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F-35 Airmen Decorated: Combat Lessons from Operations Midnig

When the Pentagon announced that 16 F-35 airmen received distinguished combat decorations for their extraordinary performance ...
Flightglobal

Reduced F-35 performance specifications may have significant operational impact

The Pentagon’s decision to reduce the performance specifications for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will have a significant operational impact,… The Pentagon’s decision to reduce the ...
Combat Aviator on MSN

F-35 Combat Lessons: Airmen Honored for ‘Midnight Hammer’ an

When Lt. Col. Aaron Osborne and his F-35 squadron penetrated Iranian airspace in June 2025, they weren’t just executing ...
The National Interest

Which Fighter Jet Is Stealthier, the F-22 or the F-35?

In pursuit of a multirole mission, the F-35’s designers accepted trade-offs that reduced its stealth performance in exchange for significant improvements elsewhere. The US military has two stealth ...
Stars and Stripes

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

The F-35 Lightning Fighter Can Do Anything—Except Win a Dogfight

With small control surfaces and no thrust vectoring, the F-35 cannot change direction rapidly in close-range engagements. While hyper maneuverability has become a cornerstone of modern fighter jet ...
The Aviationist

F-35 Fleet Soars Past One Million Flight Hours

The F-35 Lightning II celebrated a historic milestone as the worldwide fleet has officially reached one million flight hours logged by 16 services with more than 1,100 aircraft. The F-35 Lightning II ...
Newsweek

Why F-35 Fighter Jets Are “Obsolete”, According to Elon Musk

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. As Elon Musk takes charge of the newly formed Department of Government ...
Aviation Today

Pentagon Inspector General Highlights Continuing F-35 Readiness Concerns

While Air Force F-35A and Navy F-35C fighters by Lockheed Martin were in the U.S. strike package against Venezuela on Jan. 3, a December Pentagon Inspector General (IG) report highlighted continuing ...
The Business Journals

Lockheed forfeits $31.5M in F-35 performance payments

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Failure to meet three milestones in the F-35's development ...
Defense One

F-35 to get new software this summer—but there’s no date yet for planned full upgrade

AURORA, Colo.—Lockheed Martin is aiming to release new software to U.S. F-35 jets this summer, a “step” towards the full, combat-ready version of the TR-3 upgrade, according to a company executive.