This Is The Only F35 Variant That's Nuclear Capable: Here's What Makes It Different

The F-35 Lightning II has three variants catered to fit very specific needs for different militaries and branches, but only ...
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The Pentagon Is Set to Spend $24 Billion on 296 More F-35 Fighters

Despite the high cost per aircraft, US allies and partners continue to choose the F-35 Lightning II due to its unparalleled ...
AeroTime

Pentagon, Lockheed finalize deal for 296 F-35 fighters

Lockheed Martin and the Pentagon have finalized a $24.3 billion deal for 296 F-35 fighters under Lots 18 and 19, with ...
The Aviationist

First F-35B Transported by CH-53K to MCAS Beaufort to be Retired as Static Display

Airframe BF-01 performed the F-35’s first vertical landing on Mar. 18, 2010, and the first vertical takeoff on May 10, 2013, at NAS Patuxent River. The first F-35B Lightning II STOVL (Short Take-Off ...
Aviation Week Network

UK F-35 Full Operational Capability Path Faces Scrutiny

The UK Defense Ministry hopes to declare full operational capability with its Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter fleet ...

The World’s Largest Air Forces By F-15 Numbers

Stealth, advanced sensors, and networked warfare converge in this game-changing fighter. See which countries are leading the ...
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How the F-35 became the best it could be

The U.S. has long been recognized for its technological edge in developing battlefield weaponry. The design work for such platforms occurs years before a system ever sees the light of day and, even ...
The National Interest

Why Does America’s F-35 Fighter Look So Much Like an Old Soviet Prototype?

It is unlikely that, as many Russian sources brag, the F-35B was a direct rip-off of the Yak-141. However, there are many staggering similarities between the two planes. Most military and aviation ...