Between missed readiness goals and rising costs, the Defense Department’s F-35 Joint Program Office likely has other stuff to ...

A US defense official told Business Insider that the F-35C made its first operational combat flight last weekend.

All versions of the F-35, the world’s costliest weapons program, have failed to meet minimum combat readiness rates for six straight years, according to the watchdog agency for Congress. That ...

Gen. Michael Schmidt, F-35 program executive officer, told reporters last month. Of the 40 previous “top degraders” of readiness, 21 are no longer at the top, Schmidt said in September.

"TR-3 and Block 4 represent a critical evolution in capability and their full development remains a top priority for us," added Bridget Lauderdale, vice president and general manager of the F-35 ...

Among the many roles the stealth, fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II can perform is that of a tactical nuclear bomber. What You Need to Know: NATO has launched its annual nuclear deterrence ...

An Air Force F-35A set a new speed record Aug. 1 when it took to the air as part of a sortie just seven hours after leaving the production facility. The 338th Fighter Wing at Hill Air Force Base ...

The US-made F-35 stealth fighter has seen its first ever combat action, flying in an operation for the Israeli air force. The air force chief showed an image of jets over Beirut, Lebanon ...

Military airframer Lockheed Martin is ramping up deliveries of the F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter ... economics and military affairs.View full Profile ...

The pilot of a US Marines F-35 jet that went missing called emergency services from a South Carolina home where his parachute landed. In audio from the call, obtained by the BBC, the pilot told a ...