The U.S. is scheduled to deploy 48 F-35A aircraft to Misawa Air Base in Japan to replace 36 older F-16 jets.

As of January, nearly 1,300 F-35 stealth fighter jets have been delivered to the U.S. and its allies and partners.

The reign of the Lightning II.

The US was the first to develop stealth military jets and is now working to develop the next generation of ultra-stealthy ...

Japan now operates dozens of advanced F-35 stealth fighters—including the F-35B STOVL variant, based on its two quasi-aircraft carriers. Eighty years ago, following its defeat in World War II, Japan ...

Finland is the latest country to gain access to the most advanced fighter jet on the planet, ordering a total of 64 such ...

The incident is one of only a handful of F-35 crashes. A British pilot flying an F-35B stealth fighter jet off Britain's flagship aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth was forced to bail out of the ...

Lockheed Martin said it set a record delivering 191 F-35 Lightning II jets in 2025, clearing backlog deliveries in the process, with a global fleet that now counts 1,300 aircraft. Lockheed Martin ...

Runways are undesirable locations for military aircraft. Being tied to miles of concrete gives jet aircraft a built-in vulnerability as well as restricting their flexibility. At sea, it is extremely ...

The fuselage is used across all three variants of the F-35 aircraft and assembled at Northrop’s Integrated Assembly Line in ...