Key Points and Summary - The F-35 program is under intense pressure due to severe problems with its critical Block 4 modernization. -The new TR-3 hardware, the foundation for the upgrade, is late, ...

A F-35 pilot spent 50 minutes on a conference call mid-air with engineers to solve a problem with a $200 million jet before it plummeted onto the runway at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska, forcing ...

An F-35 Lightning II fighter jet that went down at Eielson Air Force Base near Fairbanks in January crashed after attempts to fix frozen landing gear left the plane uncontrollable, according to an Air ...

The F-15EX was supposed to be the safe, unglamorous choice next to the stealthy F-35 and F-22, a bridge for aging squadrons rather than a headline grabber. Instead, it is quietly exposing a ...

Developing a next-generation fighter aircraft is a decades-long endeavor. The evolving nature of technological advancement and real-world needs means that a successful fighter will receive years of ...

A US Air Force F-35 pilot spent 50 minutes on an airborne conference call with Lockheed Martin engineers trying to solve a problem with his fighter jet before he ejected and the plane plunged to the ...

The latest Director, Operational Test & Evaluation report says no combat-capable F-35 TR-3 aircraft have been delivered to the U.S. military until September 2025 because of the truncated software. The ...

The F-35 was not built to win dogfights, but to operate smoothly at long ranges and over long periods of time. The F-35 is often compared to the F-16 or the F-22, nimble aircraft with world-class ...

You need to fix alarming mission-capability rates and rising sustainment costs for the Air Force’s F-35A fighter jet, senators told the service’s chief-of-staff nominee on Thursday. “The F-35 remains ...

Lockheed Martin delivered 191 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters in 2025 — a record delivery amount for the program — as it cleared out a backlog of undelivered jets due to problems with a technology upgrade.

The F-35 Lightning II is one of the world's most advanced stealth fighters, and it's highly coveted by America's allies around the world. While many countries operate their own F-35 wings, Canada ...