Beast Mode” lets the F-35 carry up to 22,000 pounds by adding external weapons to its internal bays, massively boosting ...

The F-35’s key superiority to the F-16 is in terms of stealth and beyond visual range (BVR) capabilities. The F-35's design ...

With small control surfaces and no thrust vectoring, the F-35 cannot change direction rapidly in close-range engagements. While hyper maneuverability has become a cornerstone of modern fighter jet ...

BackgroundThe emergence of fifth- and sixth-generation fighter aircraft—such as the F-35 Lightning II and advanced air ...

Airman 1st Class James Meredith applies precision tape on an F-35A Lightning II at RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom, March 20, 2025. (SrA Seleena Muhammad-Ali/Air Force) LONDON — After encountering ...

The win comes after Lockheed Martin in July cleared its backlog of F-35s stored in long-term parking due to software problems ...

The A-10 was designed to fly low and slow over the battlefield and offer troops sustained fire support. With the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II slated for retirement, the Lockheed Martin F-35 ...

A batch of orders for the Fort Worth-assembled F-35 Lightning II fighter jet will take five years longer to fulfill as costs escalate $6 billion over original estimates, according to a new U.S.

The cost of the Pentagon’s modernization program for the F-35 Lightning II fighter jet is more than $6 billion over original estimates, with the date of completion now five years later than the ...