Curious about the flap behind the F-35 Lightning cockpit? Learn what it does, why it opens, and how it supports the jet's ...

There hasn't been a big movement away from the program. Analysts say there isn't a better aircraft available right now.

The repair that ultimately resulted in the creation of the Franken-Lightning took two years and five months to complete and ...

The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) achieved a first-of-its-kind milestone during the Ramstein Flag Multi-Domain ...

Belgium has proposed that its additional Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II aircraft be assembled in Italy, rather than in the ...

The NATO member is the first F-35 partner nation to fulfill its program of record; Norway has received its desired fifty-two F35s.

Some allies are rethinking the F-35 as a new contract decision upends Lockheed's longtime dominance in stealth fighter ...

The “Frankenjet” flew out of Hill Air Force Base, Utah, for the first time on Jan. 24 on a trip to Lockheed Martin’s facility ...

A Brief Overview of the F-35 Lightning II The Joint Strike Fighter program was derived from the 1980s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Advanced Short Take-Off/Vertical Landing study.

US lawmakers from both parties have recently expressed concern about discussions in the Donald Trump administration on ...

Concerns have grown in Europe about the extent to which Washington could exercise control over F-35 fleets globally.

Micah McCartney is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast Asian security issues, and cross-strait ties between China and Taiwan.