Although an F-35 flew for 11 minutes in 2023 after a pilot ejected, a fully autonomous fighter would be a game-changer.

The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II has been rightfully compared to a high-performance race car. It is speedy, versatile, and cutting edge – but it doesn’t perform so well in the rain ...

The F-35C Lightning II is the U.S. Navy’s first low-observable carrier-based aviation platform. The F-35 is being purchased to replace the F/A-18C/D Hornet as the carrier strike group’s ...

The F-35B Lightning II is the Marine Corps variant of the Joint ... short takeoff capability to expeditionary airfields. The F-35 will replace AV-8B Harrier IIs in the Marine Corps inventory.

Lightning has long been a major — and ironic — issue for the F-35, nicknamed the Lightning II. After years of restrictions designed to prevent a catastrophe, the most widely used version of ...

The F-35 Lightning II is one of the most advanced fighter jets in the world The cost for each fighter jet ranges between $110 million and $136 million depending on the variant Only 20 countries ...

To identify the countries with the most F-35 Lightning II fighter jets, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed the 2024 World Air Forces report from FlightGlobal, an aviation and aerospace industry publication.

As of October 2024, the F-35 Lightning II program has delivered over a thousand units, logged in almost a million flight hours, and trained over 2,000 pilots worldwide. So far, 19 countries are ...

The name for the F-35, Lightning II, was a win for aviation heritage and culture." The Lightning II was considered a force of nature. It would strike with accuracy and be gone before the enemy ...

Today, we're here to learn about our fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft. So we've both flown fourth-generation fighters. For you, the F-15 Eagle, for me, the F-16, which I ...