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

Although Boeing’s competitor Lockheed Martin did not secure the win surrounding the NGAD development, the big name ...

Article Summary: The F-35 Lightning II is famous for its stealth ... The F-35 operates with a sleek, smoothed-over internal weapons bay as part of its stealth configuration. But a fully armed ...

The F-35B Lightning II ... has smaller internal weapon bay and less internal fuel capacity than the F-35A. It uses the probe and drogue method of aerial refueling. The F-35's low observable ...

As rival powers develop increasingly capable air defense networks, the US military is working with defense firms to arm the F-35 Lightning ... jet's internal weapons bay to carry "aft heavy ...