The J-35A and its variants often draw comparisons to the United States’ F-35, reflecting shared design features typical of ...

The U.S. Air Force has declared its F-35A Lightning II fighter jet ‘combat ready,’ marking a major milestone for the controversial aircraft.

On a technical level the machine is a true beast. A single Pratt & Whitney pushes it through the sky with the power of 43,000 pounds of thrust, accelerating it to a top speed of Mach 1.6 (1,200 ...

The F-35 Gen III Helmet Mounted Display System, made by Rockwell Collins, lets pilots “see-through” their fifth-generation fighter jets. Like the new F-35A Lightning II, the helmet takes ...

The F-35A has practiced unleashing its hellfire barrage on the ground, ... The F-35A's ground test gave us a pretty good view of how righteous that looks. Media Platforms Design Team.

The F-35B is far closer in capability to the F-35A than the AV-8B was to the F-16C. The AV-8B couldn’t even go supersonic, it had significantly fewer hardpoints, and its radar, while decent was ...

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- An F-35A conventional takeoff and landing aircraft completed the first in-flight missile launch of an AIM-120 over the Point Mugu Sea Test Range, June 5.

The first ever F-35A Lightning ll fighter jet made its debut at the First Aircraft Arrival ceremony hosted by the 301st Fighter Wing on Nov. 2. Skip to content Main Navigation ...

Among U.S. allies, Japan is set to become the second-largest operator, with 147 jets, including 42 F-35Bs expected to deploy aboard its modified Izumo-class helicopter destroyers—effectively ...

In 2018, the U.S. State Department approved Belgium to make the estimated $6.53 billion buy of 34 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) aircraft, along with four spare ...