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THINGS CONTINUE apace around the international F-35 programme. The Royal Australian Air Force delivered its first two aircraft down under, Japan announced its intention to order more F-35As and acquire F-35Bs, making it the fourth nation to acquire the fifth-gen jump jet, and the UK's Ministry of Defence declared initial operational capability on its fleet of nine F-35Bs assembled at RAF Marham, Norfolk. UK Secretary of State for Defence Gavin Williamson tweeted: "I am delighted to announce that the UK now has nine F-35 Lightning jets ready to be deployed on operations around the world. The RAF has long shown Britain as its great and global best, and today it lifts our nation to even greater heights." Ouch, what a gaffe! Our Gav forgot the senior service, the Royal Navy. It's a common assumption that UK F-35s are only operated by the Royal Air Force. The fact is, the UK's Lightning Force is a joint force manned by personnel from the Royal Navy, not just the Royal Air Force. Perhaps there's a plan to rename RAF Marham, HMS Nelson after Horatio Nelson, a Norfolk lad who rose to the rank of Vice Admiral, and is perhaps Britain's most famous flag officer. Now there's an idea. Also reaching for the stars during our latest production month was Virgin Galactic's WhiteKnightTwo aircraft VMS Eve, which flew above the California desert, on December 13, 2018. It released SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity, with pilots Mark Stucky and Frederick Sturckow aboard, and speared towards space, its engine burning for 60 seconds, propelling the spaceplane to a peak speed of Mach 2.9 and an altitude of 51.4 miles above Earth's surface. Magnificent!
机译:国际F-35计划的发展仍在继续。澳大利亚皇家空军下放了首批两架飞机,日本宣布有意订购更多F-35A并购买F-35B,使其成为第四个获得第五代跳跃式喷气机的国家,英国国防部宣布在诺福克郡皇家空军的9架F-35B机队的初始作战能力。英国国防大臣加文·威廉姆森(Gavin Williamson)在推特上写道:“我很高兴地宣布,英国现在已经准备将9架F-35闪电喷气机部署到世界各地。英国皇家空军长期以来一直向英国展示其最佳和全球最佳水平,今天它把我们的国家提升到了更高的高度。“哎呀,真是可笑!我们的加夫(Gav)忘记了皇家海军的高级服务。通常认为英国的F-35仅由皇家空军操作。事实是,英国的闪电部队是一支由皇家海军人员组成的联合部队,而不仅仅是皇家空军。也许有一个计划是将以诺福克小伙子霍拉索·纳尔逊(Horatio Nelson)的名字改名为海军上将纳尔逊皇家海军(RAF Marham),他是海军上将,是英国最著名的船旗官。现在有一个主意。在我们的最新生产月份中,维珍银河公司(Virgin Galactic)的WhiteKnightTwo飞机VMS Eve也达到了明星,它于2018年12月13日飞越加利福尼亚沙漠。它释放了SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity,并与飞行员Mark Stucky和Frederick Sturckow一起登上,并飞向太空,它的引擎燃烧了60秒钟,使太空飞机达到了2.9马赫的峰值速度,并在高于地球表面51.4英里的高度上飞行。华丽的!

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    《Air International》 |2019年第2期|3|共1页
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