Six airmen received the top flying honor while several more were awarded Bronze Stars for their roles in strikes against ...

A United States Air Force F-35A Lightning II stealth fighter encountered hostile fire over Iranian airspace on March 19, 2024, marking a pivotal moment that would test both the aircraft’s legendary ...

Aspiring F-35 pilots endure a relentless gauntlet of physical and mental trials, from high-G centrifuge spins to hypoxia ...

An F-35 Lightning II pilot sent tactical autonomy commands via a tablet to the MQ-20 Avenger as part of a recent Manned-Unmanned Teaming demonstration. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems announced ...

American F-35s participated in the operation to strike Iran's nuclear facilities.US Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jackson Manske The American F-35 stealth fighters that participated in the Operation ...

NAPLES, Italy — An Italian air base in Sicily will host the first F-35 Lightning II pilot training facility outside the U.S., an indication of NATO’s increasing demand for the fifth-generation fighter ...

Iran has claimed that it has shot down another US fifth-generation F-35 fighter jet over central Iran by a modern air-defence system of the Islamic Republic's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), ...

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. has arrested and charged a former U.S. Air Force fighter jet pilot with allegedly training China's military, highlighting Beijing's persistent efforts to modernize its armed ...

(CNN) — A former US Air Force fighter pilot with more than two decades of experience with nuclear delivery systems and aircraft, including advanced F-35 stealth jets, has been arrested and charged ...

The F-35 may be the most capable fighter aircraft the Marines have ever flown, but it also might be the most complicated. By David Roza Published Apr 23, 2026 12:34 ...