The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter may be named the “Lightning II” in homage to two of Lockheed Martin’s World War II-era aircraft, but it turns out at least one variant can’t actually handle ...

SOUTH CAROLINA (WCIV) — The United States Marine Corps has provided new information on the F-35B Lightning II jet that went missing this week. The jet, which was from Marine Fighter Attack ...

The bigger picture behind the UK’s relationship with the F-35 and the benefits of the growing pan-European JSF team.

Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, announced last week that retired USMC fighter pilot Ross Fearon will take on flight testing on the F-35 with the Fleet Readiness Center East ...

Marines based in North Carolina recently trained to recover a damaged, downed F-35B Lightning II before a worst-case scenario occurs. Marine Wing Support Squadron 271 (MWSS-271) at Marine Corps ...

US Marine Corps Photo. The F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter program continues to struggle with costs for upgrades and fielding delays despite being more than 20 years old, ...

A Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II's nose cone was damaged after making a quick landing in Okinawa, Japan, on Thursday, the service said.. Maj. Roberto Martins, a spokesman for 1st Marine Aircraft ...

FILE - A Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II performs a demonstration flight at the Paris Air Show, in Le Bourget, east of Paris, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. On Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023, a Marine Corps ...

The Corps first deployed the F-35B Lightning II to combat in 2018. The service has since worked to procure variants of the F-35, build out squadrons and replace the legacy F/A-18 Hornet and AV-8B ...

U.S. Marine Corps commandant Gen. David Berger has made it clear that the Corps could scale back its plan to buy 420 F-35 Lightning II stealth fighters as it reorganizes for naval warfare against ...

The general in charge of the $1 trillion Joint Strike Fighter program predicted the F-35 Lightning II just coming into service with the Marines will be able to beat any opponent for decades ...

The US Marines successfully tested their experimental unmanned "loyal wingman" aircraft alongside F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter jets earlier this month. The flight test, the fourth for the ...