Falcon Strike 25 is the latest stop of the UK’s eight-month-long deployment across the globe, from the North Atlantic to the ...
Twenty-four British F-35Bs on the carrier deck clears a major hurdle on the path to full operational capability.
Additional F-35Bs have joined the carrier as it sails through the Mediterranean on the tail end of the CSG 25 deployment, satisfying a major requirement ...
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Japan Starts F-35B Training Flights

As deliveries continue, the JASDF has now started training operations with the F-35B Lightning II at Nyutabaru Air Base. The JASDF (Japan Air-Self Defense ...
U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II fighter jets conduct a training sortie with a KC-130J air tanker somewhere above the ...
The UK only has 37 out of a planned 138 F-35 jets in service - almost four decades since the programme, led by the US, was ...
The Marine Corps’ F-35B iteration is certainly the most complex mechanically of the three Lightning II models.
The F-35 program also suffers from a shortage of suitably qualified engineers - the biggest threat to delivering the full ...
Ministers still do not know when RAF jets will be able to carry nuclear weapons or how much the project will cost, the ...
Sept 30 (Reuters) - A U.S. Air Force F-35B fighter jet crashed after it collided with an aerial refueling tanker on Tuesday, a U.S. marines unit said. The pilot of the F-35B jet ejected and was being ...