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US Air Force builds $80M F-35A for just $6M by merging parts from two crashed jets
The US Air Force has successfully restored an F-35A Lightning II by merging two damaged jets, saving over $74 million.
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Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Program Finally Catches a Break
The Pentagon has reduced a financial penalty against Lockheed Martin over the F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter jet. Lockheed Martin, the manufacturer of the cutting-edge aircraft, has been falling ...
Russia's Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets deal isn't a silver bullet for Iran's battered air defenses
Iran looks to be getting Su-35 fighter jets from Russia, but they won't fill the gaps in Iran's degraded air defenses against ...
Why Is The F-35 Fighter Jet Called The Lightning II?
Military fighter jets come with a lot of history and the moniker of the F-35 Lightning II is no exception. Here's a dive into ...
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Meet the Sixth-Generation Stealth Bomber That Tops 600 MPH
In 1963, the Lockheed A-12 (code-named “Archangel”) became America’s first supersonic stealth plane. Incredibly fast, much ...
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America Just Lost Another $82.5 Million F-35 Lightning II
While this formidable top-tier platform is widely considered to be one of the best jets to roam the skies, it is certainly not impervious. A dramatic video depicting the latest F-35 Lightning II ...
How Life Aboard A Navy Aircraft Carrier Changed When High-Speed Internet Arrived
As it battled Houthi threats around the Red Sea last year, the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) also served as a testbed for ...
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The Ugliest Fighter Jet Ever Made - The Boeing F-32
The Boeing X-32 was an ambitious but unusual-looking contender in the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) competition—a program that ...
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Pakistan Is Buying Fifth-Generation J-35 Fighters from China
Knowing that it would not be accepted into the F-35 program, Pakistan is the definition of a “frenemy”; it receives ...
Which Countries Helped Develop And Build The F-35 And What Did They Do?
The F-35 Lightning II may be the world's most advanced jet, but the U.S. didn't create it alone. Eight other countries helped ...
US, Australia, Japan to come together with their F-35 fighter jets for…, worry for China because…
By bringing together their fifth-generation fighter jets for joint exercises, Australia, Japan, and the U.S. have sent a ...