Japan now operates dozens of advanced F-35 stealth fighters—including the F-35B STOVL variant, based on its two ...

The first short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) F-35 Joint Strike Fighter could begin powered-lift testing on the hover pit at Lockheed Martin’s Fort Worth, Texas, plant as early as this week.

Ever since the F-35B short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) version of the Joint Strike Fighter first flew in the hands of BAE Systems’ test pilot Graham Tomlinson in June 2008 we have heard ...

The HMS Prince of Wales Carrier Strike Group will link up with the Japanese task group of the JS Kaga to practice combined F-35B operations. The UK’s Royal Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense ...

During its display at the Royal International Air Tattoo, the RAF’s F-35B Lightning II demonstrated slow-speed control, ...

Despite setbacks, the F-35 program is progressing well, with over 2,430 pilots trained and close to 16,100 maintainers qualified. The F-35, known for its stealth and advanced sensor capabilities, ...

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Japan has taken delivery of its first Lockheed Martin F-35B stealth fighters. An initial batch of three jets were ferried by US pilots to Nyutabaru air base in Japan’s southern Miyazaki region on 7 ...

A pilot was injured in a crash that destroyed a Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II near Albuquerque, New Mexico on 28 May. Images of a sparsely vegetated hillside engulfed in flames and a dark plume of ...

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 ...