The Navy made aviation history Nov. 3 as an F-35C Lightning II carrier variant Joint Strike Fighter conducted its first arrested landing aboard an aircraft carrier off the coast of San Diego. Navy ...

A Marine F-35C readies to launch from the deck of the carrier Abraham Lincoln. (1st Lt. Charles Allen/Marine Corps) Marines recently carried out the service’s first combat strikes using the F-35C ...

Key Points and Summary - The F-35 is really three aircraft—A, B, and C—with a fourth, Israel’s custom F-35I Adir, proving how adaptable the Lightning II has become. -Beyond stealth, its edge is sensor ...

(CNN) A combination of old and new hooked up off the coast of San Diego Monday to give the U.S. Navy a glimpse into its future.The moment was the first arrested landing aboard an aircraft carrier for ...

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Navy has begun to make plans to recover the F-35C fighter jet that crashed Monday after striking the deck of an aircraft carrier in the South China Sea. The jet is the most ...

What You Need to Know: The U.S. Navy’s F-35C Lightning II stealth fighter recently saw its first combat action in a series of airstrikes against Houthi rebel weapons storage sites in Yemen. -Operating ...

An F-35B in the hover. The lid above the engine-driven fan is up and the doors below are open. More doors above the engine are open to let in extra air, and the jet exhaust has swivelled to point down ...

The F-35C is a single seat, multi-role fighter aircraft designed to eventually replace the F/A-18 legacy Hornet. The Navy’s future aircraft carrier-based air wings will consist of a mix of F-35C, ...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 3, 2014) The Navy made aviation history Nov. 3 as an F-35C Lightning II carrier variant Joint Strike Fighter conducted its first arrested landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS ...