Lockheed Martin’s X-35A Joint Strike Fighter demonstrator makes its first flight, from Lockheed’s Palmdale, Calif., facility to Edwards AFB, Calif.
The U.S. has deployed key new electronic warfare aircraft overseas that would be critical for a large-scale operation against Iran as President Donald Trump publicly weighs resuming a full-scale air campaign. Two EA-37A Compass Call electronic attack aircraft deployed from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., to RAF Fairford, U.K.