Kratos said a missionized U.S. Marine Corps Valkyrie Collaborative Combat Aircraft flew alongside multiple F-35s and an F/A-18 during an electronic warfare test in Southern California.
The Alabama Air National Guard’s 187th Fighter Wing tested its ability to generate and sustain F-35A Lightning II combat airpower during Operation Tuskegee Thunder from Aug. 12 to 14.
Lockheed Martin has completed final assembly of Germany’s first F-35A Lightning II, moving the aircraft into final finishing ahead of its planned rollout on September 18.
Armasuisse said the first F-35A produced at Cameri is scheduled to be transferred directly to Switzerland in mid-2028.
The Danish Air Force has declared a new deployable F-35 operations facility fully operational after its first use during NATO’s Ramstein Flag 2026 exercise in northern Norway.
Lockheed Martin is shifting away from logistics models based primarily on historic flight hours and static usage metrics.
U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II fighters hunted down and destroyed a simulated cruise missile battery over Alaska, then passed the target's coordinates to an Army rocket unit on the ground — a sequence that compressed what officials call the modern kill chain into a single training exercise.
U.S. forces integrated F-35 fighters and HIMARS long-range fires during Operation TUNDRA MERLIN near Nome, Alaska, on August 4 and 6.
Israel is examining a domestically developed stealth fighter inspired by the F-35, according to unofficial government sources.
RTX’s Pratt & Whitney has received a nearly $1.3 billion undefinitized contract for F135 engine spare parts.
Lockheed Martin expects annual F-35 production to remain at 156 aircraft, Chief Executive Jim Taiclet said.
The U.S. Air Force certified two RAF Lakenheath fighter squadrons for combat operations during Combat Archer UK 2026.
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