition. Lockheed Martin released new renderings showing …
An F-35A Lightning II appointed to the 4th Fighter Squadron, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, removes for a Red Flag-Nellis 22-3 objective, July 19, 2022. When a Chinese alloy was discovered in the F-35’s turbomachine pumps,(U.S. Air Force image by Airman 1st Class Makenna Gott)The distributions were stopped. Concerning a month after they were stopped, …
The imaginary Lockheed Skunk Works Darkstar flick prop from”Top Gun: Maverick”is hauled right into its screen area at Edwards AFB for this weekend break’s 2022 Aerospace Valley Open House, Air Show & Stem Expo.(All pictures: Tom Demerly/ The Aviationist)Convincingly Real Darkstar Movie Prop from”Top Gun: Maverick”Will Display with SR-71. It’s a motion picture prop, yet …
The Darkstar on screen in a garage at Edwards AFB(Image debt: USAF)The”Top Gun: Maverick”Darkstar filmprop is mosting likely to be the emphasize of the Edwards AFB airshow. As currently thoroughly reported, the Darkstar hypersonic examination airplane included in the opening scenes of smash hit”Top Gun: Maverick” motion picture will certainly get on fixed screen at …
The Darkstar (Image credit: Lockheed Martin) Fictional Movie Prop From “Top Gun: Maverick” Will Appear at STEM Display. The fictional movie prop of the Darkstar hypersonic test aircraft featured in the opening scene of “Top Gun: Maverick”, will be on static display at Edwards Air Force during their open house this coming October 14-16 according …