There Have Been More Than A Dozen F-35 Lightning II Crashes To Date

Although another F-35 Lightning II crashed during a training flight on Friday, the fifth-generation aircraft is noted for ...

F-35 fighter jet crashes at Marine Corps air base in San Diego

A fighter jet crashed at a Marine Corps air station near San Diego, multiple news outlets reported on July 31. Videos from ...
The Hill

Pentagon bars release of GAO’s report on F-35 program

The Pentagon has barred the release of a government watchdog report on the F-35 fighter plane program, the Defense Department’s (DOD) most costly weapon system that has been riddled with performance ...
Wall Street Journal

Trump’s Push for F-35 Deal With Turkey Sets Up Potential Clash With Congress

ANKARA, Turkey—President Trump said Tuesday that he would consider selling the F-35 jet fighter to Turkey, signaling his embrace of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and setting up a potential ...
The Hill

Trump, eyeing F-35 reversal for Turkey, faces growing pressure ahead of NATO summit

As President Trump heads to Turkey for this week’s NATO summit, he is facing growing pushback from Republicans — and Israel — who oppose admitting the ally back into the F-35 fighter jet program, as ...
USNI

Testimony on the F-35 Aircraft Program

The March 24, 2026, hearing saw testimony from U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Gregory Masiello, Program Executive Officer F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office. Watch the full hearing here.
Stars and Stripes

Pentagon to use $13.7 additional billion to boost F-35 readiness, GAO reports

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon plans to spend an additional $13.7 billion through 2031 to boost declining readiness rates of the F-35 jet, but issues such as constrained industry capacity to meet ...
Aviation Today

F-35 Program And Lockheed Martin To Finish F-35 PTMS Analysis Soon, As HASC Argues Block 4 “Underfunded”

The F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) and Lockheed Martin are undertaking a Power and Thermal Management System (PTMS) analysis to specify what systems the fighter will need to have between 62 kilowatts ...
Fox 5 San Diego

F-35 fighter jet and MQ-20 Avenger showcase future of airpower

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — United States military and contractors in San Diego showed off the future of air combat missions, testing an advanced collaboration with an unmanned MQ-20 Avenger and a U.S.
The Washington Post

Why the F-35 fighter is a vital U.S. asset in this menacing era

A U.S. Air Force F-35 fighter at an air show in Bangalore, India, in 2023. (Aijaz Rahi/AP) The U.S. military’s senior echelons think constantly about a no-longer-unthinkable subject: being prepared to ...
Defense One

F-35, F-15 may take A-10’s combat-search-and-rescue role: USAF chief

F-15 Eagles and F-35 Lightning II fighters may take on future combat search and rescue missions, as the Air Force aims to retire the last A-10 Thunderbolt IIs by 2030, service officials told lawmakers ...
Military.com

Marine Corps to Retire Hornet Fleet by 2030 in Shift to All F-35 Fighters

The Marine Corps is moving toward an all-F-35 tactical fleet as it phases out legacy Hornet and Harrier aircraft. The U.S. Marine Corps is accelerating its transition away from legacy tactical ...