The F-35C Lightning II is the U.S. Navy’s first low-observable carrier-based aviation platform. The F-35 is being purchased to replace the F/A-18C/D Hornet as the carrier strike group’s ...

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.

The F-35B Lightning II is the Marine Corps variant of the Joint ... short takeoff capability to expeditionary airfields. The F-35 will replace AV-8B Harrier IIs in the Marine Corps inventory.

The F-35 Lightning II is a single-seat ... providing a 360-degree view. These cameras feed imagery to the pilot’s helmet ...

The J-35 Gyrfalcon’s relationship with the F-35 Lightning II isn’t just adversarial. The two aircraft could be deemed “cousins.” J-35 Gyrfalcon: Doesn’t it Remind You of Something?

The F-35A Lightning II “Frankenjet,” assigned to the 4th Fighter Generation Squadron, 388th Fighter Wing, returned to Hill Air Force Base, Utah, on March 26. (Capt. Nathan Poblete/U.S. Air ...

The F-22 Raptor and the F-35 Lighting II jets are futuristic and similar from the outside, like something you would unlock in a video game after putting in a cheat code. Both carry a sinister and ...

The American-made F-35 Lightning II platform is perhaps the most coveted fifth-generation platform in service today. Equipped with the latest and greatest sensors, radar, and avionics, the ...

The F-35B Lightning II is the "most advanced fast jet in the world", according to Michael Fallon, the UK's Defence Secretary. The fighter jet, which costs 70 million pounds, has arrived in Britain ...