Joseph Trevithick – the War Zone Feb 24, 2021
The underside of a U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Joint Strike Fighter was significantly damaged when a round fired from its underbelly 25mm gun pod exploded shortly after leaving the muzzle of the cannon mounted within. The accident, which occurred over the Yuma Range Complex in Arizona earlier this month, did not injure the pilot of the jet, who was able to bring the aircraft safely back to base.
Military.com was first to report on the incident, which took place on March 12, 2021, during a close air support training sortie at night. The Marine Corps did not identify the unit to which the F-35B was assigned, but said it was among those based at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, which is collocated with Yuma International Airport. This base is home to elements of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, including multiple squadrons equipped with F-35Bs, as well as other aircraft.
UK reportedly to cut F-35B order by 65 percent
George Allison – UK Defence Journal March 7, 2021
The Sunday Times has reported that the UK is likely only to purchase 48 F-35B jets, down from 138.
An excerpt from this article states.
“An order for 90 more F-35 Lightning combat jets is to be cancelled in favour of the Tempest fighter, built in Lancashire, while 24 older Typhoon fighters will be retired early. Whole fleets of aircraft will be taken out of service as drones become ever more common.”
You can read more by visiting the original source here.
You can also read more about Tempest by visting the link below.
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/new-image-of-new-british-fighter-jet/
This reported F-35B order isn’t entirely unexpected, whilst speaking to the Public Accounts Committee,the MoD’s Permanent Secretary Sir Stephen Lovegrove said:
“Things change in the course of these very long-term programmes. Different capabilities come along that render things that you have yet to buy possibly obsolete or perhaps you need fewer of them or the threats change.”
The final details of this will be revealed on March the 16th in the Integrated Review.
The ‘Integrated Review’, to give it its full title the ‘Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy’ is effectively a defence review.
According to a Ministry of Defence announcement:
“General Sir Nick Carter has been central to setting the vision for our future armed forces. The Prime Minister has asked General Carter to remain in post to ensure continuity and stability while the conclusions of the Integrated Review are implemented following the £24.1-billion settlement for defence announced last year.
The Integrated Review will be published on 16 of March and the Defence Command Paper will be published on 22 of March. The selection of General Carter’s successor as Chief of the Defence Staff will begin in the autumn.”
The review was previously described by Boris Johnson as the largest review of its kind since the Cold War and will be published later this month.
Billions spent on absolute crapthat will at best be used to kill defenseless women and children.
When push comes to shove it will all account for nothing.
Typical Americans. First time one of their flying pigs shoots something it’s themselves. Even the innocent people the Israelis manage to shoot with their flying pigs are from Syria’s side.
Always was junk, and the world knows it.
The Military Industrial Complex are happy with it. It’s been a wonderful cash cow and profits are what really count. It’s great for bombing lightly armed opponents but there might be some problems if they come up against people like the Russians and Chinese, but that will lead to the need for new weapons and more profits. What’s not to like?
Humans should stop working for The Jew SA.
Alternative headline: “Embarrassed At Its Own Incompetence, Flying Dumpster Attempts to Commit Suicide”.
I was initially surprised the Jewnited States command was going to go through with this barely air-worthy abomination given all the issues and failures it had in development. Then there’s the fact the “special friend”, Israel, of the US stole every spec on that obscenely over-priced shit-bucket and sold the details on the international open market. But then, that hunk of junk was never really about gaining air superiority, it was about profits for the soulless military-industrial complex.