DefenceTalkThree B-2 Spirits deployed from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, to the U.S. Pacific Command area of operations March 8. While in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region, the B-2s will integrate and conduct training with ally and partner air forces, and conduct a radio communications check with a U.S. air operations center. This deployment will ensure bomber […]https://www.defencetalk.com/b-2-stealth-bombers-conduct-deployment-to-indo-asia-pacific-67021/

DefenceTalkLUKE AIR FORCE BASE: Aviation and F-35A Lightning II fanatics have something special to look forward to this 2016 air show season. The Lightning II qualified March 6 at the Heritage Flight Conference at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, to take part in the Air Combat Command Air Force Heritage Flight program. The program features […]https://www.defencetalk.com/f-35-to-touch-down-at-air-shows-around-the-world-66986/

DefenceTalkAlthough the U.S. next-generation long-range stealth bomber adopts new-type stealth technology, China has its own method to cope with the bomber, an aviation expert told the Global Times. If the bomber, designated the B-21 by the U.S. Air Force, needs a specific hangar, the U.S. might not deploy many bombers because of high cost of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-b-21-stealth-bomber-target-deployed-asia-pacific-66895/

DefenceTalkFour U.S. F-22 stealth fighters flew over South Korea’s airspace on Wednesday in an apparent show of force toward the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) recent nuclear test and rocket launch. The nuclear-capable U.S. fighter jets flew low over Osan Air Base near Seoul at about noon time, according to local media reports. The […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-f-22-stealth-fighters-fly-over-south-korea-in-show-of-force-toward-dprk-66760/

DefenceTalkJapan on Thursday unveiled its first stealth fighter jet, officials said, with the maiden test flight planned for next month. The defence ministry’s acquisition agency showed off the domestically developed, radar-dodging X-2 fighter at a regional airport near the central city of Komaki. Its first flight is scheduled in mid-February before delivery to the defence […]https://www.defencetalk.com/japan-unveils-first-stealth-fighter-jet-66622/

DefenceTalkSEOUL: South Korea will develop a stealth unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to counter North Korea’s long-range artillery and mobile missile systems, a South Korean defense official said Sunday. The development is part of the 31 research projects to be conducted by the South Korean military by the end of next year, the official, who spoke […]https://www.defencetalk.com/south-korea-to-develop-unmanned-stealth-aircraft-to-counter-north-65994/

DefenceTalkThe F-35A Lightning II completed the first three airborne gunfire bursts from its internal Gun Airborne Unit (GAU)-22/A 25mm Gatling gun system during a California test flight, Oct. 30. This milestone was the first in a series of test flights to functionally evaluate the in-flight operation of the F-35A Conventional Take Off and Landing (CTOL) […]https://www.defencetalk.com/f-35a-lightning-ii-completes-first-successful-aerial-gun-test-65750/

DefenceTalkLockheed Martin introduced Advanced EOTS, an evolutionary electro-optical targeting system, which is available for the F-35’s Block 4 development. Designed to replace EOTS, the F-35’s current electro-optical targeting system, Advanced EOTS incorporates a wide range of enhancements and upgrades, including short-wave infrared, high-definition television, an infrared marker and improved image detector resolution. These enhancements increase […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lockheed-offers-advanced-electro-optical-targeting-system-f-35-65362/

DefenceTalkCAMERI AIR BASE, Italy: Italy’s first F-35A Lightning II, known as AL-1 and assembled at the Cameri Final Assembly and Check Out (FACO) facility, flew for the first time today marking the program’s first-ever F-35 flight outside the United States. Lockheed Martin F-35 test pilot Bill “Gigs” Gigliotti, lifted off the runway at 1:05 p.m. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/maiden-flight-for-the-first-f-35-made-in-italy-65292/

DefenceTalkTwo US F-22 Raptor stealth fighters landed in Poland on Monday, as regional tensions run high over Russia and the conflict in Ukraine. The arrival of the two planes was aired on TVP Info public television channel. They flew in from their German base of Spangdahlem into the Lask air base in central Poland. Poland […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-f-22-fighter-jets-poland-ukraine-conflict-65230/