Chris Pocock
Defense Correspondent

Chris Pocock has been covering the defense beat for AIN for over 30 years. He is a British citizen and a graduate of the University of Cambridge. Chris worked in the air cargo business for ten years before becoming a full-time writer in 1983. He subsequently edited two air cargo journals before becoming AIN’s Defense Editor. He retired from that position in 2018, but still contributes to the publication. Chris has written extensively on aerial reconnaissance, including four books on the history of the U-2 spyplane. He also lectures on this and other topics related to intelligence-gathering in the Cold War.

Latest from Chris Pocock

Aircraft

UK Will Try To Boost F-35B Landing Weight

Senior British military officials confirmed that the UK will conduct shipboard rolling vertical landing trials on the F-35B version of the Lightning II.
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Aircraft

First F-35C Carrier Version Reports for Training Duty at Eglin

Although the F-35 is in much better shape now than it was a year ago, Lockheed Martin is “not declaring victory yet–it’s still a development program."
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