Curious about the flap behind the F-35 Lightning cockpit? Learn what it does, why it opens, and how it supports the jet's ...

James Taiclet calls it "fifth-generation plus," comparing it to giving the F-35 chassis a "NASCAR" upgrade.

As of October 2024, the F-35 Lightning II program has delivered over a thousand ... Not to mention, the F-35's powerful ...

The F-35B Lightning II is the Marine ... lift fan and pivoting engine nozzle to deliver vertical landing and short takeoff capability to expeditionary airfields. The F-35 will replace AV-8B ...

The F-22 Raptor and the F-35 Lighting II jets are futuristic and similar from the outside, like something you would unlock in a video game after putting in a cheat code. Both carry a sinister and ...

The most advanced fighter jets in the world are known as "fifth generation". They contain technologies developed in the first ...

The repair that ultimately resulted in the creation of the Franken-Lightning took two years and five months to complete and ...

The American-made F-35 Lightning II platform is perhaps the most coveted fifth-generation platform in service today. Equipped with the latest and greatest sensors, radar, and avionics, the ...

The “Frankenjet” flew out of Hill Air Force Base, Utah, for the first time on Jan. 24 on a trip to Lockheed Martin’s facility ...

Micah McCartney is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast Asian security issues, and cross-strait ties between China and Taiwan.

The Sun’ N Fun Expo is the largest aviation event in Florida and the second-largest in the United States. Each year, pilots ...

The AF-27 experienced an engine fire in ... of a damaged F-35A Lightning II — a feat completed with little precedent to rely on — and used its fuselage to train F-35 crew chiefs and ...