19/06/2015 - Paris - The last four F-35Bs for the Marine Corps will be delivered on June 15th, in time for the operational readiness inspection which is expected to conclude on July 35th. This is what Lorraine Martin, executive vice president of Lockheed and general manager of the F-XNUMX program, reiterated at the Paris-Le Bourget International Air and Space Show.

18/06/2015 - Not a single F-35 was shot down during the last Green Flag which had the aim of testing operational readiness in a hypothetical crisis situation. This is what they communicate in a note from the 549th Combat Training Squadron based in Nellis, Nevada.

17/06/2015 - They have carried out secret missions in Somalia and Afghanistan, operating from bases that do not officially exist. They have conducted raids into enemy territory in the dead of night, using all sorts of weapons: from systems never shown to the public to primeval tomahawks.

17/06/2015 - (Paris) The Operational Readiness Inspection or Final Operational Readiness Survey will be held at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Arizona, which will establish the F-35's entry into service with an Initial Operating Capacity. He was the commander of the Marine Corps, Lieutenant General Jon Davis, from Paris, to confirm the imminent inspection of the fifth generation aircraft.

16/06/2015 - Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) confirmed a few minutes ago that Nasir al-Wuhayshi, second-in-command in the global terrorist organization, was killed in an airstrike from a US drone in Yemen.

16/06/2015 - (Paris) Lockheed Martin has not received any pressure or specific request from the Marine Corps to accelerate the deployment of the gun on variants A and B of the Joint Strike Fighter. This was reiterated by Lorraine Martin, Lockheed executive vice president and general manager of the F-35 program.

15/06/2015 - (Paris) The Lockheed Martin conference from the Paris-Le Bourget International Air and Space Show on the F-35 program ended a few minutes ago.

15/06/2015 - The first F-35 built outside the United States will take off next October and will be an Italian fighter. That's what Lockheed Martin reports. After having completed the test flights with the Italian Air Force, the plane called AL-1 will fly over the Atlantic in the first quarter of 2016, will cross the United Kingdom and Iceland, to head to the Luke Air Force base, in Arizona.

14/06/2015 - Rolls-Royce has completed 90 percent of the necessary work on the F-35B engine. The propulsion system will be ready for when the Initial Operational Capability with the Marine Corps will be declared on July XNUMXst.

13/06/2015 - The US Navy will withdraw its aircraft carrier from the Middle East this fall, leaving Central Command, engaged in the conflict against the Islamic State terrorist group, without its main 'airstrike' platform. This is the new Pentagon directive.

12/06/2015 - The war against the Islamic State has cost the United States $ 2,74 billion or $ 9,1 million a day. This is what the Defense Department announced a few minutes ago in a report on the financial expenditure of the conflict.

12/06/2015 - The United States wants to step up efforts to persuade Canada and other nations to acquire the F-35 and reduce costs through the start of mass production.

11/06/2015 - The report signed by Center for a New American Security analyzes the proliferation of drones and advances in technology, now also accessible to terrorist organizations.

10/06/2015 - The Bureau International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs of the United States donated six new boats to Colombia to support efforts to stem drug trafficking.

10/06/2015 - What is the strength of the Islamic State, exactly one year after the conquest of Mosul, the second largest city in Iraq? Impressive. The US-led air strikes have in no way blunted ISIS's capabilities or ambitions.

09/06/2015 - $ 50 million in damage. This is what emerges from the report signed by the Air Education and Training Command Accident Investigation Board on the accident that, last summer, involved an F-35A during a training mission.

09/06/2015 - Four to seven terabytes of data collected from laptops as well as cell phones. This is the spoils of the raid conducted in eastern Syria last May XNUMXth by the Delta Force. The Pentagon confirmed that during the blitz Abu Sayyaf, a leading figure of ISIS and responsible for all illicit operations connected with the exploitation of oil wells and gas fields, was eliminated.

09/06/2015 - Hacker del Syrian Electronic Army, a group that backs the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, allegedly claimed a US military site had been hacked yesterday.

08/06/2015 - The F-35B has successfully concluded operational tests (OT-1) with the Marine Corps aboard the US NAVY amphibious assault ship, the USS Wasp (LHD-1). The USS Wasp, suitably modified in accordance with the directives of Naval Sea Systems Command, left Norfolk on 18 May, heading 100 miles off the coasts of Virginia and North Carolina with six F-35Bs aboard.

06/06/2015 - Islamic State fighters in Libya have taken control of Harawa, a desert city, 50 km east of Sirte. The news was released a few minutes ago by the Libyan government.

The city is under complete control of the rebels, as well as all the buildings of the local government.