A NAVY Top Gun who made history by shooting down Iranian drones has described the “relief that I did it right”. The stealth jet pilot, who can’t be named, downed two drones in 20 minutes as he ...

What changes when a stealth fighter gains a missile designed to keep accelerating deep into the fight? That question sits at the center of the F-35’s Meteor integration effort. The missile has drawn ...

The F-35 Lightning II is one of the most advanced fighter jets ever to soar through the unfriendly skies, and it's jam-packed with weapon systems. In fact, the F-35 is the first stealth fighter the ...

It all comes down to the design of the aircraft. From its stealth features and the long-range armaments concealed within its frame to its advanced situational awareness, everything about the F-35 is ...

A Houthi surface-to-air missile reportedly forced a US F-35 to take evasive action. The highly advanced F-35 is considered one of the top stealth fighter jets in the world. The aircraft, however, is ...

The F-35 reportedly posted a 20:1 destroy ratio at Red Flag 2017, yet the exercise still revealed one of the clearest limits in modern air combat: stealth and sensors do not erase the problem of mass.

For many, the pricetag of the F-35 has been its Achilles heel. With the program's total cost now at a baffling $1.7 trillion, the Lightning II easily cleared the bar to become the most expensive ...

As of August 2025, Lockheed Martin, the aircraft’s manufacturer, has delivered more than 1,215 F-35 stealth fighter jets of all types. Today, the F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter jet is the most ...

Rheinmetall is to build F-35 fuselages at new Weeze facility in Germany (Northrop Grumman) Rheinmetall is to shortly begin building fuselage sections for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint ...