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A Royal Navy warship is set to deploy next week alongside the UK's F-35 Lightning fighter jets on a critical mission to the Indo-Pacific. HMS Prince of Wales will deploy as part of the UK Carrier ...

Frankenjet’” is fully operational and ready to support the warfighter,” a report from the military’s F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) said on Wednesday. The recycled warplane traces its ...

Multiple congressional aides confirm that fifth-generation F-35A Lightning II fighters—America’s most advanced stealth aircraft—have been moved into the region. The deployment comes alongside a ...

Lockheed Martin Corporation LMT recently clinched a modification contract involving the F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft program. The award has been provided by the Naval Air Systems Command ...

Lockheed Martin celebrated the construction and delivery of its 1,000th F-35 Center Wing Assembly Wednesday from the Marietta plant. Welcome Offer - $4.99 per month for the first 6 months ...

Morocco's branch of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has accused Danish shipping giant Maersk of transporting components for F-35 fighter jets from the United States to Israel via ...

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Unlike the European states that have opted to switch to European alternatives, Canada is obligated to use the F-35 for some time to come. Moreover, if we did now pivot to such alternatives ...

Washington, D.C. – April 7, 2025 – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pressing U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to halt the sale of F-35 fighter jets to Turkey, citing concerns over ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been lobbying US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to block the sale of F-35 warplanes to Turkey, citing concerns over Ankara’s growing influence in ...

With the airframes 5826 and 5823 landing at Ørland on Apr. 3, Norway is now the first F-35 partner nation to fulfill its program of record (PoR). Other operators include Israel, Australia ...