Tag: Joint Strike Fighter

Lockheed Upbeat Despite F-35 Losing Dogfight To Red Baron

On August 31, 2015

BETHESDA, Md. — A spokesman for Lockheed Martin today denied that there is any reason to be alarmed about possible shortcomings of the military’s newest and most expensive fighter plane after reports surfaced this weekend that an F-35, piloted by a crack Air Force fighter pilot, lost a mock dogfight with a Fokker Dr.I Triplane similar […]

Pentagon Regrets Taking Out Payday Loan for F-35

By Dirk Diggler

On July 31, 2015

THE PENTAGON — Defense Department Comptroller Mike McCord has expressed regret with the Pentagon’s decision to cover the spiraling cost-overruns of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter with a payda

Air Force, Marines Cancel F-35 Joint Strike Fighter

By Grumpy

On June 16, 2015

WASHINGTON — Citing “disastrous” management of the F-35 development program and “obvious, catastrophic failings” in the aircraft itself, the Air Force and Marine Corps will jointly announce