“Wild weasel” aircraft have the most dangerous job in the Air Force—flying into hostile airspace and exposing themselves to ...

The HMS Prince of Wales Carrier Strike Group will link up with the Japanese task group of the JS Kaga to practice combined F-35B operations. The UK’s Royal Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense ...

The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is not just a stealthy sensor node with wings attached, but it is also a supersonic fighter built to sprint when the mission demands it. The number most people ...

With small control surfaces and no thrust vectoring, the F-35 cannot change direction rapidly in close-range engagements. While hyper maneuverability has become a cornerstone of modern fighter jet ...

An F-35A Lightning II pictured during the 2025 Battle Creek Field of Flight Air Show in Michigan. (Staff Sgt. Zachary Rufus/Air Force) A U.S. Navy unit that tests out weapons and aircraft was recently ...

The F-35’s multirole design prevents it from excelling at close air support—yet the fighter jet is well-suited to missions in contested airspace, which competitors like the A-10 Warthog are not.

A batch of orders for the Fort Worth-assembled F-35 Lightning II fighter jet will take five years longer to fulfill as costs escalate $6 billion over original estimates, according to a new U.S.

Lockheed Martin Corp. finalized a federal contract to produce nearly 300 more F-35 Lightning II fighter jets, which will be assembled in Fort Worth. The U.S. Department of War announced the contract, ...