The US Navy’s newest “lightning carrier” concept has moved from experiment to front-line reality, cruising into waters that ...

Lockheed Martin said it set a record delivering 191 F-35 Lightning II jets in 2025, clearing backlog deliveries in the process, with a global fleet that now counts 1,300 aircraft. Lockheed Martin ...

A Marine F-35B Lighting II fighter prepares to land at Jose Aponte de la Torre Airport on Sept. 13, 2025, in Ceiba, Puerto Rico. The F-35 Lightning II is the U.S. military’s most advanced fighter ...

All three of the F-35 Lightning variants are particularly formidable. The Royal Air Force’s F-35B contingent has taken center stage at the ongoing multinational Exercise Falcon Strike 25. F-35s are ...

The US Air Force is expected to station F-35 fighter jets at Misawa Air Base, a major base in northern Honshu.

Greece and Singapore are expected to adopt F-35 Lightning II variants by 2030—but the aircraft’s large and growing price tag has driven away other potential customers. Two key US allies are set to ...

Ground crew attend to an RAF F-35B during Exercise ‘Red Flag' in the US. The MoD is now investing heavily in engineering personnel to support the Lightning Force ...

Lockheed Martin will build up to 296 F-35s as part of Lots 18 and 19, with first deliveries in 2026. Lockheed Martin and the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) announced they reached a final agreement ...