F-35 to Turkey on hold

Looks like the US is going to put a temporary hold on F-35 sales to Turkey, due to Turkey’s potential purchase of S-400s from Russia.

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Japanese Carriers

Not the WWII kind.  Looks like the Japanese are ready to admit what everyone knew.  Their new Helicopter carriers are going to become full-fledged STOVL carriers. I see some F-35B sales in Japan’s future.

More F-35 analysis

I recently wrote about the F-35 in Israeli service here.  Now here is another article on the same subject.

Israeli F-35s in action

I have my doubts about this story.  I can’t imagine it would be worth it to give away that the F-35 had this level of capability.

U.S. Navy upgrades

Looks like the amphib carriers are getting upgrades to handle the F-35B.  That will be a significant increase in the power of these ships.

Hasegawa F-35B

Apparently Hasegawa is releasing one in March of 2018

F-35 good news

Here is some good news on the F-35.

Hasegawa F-35A

in Japanese markings due next year.

F-35

Not often you see good stories on the F-35.

F-35 news

Story here.  How do you have an aircraft flying, but don’t have the software ready for it to use its gun by the time you go into production?  Isn’t that the definition of ready for production?