The F-35 Lightning II fills a variety of roles, including air superiority, interdiction, and eliminating air defenses while ...

As China fields two fifth-gen fighters, US defense analysts argue the Pentagon must maintain separate sixth-gen programs tailored to Navy and Air Force needs amid global threats.

Is speed no longer the final measure of a fighter plane’s superiority, or has the real battle been relocated to the invisible realm of stealth and sensor integration? In the rivalry between America’s ...

We of course notice some worrying about how much you can trust the US. If countries want to consider a dual fleet, we’re ...

Lockheed Martin Corp. has delivered F-35 jets parked at its Forth Worth, Texas plant to the US government as of May 1 after several months of delay due to late software improvements, according to the ...

Outside of having some of the most technologically advanced aircraft on the planet, the US Air Force is also home to some of ...

Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 242 (VMFA-242), an F-35B Lightning II squadron, is currently participating in joint exercises with partner nations in the Indo-Pacific.