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11/21/2024 05:47:48 pm

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Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II

LCAA precursor

Expendable US Combat Drones set to Dominate Future Air Combat

Equally important, the air force can afford to lose hundreds of the disposable LCAAs.

Visibly invisible

US F-22, F-35 Stealth Fighters Evade Detection with Device that Makes Them Visible to Russian Radar

This device increases the radar cross section (RCS) of the F-22.

Power

US Navy’s Largest Amphibious Assault Ship will be Deployed to Asia

The navy plans to build 11 LHAs, whose large flight decks also classify them as small aircraft carriers.

War winner

US Generals say F-35 is 'a War Winner;' Want More of the Stealth Fighter Produced and Fast

General officers of the Marine Corps and Navy said their biggest problem with the F-35 is not having enough of the fighters with their front line squadrons.

High spy

Saudi Arabia Buys Airships from the US to Spy on Houthis in Yemen

PTDS is basically a wide-area, secure communications backbone for the integration of threat reporting from multiple available sensors.

Turkey shooters

F-35 Pilots will Quickly Wipe-out the PLA Naval Air Force in a South China Sea War

Confidence in the ability of the F-35 to dominate the Chinese remains high among the U.S. fighter pilots.

Not stealthy

China’s J-20 ‘Stealth’ Fighters Fail to Impress at the Zhuhai Air Show

Nothing revealed by the J-20s at Zhuhai dispelled the notion this aircraft isn't quite the equal of the F-35.

Like a chopper

First US Marine F-35 Squadron to be Permanently Based in Japan by 2017

VMFA-121 will be the first F-35 squadron permanently based in Japan.

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