September 2012
Sep
24
Leaked pictures of J-21
On September 15-16, images of the cutting-edge Chinese fighter jet appeared on the web. The state-of-the-art aircraft bears strong resemblance to the American F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II. It looks like a traditional stealth fighter and will probably be known as J-21, although the Chinese authorities have never commented on the name of their new machine ...
Category: Military Aviation
The 477th Fighter Group here reached a readiness milestone September 9 when Col. Bryan Radliff, Fighter Group commander, announced that the group had achieved fully operational capable status. “Fully operation capable means that we are ready and able to execute our wartime tasking,” said Radliff. ...
Category: Military Aviation
The F-35 integrated test force announced the completion of a major prerequisite test for in-flight performance on the short take-off and vertical landing variant of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter Sept. 4. BF-2 completed the first air starts, which test the ability of the F-35′s propulsion system to restart during flight. Verifying the restart capability of the propulsion system is part of the initial flight test program for the F-35 and a ...
Category: F-35 Lightning II
The sale of 22 Gripen fighter jets from Sweden to Switzerland was confirmed on Tuesday for a price of more than 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.1 billion). The first delivery will take place in mid-2018, with all 22 planes to be delivered by 2021 at a cost of 3.126 billion Swiss francs. “The negotiations were tough,” said Christian Catrina, who represented Switzerland in the deal, according to the TT news agency. The ...
Category: Military Aviation
