Summary: With Australia's confirmed purchase of a total of 72 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, Steve & Grant are joined by Andrew McLaughlin from COMINT to discuss the F-35 and its operation within the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). We also feature the following content:<br> <br> . Press conference in March 2014 where AVM Kym Osley discussed the F35 purchase and DCAF AVM Leo Davies introduced the first two RAAF pilots to go to the USA for F35 training: SQN LDR David "Belly" Bell & SQN LDR Andrew "Jacko" Jackson.<br> <br> . Lockheed Martin test pilot Billie Flynn has flown Canadian F18s in combat in Kosovo, been a test pilot on the Eurofighter Typhoon and is now test flying the F35<br> <br> . Graham Bentley, Lockheed Martin Australia's Business Development Manager is ex-RAAF<br> <br> . Steven L Over, Lockheed Martin's Director of F-35 International Business Development, talks about component manufacturing within Australia<br> <br> . Billie Flynn returns to talk in detail about the F-35's high-tech new helmet<br> <br> . AVM Kym "Koz" Osley discusses the effort required to integrate the F-35 into the RAAF<br> <br> . We wrap up with a further discussion on the F-35 aircraft, the program and the potential for Australia to operate the F-35B on our new Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) ships (gotta use that ski-ramp, right?)
