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I have been studying U.S. Navy fighter aircraft for decades, and I can tell you firsthand there is nothing like the F-35C stealth fighter....
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I have been studying U.S. Navy fighter aircraft for decades, and I can tell you firsthand there is nothing like the F-35C stealth fighter....
Summary and Key Points: The $13 billion USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) cannot safely operate Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning II fighters because the aircraft...
The Pentagon is seeking a major expansion of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II program in its fiscal year 2027 budget request, asking Congress...
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is the centerpiece of American aviation, even at an astouding $2 trillion over the programs lifespan, but it...
Northrop Grumman’s short-lived video “glimpse” of its F/A-XX offering (the photo above is from that video) invites a world of relevant speculation about its...
The Sun ’n Fun Airshow in Lakeland, Florida, featured the F-35C, a carrier-based variant with larger wings and reinforced landing gear, making for a...
The Ford Aircraft Carrier Borrowed Its Vacuum Sewage System From the Cruise Ship Industry — Cruise Ships Don’t Run 19-Hour Combat Operations When the...
The USS Gerald R. Ford Just Finished a Near-Record Deployment — Now It Needs F-35C Modifications, Deck Repairs, and a New Computer System The...
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...