Because of its stealth and information characteristics, the F-35 will be the primary manned platform in the transition to ...

Unlike its two sister variants, the F-35A and the F-35C, the F-35B can land vertically like a helicopter and take off in very short distances according to its manufacturer, Lockheed Martin, allowing ...

The U.S. Navy has now released its first official images of one of its F/A-18F Super Hornets with a very heavy air-to-air ...

The M61 is found on many US fighter jets, from the long-retired Convair F-106 Delta Dart and the F-111 Aardvark to the F-14 Tomcat, F-15 Eagle, F/A-18 Hornet, and F-22 Raptor. General Electric ...

Report raises "very significant and disturbing questions," says GAO Defense Capabilities and Management Team Director.

Two Navy pilots were killed in a jet fighter crash near Mount Rainer, including one of the history-making female pilots who ...

The $100m (£74m) F-35C plane came down in the South China Sea after what the Navy describes as a "mishap" during landing on the USS Carl Vinson. The jet is the Navy's newest, and crammed with ...

The Sidewinders of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 86 have achieved the critical certification recently. VFA-86, the third ...

The U.S. Navy’s F-35 Lightning II, despite being a premier fifth-generation stealth fighter, faces significant range ...

Moreover, VMFA-533 also became the second unit in a span of nearly one month to acquire the stealth jet, after VMFA-251 at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina, received its first F-35C carrier ...

In July, the Pentagon announced that it would upgrade Kadena's air power by replacing the aging F-15C/D Eagle fighter jets with the successor F-15EX Eagle II aircraft, while the U.S. Air Force ...