The F-35 was not built to win dogfights, but to operate smoothly at long ranges and over long periods of time.
Israel was allowed to rewrite the F-35’s brain, creating a fighter that learns, predicts, and adapts in real combat. This ...
The cost of buying American F-35 fighter jets continue to rise, but in this instance, the problems are all home grown.
Israel holds an effective veto over the export of the F-35 fighter jet in the Middle East—and Turkey-Israel relations are at a historic low, making Israeli obstruction a foregone conclusion. Turkish ...
In 2025, 191 fifth-generation F-35 fighter jets were produced, which is an absolute record, but this was achieved thanks to a problem ...
The government refused to accept delivery of new F-35s for a year between 2023 and 2024, which led to jets being stockpiled ...
Lockheed Martin said it set a record delivering 191 F-35 Lightning II jets in 2025, clearing backlog deliveries in the process, with a global fleet that now counts 1,300 aircraft. Lockheed Martin ...
These systems could still be effective in the right hands or situation. At the same time, the US and allies have a history of ...
A look at what made the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II so special.
History is filled with military aircraft that looked like expensive miscalculations long before they ever saw combat.
Noise and vibration keeps sending soldiers to the medics The future of the British Army's troublesome Ajax armored vehicle ...