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The F-35 ‘is kind of like the iPhone,’ according to the Air Force’s operational testing wing commander
If it's an expensive next-generation weapon system, chances are a U.S. military official will at some point compare it to the iPhone
The F-35 reportedly can’t use its afterburners without its critical stealth tech ‘bubbling and blistering’
Apparently Navy and Marine Corps F-35 fighters have to choose between speed and stealth
The F-35 has a new problem that won’t be easy to solve
The U.S. military's growing fleet of F-35 stealth fighters will fall short of the 80 percent readiness goal that former Defense Secretary James Mattis instituted, former Secretary of the Army Mark Esper told lawmakers
The US wants to arm fighters with these new long-range missiles to hunt down China and Russia’s best jets
The AIM-260 air-to-air missile, also known as the Joint Air Tactical Missile (JATM), is intended to replace the AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) currently carried by U.S. fighters, which has been a go-to weapon for aerial engagements
The F-35 is still struggling with a string of major problems even as the Pentagon considers ramping up production
America's most expensive is still struggling with a number of serious problems, such as destructive chain reactions triggered by a flat tire, a weird green glow on the helmet display that makes it difficult to land on aircraft carriers, and a loss of stealth at supersonic speeds
Watch the Air Force’s F-35 Demo Team commander break down each of his insane aerial acrobatics
Capt. Andy "Dojo" Olson may have one of the best jobs in the Air Force
The Pentagon is getting a nice fat discount on its next order of super-expensive F-35s
The Department of Defense has a "handshake" agreement with Lockheed Martin Co to cut 8.8 percent from the price of its latest order of F-35A fighter jet, shaving a year from the time frame in which each aircraft will cost less than $80 million
Here’s what happened to that Japanese F-35 that mysteriously disappeared in the Pacific
The F-35 that went missing in April crashed after the pilot lost his spatial awareness and slammed the fighter into the Pacific Ocean at almost 700 mph, the Japanese defense ministry said Monday, according to multiple reports
The F-35 is about to become the Air Force’s ultimate enemy
If you want to beat stealth, you need to fight stealth
The Navy’s newest aircraft carrier won’t be able to deploy with the service’s newest warplane
The U.S. Navy's newest aircraft carrier won't be able to deploy with the service's newest warplane. At least not at first — and Congress is unhappy about that
F-35 becomes first fifth-generation aircraft to draw a ‘sky penis’
The F-35 completed yet another milestone on Tuesday by becoming the first fifth-generation aircraft to draw a giant dick in the sky..
The US may suspend F-35 training for Turkish pilots over Ankara’s missile deal with Russia
The United States is seriously considering suspending training for Turkish pilots on advanced F-35 fighter jets as Ankara moves ahead with plans to purchase a Russian missile defense system despite objections from Washington
Watch 2 F-35s flex in ‘beast mode’ in support of US troops in Afghanistan
Two F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters recently flew a mission in the Middle East in "beast mode," meaning they were loaded up with as much firepower as they could carry
The Navy’s first F-35 squadron just deactivated after 7 years of service
VFA-101, informally known as the "Grim Reapers" squadron, was deactivated to become part of VFA-125, a strike fighter squadron at California's Naval Air Station Lemoore
A bird beat up a Marine Corps F-35B fighter, causing at least $2 million in damages
A Marine Corps F-35B Joint Strike Fighter was recently forced to abort take-off after a surprise bird strike, Maj. Eric Flanagan, a spokesman for 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, told Marine Corps Times
In case you were wondering, a new report says the Pentagon still sucks at buying weapons
It hits on the JLTV, F-35, and more.
The Air Force blasted missiles out of the sky with a frickin’ laser beam that could one day arm fighter jets
The U.S. Air Force successfully shot down multiple missiles with a laser weapon that could eventually defend fighters and other aircraft against existing and emerging missile threats
The high-tech stealth F-35A made its combat debut against… a cave
Better late than never.
An F-35 stealth fighter is still missing somewhere in the Pacific — here’s everything the US military has sent to find it
It's been nearly three weeks since a Japanese F-35 crashed in the Pacific, but the US and Japan have yet to recover the missing stealth fighter.
Acting SecDef Shanahan thinks the F-35 program is ‘f–ked up’ just like everyone else
I, for one, appreciate the candidness.
This Air Force slide shows how the F-35 became a bottomless money pit from which there is no escape
President Donald Trump spent a good chunk of time in the run-up to taking office dissing the freakishly-expensive F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program as a complete an utter money suck. Now we know why
The Marine Corps is experimenting with ‘mini’ carrier strike groups laden with F-35 fighters
Not only are U.S. Marines experimenting with a new aircraft carrier concept, but they are also taking a fresh look at forming "mini" carrier strike groups to fill in when the carriers are called away
The Air Force’s F-35A may be about to get its first taste of combat
The Air Force's variant of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has arrived in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility to fly combat operations if needed, a defense official said on Monday
Japanese F-35 investigators, baffled by the crash, face a daunting salvage operation ahead
Two days after one of Japan's F-35 stealth fighters plunged into the Pacific and no closer to finding out why it happened, investigators face a daunting task to recover what remains of the highly classified jet from the ocean depths
Crashed Japanese F-35 wreckage found in Pacific
Search and rescue teams found wreckage from a crashed Japanese F-35 stealth fighter in the Pacific Ocean close to northern Japan, and are scouring the waters for the missing pilot, authorities said on Wednesday