Why the incoming AIM-260 promises to be a big boost for the F-35A/C, having been designed around one of its biggest engineering constraints.

The Government Accountability Office’s new report on the stealth fighter was marked ‘Controlled Unclassified Information,’ ...

The F-35 was designed to survive some of the world's most dangerous combat environments, yet for years it faced an unexpected restriction: avoiding thunderstorms. The problem wasn't the lightning ...

In one budget cycle the F-15EX program of record jumped from 129 aircraft to 267, the largest fighter-buy reversal in years.

Five US military aircraft retired before their replacements were fully ready, exposing capability gaps across the Air Force, ...

The first carrier landing of an F-35C occurred on the USS Nimitz, but the warship was never upgraded to fully accommodate the fifth-generation fighter ...

The US Department of Defense describes the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II as a “multirole fighter that combines stealth, sensor fusion and unprecedented situational awareness”. (US Air Force) The ...

The Pentagon has barred the release of a government watchdog report on the F-35 fighter plane program, the Defense Department ...

The March 24, 2026, hearing saw testimony from U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Gregory Masiello, Program Executive Officer F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office. Watch the full hearing here.

As President Trump heads to Turkey for this week’s NATO summit, he is facing growing pushback from Republicans — and Israel — who oppose admitting the ally back into the F-35 fighter jet program, as ...

ANKARA, Turkey—President Trump said Tuesday that he would consider selling the F-35 jet fighter to Turkey, signaling his embrace of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and setting up a potential ...

President Donald Trump said Tuesday he plans to lift U.S. sanctions on Turkey and signaled he is prepared to move forward with the long-stalled sale of F-35 stealth fighter jets, marking a dramatic ...