Thunderbolts Fighter Attack Squadron Gets a F-35C, First East-Coast Marine Unit to Do So
26 Sep 2024, 10:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 251 Thunderbolts becomes the first unit of its kind on the East Coast to field the F-35C
Rusty-Looking F-35 Looks Like It Narrowly Missed the Moon During Cali Air Show
30 Jul 2024, 12:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The F-35A Lightning II Demonstration Team aircraft and its pilot are seen here flying under the rising Moon during the Capitol Air Show in Sacramento
Combat Drone Flying With Two F-35s Attacks Targets to Prove It's a "Collaborative Killer"
2 Apr 2024, 13:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Kratos announced the XQ-58A Valkyrie combat drone performed a collaborative flight with two F-35s and performed electronic attacks
F-35A Lightning Looks Like It's Off to Fight Aliens in Another Dimension
26 Feb 2024, 11:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / This image shows a USAF F-35A Lightning flying over the Dannelly Field in Montgomery, Alabama in early February as part of a 187th Fighter Wing event
F-35 Does a Special Kind of Landing on Royal Navy's Biggest Warship
6 Nov 2023, 09:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A U.S. Marine Corps pilot brough down an F35B using night shipborne rolling vertical landing for the first time on the HMS Prince of Wales
Danish Air Force Takes Delivery of Four F-35A Stealth Fighters, Even More on the Way
2 Oct 2023, 14:15 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Over 450 Danish Military personnel and as many as 10,000 locals from around the Jutland Peninsula watched as Lockheed Martin officially transferred ownership.
F-35 Lightning Flies With New Quad Core Computer Brain for Navy and Air Force
7 Sep 2023, 10:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor BAE Systems announced the F-35 Lightning flew for both Navy and USAF with new vehicle management computer
U.S. to Spend Millions and Save Billions on F-35 Engine Upgrades, Flights Expected in 2028
13 Jul 2023, 12:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Airplane engine maker Pratt & Whitney said it has secured $180 million for F-35 engine core upgrades, process should save the U.S. billions
F-35 Lightning IIs to Get New Electronic Warfare Systems as Part of Block 4 Upgrade
5 Apr 2023, 11:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / British defense contractor BAE Systems has been tasked with making electronic warfare (EW) systems for the Block 4 F-35.
F-35 Lightning II Rear Fuselage Number 1,000 Rolls Off the Line, F-16 Feels the Heat
8 Feb 2023, 09:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One of the main contractors for the F-35 Lightning II program, BAE Systems, announced the delivery of the 1,000th rear fuselage for the plane
USAF MUSTANGS Is Neither Fighter Plane Nor Muscle Car, But a Ford F-550 With Unique Tricks
3 Feb 2023, 11:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The USAF is testing the Multi-Utilization Secure Tactical and Network Ground Station (MUSTANGS) as a tool to speed up fighter jet mission updates
First Royal Navy F-35 Pilot Retires After a Spectacular 32-Year Career
5 Jan 2023, 07:06 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Forget Topgun, this Royal Navy pilot wrote history on the F-35, and got to fly 35 types of aircraft both in the UK and the U.S.
F-15 or F-35, Which Is Your Favorite US Air Force Jet Fighter To Put On a Take-Off Show?
25 Sep 2022, 19:59 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / Two awe-inspiring short videos of two of America's top fighter jets show off the beauty of raw military power (when harnessed for sheer visual appeal)
F-35 Gets Deadlier With Next-Gen War Drones: Speed Racer, a $100M Lockheed Martin Project
18 Sep 2022, 18:58 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / The next military drone is an AI-operated, multiple-scenario ability aircraft that can partner with piloted fighters and provide various mission support
New Adaptive Cycle Engine for F-35 Completes Testing, Fighter Stepping Into a New Age
14 Sep 2022, 11:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / GE announced this week it wrapped up testing of the second XA100 adaptive cycle engine for F-35, ready for engineering and manufacturing stage
One of These F-35 Lightning Is Not American, You Can Hardly Tell Which
31 Aug 2022, 07:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Two F-35A Lightning IIs, one deployed with the U.S. Air Force and the other with the Korean Air Force, are seen here flying formation
B-2 Spirits Flanked by F-35s Are the Definition of America’s Air Superiority
2 Sep 2022, 06:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Two American B-2 Spirits are seen here flying with two Australian F-35 during an exercise held Down Under back in July 2022
UK’s Biggest Warship Is Headed to New York, Ready to Play With Fighter Jets and Drones
29 Aug 2022, 05:37 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / HMS Prince of Wales has departed towards the U.S., where F-35 stealth fighter jets will be joining the task force that came for strategic aviation trails
Five Giants Join the Race for USAF’s Next-Generation Fighter Jet Engine
22 Aug 2022, 05:47 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The U.S. Air Force made another significant step towards developing innovative adaptive cycle engines for its fighter jets
When the Lightning and Falcons of the 354th FW Come Out to Play, the World Should Tremble
26 Jul 2022, 08:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A large part of the F-35A Lightning II and F-16 Fighting Falcon fleet of the 354th Fighter Wing routinely comes out for elephant walks