Elon Musk tweeted that the US is overreliant on manned aircraft like the F-35 instead of drones. But the truth is, we need ...

Bar none, the F-35 Lightning II is the hottest fighter jet in the world. Israel’s F-35’s led the October attack on Iran’s air ...

Day-to-day restrictions on supersonic flight won't stop pilots from pushing the F-35 to the limits in combat, an F-35 test pilot tells Defense News. The Pentagon will have to live with limits on F ...

But just because the military is sticking to the F-35 doesn't mean it isn't acutely aware of the plane's myriad problems. The Pentagon discovered deficiencies in the plane's Block 2B software system.

Lawmakers have grown increasingly impatient with the F-35 program, as problems with its Technology Refresh 3 upgrades led to a delivery halt in July 2023 that stretched on for about a year ...

As Musk takes up the DOGE initiative, the billionaire is taking aim at the F-35, but any effort to cut the program will run headlong into Congress.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz defended Lockheed Martin’s F-35 in a recent interview following billionaire Elon Musk’s call to stop ...

Maintaining this radar absorbent coating on surface of the F-35 is a job that takes very detail-oriented, sometimes tedious work — masking every small area, properly mixing chemicals ...

Two Japanese F-35A stealth fighter jets made emergency ... Aomori Airport after one developed an unspecified mechanical problem and requested an emergency landing, airport officials said.

Other U.S. allies are having the same problem. The F-35 is designed to replace aging fighter inventories including U.S. Air Force A-10s and F-16s, U.S. Navy F/A-18s, U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B ...

The company is also still reeling from a year-long F-35 delivery pause caused by problems with an upgrade package called Technology Refresh-3. Lockheed will absorb $600 million this year due to ...

The US-made F-35 stealth fighter has seen its first ever combat action, flying in an operation for the Israeli air force. The air force chief showed an image of jets over Beirut, Lebanon ...