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F-35 Crashed In The Nevada Desert, Pilot Safely Ejected. That Doesn’t Mean This Stealth Fighter Is a Failure On Tuesday, about noon, a U.S....
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F-35 Crashed In The Nevada Desert, Pilot Safely Ejected. That Doesn’t Mean This Stealth Fighter Is a Failure On Tuesday, about noon, a U.S....
China Is Watching: First F-35A Lightning II Stealth Fighter Aircraft Arrives in Japan The Pentagon announced Monday that the first F-35A Lightning II aircraft...
F-35 Stealth Fighter Is A Powerhouse: But a Labor Strike Is Now Possible Remember the Boeing F-15EX Eagle II Strike from last year? Could...
A growing number of public reports suggest that a U.S. F-35 hit by Iranian fire may have been detected by infrared, heat-seeking sensors, rather...
National security journalist Stephen Silver breaks down the first instance of a U.S. F-35A being hit by enemy fire during the 2026 Iran campaign....
While a consumer with a car that only starts 50% of the time has clear legal recourse, the Department of Defense operates in a...
From FC-31 to J-35: The Decade-Long Transformation of Shenyang’s Stealth Fighter Going back more than a decade, it is hard to believe that an...
This incident on March 19, 2026, represents a pivotal "reality check" for the perceived invulnerability of fifth-generation stealth assets. While the F-35A Lightning II...
The CF-18 Hornet is the definition of a "workhorse" that has been ridden into the ground. In 2026, the structural fatigue of these airframes...
As of March 2026, the Royal Canadian Air Force’s (RCAF) path to modernization has encountered a significant strategic hurdle. While the first batch of...