The U.S. maintains a persistent presence of aircraft carriers in the western Pacific to counter China's naval threat.

This performance features the US Navy F-35C Lightning II at the California International Airshow 2023. The solo demonstration highlights how differently the F-35C flies compared to older fighters. The ...

Finland may not be the first country that comes to mind when you think of an Air Force, but it is nonetheless expanding with ...

The U.S. Navy is acquiring and undisclosed number of BriteCloud Active Expendable Decoys specifically for the F-35 Lightning II. The Naval Air Systems ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) – The Navy is assessing the potential environmental effects that would happen if they transition from FA-18E/F squadrons to F-35C Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter squadrons ...

After Maj. Zachary Sessa launched his F-35C Lightning II's payload at Houthi weapons storage facilities in Yemen last year, the historical significance of the flight dawned on him. Nearly a year ago, ...

The Navy made aviation history Nov. 3 as an F-35C Lightning II carrier variant Joint Strike Fighter conducted its first arrested landing aboard an aircraft carrier off the coast of San Diego. Navy ...

The F-35 Lightning II was built by Lockheed Martin with major contributions from BAE Systems and Northrop Grumman in the 2010s What sets the F-35 apart from other fighter jets is its mix of stealth ...

An F-35C Lightning II of U.S. Navy Strike Fighter Squadrons (VFA) 147 touches down at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi-Prefecture, Japan in November. File Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI ...

Today, the US military is locked into a fifth-generation warplane that is overpriced, underperforms, and periodically falls out of the sky without ever meeting the enemy in combat. In what is becoming ...