Fewer Now, Stronger -The F-35 was supposed to be the backbone of U.S. airpower, yet the Air Force is cutting near-term buys ...

The stealthy F-35 Lightning fighter jets are flown by the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Marines, with each plane costing about ...

A P-38J-10-LO Lightning fighter of the United States Army Air Forces (42-68008) flying over California in 1944 (Photo: U.S.

As the HMS Prince of Wales and the rest of its carrier strike group docked in Singapore on Thursday, analysts noted that it arrived with an odd number of 11 F-35B fighter jets on its flight deck. That ...

Novice Lightning pilots unfamiliar with the correct bailout procedures actually had more to fear from the twin-boom tail, if an emergency dictated taking to the parachute but properly executed, ...

Saudi Arabia could become the first Arab country to sign a deal for the American-made F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter jet, marking a historic shift in Middle Eastern defense alignments — if ongoing ...

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The first P-38s became operational with the 1st Fighter Group in April 1941, and the initial combat deployments were made in Alaska, the Southwest Pacific and North Africa during the latter part of ...