F-35 Program Highlights

A Big Pen To Replace: Editor Eric Hehs Retires
23 February 2016
Longtime Code One Editor Eric Hehs Calls It A Career

F-35C Developmental Test Phase 2
29 January 2016
The F-35 Carrier Suitability Test Team deploys two F-35Cs aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) for DT-II.

Semper Lightning: F-35 Flight Control System
9 December 2015
In this first of a two-part article, Lockheed Martin test pilot Dan Canin discusses fly-by-wire, generally, and focuses on some features of the F-35’s control laws from a pilot’s perspective.

United Kingdom F-35B Testing
27 October 2015
No 17(R) Test and Evaluation Squadron is the United Kingdom's premier unit for developing and realizing the potential of the Lightning II.

F-35 Diverterless Supersonic Inlet Testing
14 October 2015
The unassuming fuselage bump performs miracles that only aeronautical engineers fully appreciate.

F-35 Identification 101
15 September 2015
Distinguishing one F-35 variant from another can be confusing. The A, B, and C models, after all, look similar. Here are some tips.

Swift Progress: F-35 Operations At Luke AFB
5 August 2015
Eventually, the 56th Wing at Luke AFB will have six F-35 training squadrons flying 144 F-35s.

F-35B Pilot Training: Warlords In Beaufort
23 May 2015
Marine Corps F-35B pilot training is up and running at MCAS Beaufort, South Carolina

Generation Gap
21 May 2015
The fifth generation of fighters, the F-22 and F-35, fundamentally changes the concept of operations for combat.

F-35 Aerial Refueling Tests
9 April 2015
This particular series of refueling missions in near-dark conditions was to flight test a new prototype refueling probe light.