While wear, tear and environmental impacts on the cockpit’s canopy glass don't affect airworthiness, it impacts the ...

History was made at eglin air force base today.The very first f35 testing squadron was created,leadership from across the air force held a ceremony ...

With the F-35 Lightning II, the Pentagon wanted to standardize its stealth fighter jet fleet across the armed services—in principle cutting costs. In practice, this has not worked out.

Maj. Zachary Sessa’s role in leading the F-35C Lightning II’s first combat sorties as part of the U.S. mission to target ...

The US Navy's VX-9 is evaluating the new mirror-like coating on F-35C jets for potential stealth improvements. The ...

Norway has received the first Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KDA) Joint Strike Missile (JSM) to equip its fleet of Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) combat aircraft.

Kadena Air Base, located on the island of Okinawa, is the closest U.S. air base to Taiwan, with a distance of 370 miles.

Bested at the next-generation US fighter competition, Lockheed Martin is betting big on turning the F-35 into ...

The U.S. Navy uses its 3,700-strong air force for many tasks, including reconnaissance, combat against air and ground targets ...

In terms of the donors, the first aircraft, an F-35A numbered as AF-27, was wrecked when it failed to take off during an exercise in 2014; the Air Force’s diagnosis was catastrophic engine failure.

The F-35 program produced three different types of F-35s: the F-35A, F-35B, and F-35C. Only the F-35B comes with the LiftSystem installed, which means it is the only F-35 with STOVL capabilities.

The F-35A features a cannon, the F-35B is capable of short-takeoff/vertical landing that is useful for amphibious assault ships and some European aircraft carriers, and the F-35C is built for US ...