The F-35 Lightning II is an advanced multirole combat aircraft with enhanced stealth capabilities and a weapons payload that combine to make it one of the most capable fighter jets in the skies today.

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As the product of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program, the F-35 platform was conceptualized to fulfill the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s advanced short take-off/vertical landing ...

After months of delay, the first Japanese F-35Bs are on the way to their new home and were spotted during a stop in Hawaii. The first F-35B Lightning II STOVL (Short Take Off Vertical Landing) ...

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An F-35B touches down, likely at NAS Patuxent River, with an LRASM on the left wing. (Lockheed Martin) Lockheed Martin's AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) has made a captive-carry flight ...

The Pentagon's fiscal 2027 budget request seeks 85 F-35 Lightning II fighters across the joint force, up from 47 in fiscal ...

Japan's first three F-35B stealth fighter jets arrived Thursday at an air base in the south of the country, its latest move ...

As one of the few fifth-generation fighter jets, the F-35 Lightning II is widely considered a highly advanced jet because of its stealth, multi-role capability, and sensor functionality. When Lockheed ...