The U.S. Air Force’s 63rd Fighter Squadron at Luke Air Force Base is teaching its B-Course student pilots how to fly the F-35A in Beast Mode configuration. The training philosophy is that by having to fly with a maximum strike weapons configuration, it creates a heightened sense of awareness for the student pilot and allows […]
Japan’s defense minister Tarō Kōno paid a visit to Hyakuri Air Base on Aug. 5 and the Air Self-Defense Force flew him up aboard a F-2B fighter.
F-35As from the U.S. Air Force have participated in the second joint exercise with Israeli F-35s on Aug. 2. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Patrick OReilly The training between the 421st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron and Israel’s 140th Squadron took place over southern Israel. The fighters were supported by a KC-10 from the 908th […]
Flight test of the Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS) II on the F-16V has started, Elbit announced on Aug. 3. Photo: Elbit The JHMCS II is the formal baseline Helmet Mounted Display (HMD) of F-16V and F-16 block 70/72 aircraft. It is manufactured and distributed by Collins Elbit Vision Systems (CEVS), a joint venture […]
The first ever Luftwaffe Eurofighter training detachment while embedded with a Royal Air Force (RAF) contingent that is deployed to Lithuania as part of the NATO Baltic Air Policing Mission has concluded. Photo: Royal Air Force Pilots from RAF Lossiemouth-based 6 Sqn RAF flew with pilots from the German Tactical Fighter Wing 71 Richthofen to […]