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House turns down amendments against F-35B, V-22 - Navy Times

"Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., offered an amendment to terminate the F-35B variant of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft program. The amendment would have directed the available funds to be used for deficit reduction and to procure additional F A-18E F ...

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Posted: 2 days ago

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U.S. House votes down F-35, V-22 kill amendments

The U.S. House this afternoon briefly debated the future of two stalwart North Texas programs - Lockheed's F-35B fighter and Bell Helicopter Textron's V-22 - but voted down killer amendments by voice votes. The House is voting on the defense authorization ...

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Britain forced into fighter jet U-turn

LONDON (Reuters) Britain said it was to buy vertical take-off fighter jets for its future aircraft carriers , a policy shift on a key weapons purchase that risks being seen as another government gaffe and further evidence of defence mismanagement. Britain ...

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Posted: 8 days ago

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UK's first F-35 flies

The United Kingdom's first Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II production jet made its inaugural test flight on 13 April. The aircraft, an F-35B short takeoff vertical-landing (STOVL) model, flew a series of functional flight checks during the sortie. Lockhe ...

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Posted: 1 month ago

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Letter to Ministers concerning Misleading/Flawed Advice.

Dear Ministers , As the current defence debate becomes more complex and precariously balanced with fiscal constraint biting hard, you, our political masters, could show considerable wisdom by taking into account and fully acknowledging the misleading advic ...

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A Critical Decision for Carrier Configuration.

Angled Deck or Ramp for our Queen Elizabeth class Carriers. Introduction. 1. Britain and the Royal Navy will soon have two new capital warships in service the Queen Elizabeth class Pocket Super Carriers [1] . They should provide the Royal Navy Air Force (m ...

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The Choice of Aircraft for our Pocket Super Carriers.

Fast - Jet Operations from Brit ains new Aircraft Carrier s . Executive Summary. i. This paper provides an insight into the manned fast jet component of Carrier Battle Group operations that Project Power in support of British national interests overseas. I ...

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F-35 Carrier Flight Test and Tom Cruise?

Cruise Is In For Top Gun 2 - But F-35 Is The Scientology Star (CoolPix +Video) (click pic for hi-res) VTOL F-35B during carrier suitability testing in October 2011 The confirming news is now a little over a week old about the reality of a Top Gun 2 movie p ...

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Posted: 2 months ago

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RUSI advice on F-35 Choice is Flawed.

Choosing Plan B A Research Paper That Lacks Objectivity. Reference Choosing Plan B Reviewing the UK's Choice of Joint Strike Fighter by Elizabeth Quintana, Senior Research Fellow, RUSI . http www.rusi.org analysis commentary ref C4F6C9D5A2F291 Executive Su ...

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Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II

"F-35" redirects here. For other uses, seeF35 (disambiguation). F-35 Lightning II An F-35C Lightning II, marked CF-1, conducts a test flight over theChesapeake Bay Role Stealthmultirole fighter National origin United States Manufacturer Lockheed Martin Aer ...

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Posted: 2 months ago