Lockheed Martin is pitching a "fifth-generation-plus" F-35 packed with sixth-generation technology — roughly 80 percent of a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Only one in four US F-35 fighters was fully mission-capable las year, according to a new report. The GAO said readiness rates have ...

As President Trump heads to Turkey for this week’s NATO summit, he is facing growing pushback from Republicans — and Israel — ...

The F-35 was not built to win dogfights, but to operate smoothly at long ranges and over long periods of time. The F-35 is often compared to the F-16 or the F-22, nimble aircraft with world-class ...

In January, an F-35 fighter jet crashed in Alaska. Now it comes to light that the pilot spent almost an hour on the phone with engineers on the ground to solve a serious problem. But it didn't help.

A GAO report reveals only 25% of U.S. F-35 fighters are fully mission capable despite the program's massive cost.

Lockheed Martin delivered 191 F-35 fighter jets in 2025 - a new annual record, but several dozen of those aircraft had been held units delayed from past deliveries as the manufacturer caught up with ...

The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, with its many variants, is likely the best-known fifth-generation fighter plane flying today — at least when it comes to Western nations. As of 2026, 1,000 F-35s ...

F-35 manufacturer Lockheed Martin has failed to deliver regular upgrades for the aircraft—and its most recent upgrade package was implemented disastrously, according to an internal Pentagon report.