Key Points and Summary - The F-35 Lightning II is often praised as a stealthy, sensor-fused “flying computer,” but its track record reveals five serious weaknesses. -The program’s lifetime cost has ...
“Because, maybe, the fighters are not the best option.” That blunt assessment from a Spanish air force officer captures the ...
The F-35 was not built to win dogfights, but to operate smoothly at long ranges and over long periods of time. The F-35 is often compared to the F-16 or the F-22, nimble aircraft with world-class ...
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it struck a US F-35 fighter jet ...
Footage released by Iranian state media claiming to show a US F-35 being struck by air defences displays multiple ...
Lockheed Martin delivered 191 F-35 fighter jets in 2025 - a new annual record, but several dozen of those aircraft had been held units delayed from past deliveries as the manufacturer caught up with ...
The F-35 will also serve as a test bed for technologies that will become commonplace in the next generation of jets. Flying ...
A U.S. F-35 fighter jet had to make an emergency landing at U.S. air base in the Middle East after it was struck by what is believed to be Iranian fire, CNN reported.
To meet China's exploding airpower growth, the U.S. must expand F-35 production capacity, continue its modernization, and ...