The total number of F-35 remains unchanged, but the balance between STOVL F-35Bs and CATOBAR F-35Cs has swung dramatically ...

The F-35 program has a big problem in not being mission-ready enough of the time, and the problem is getting worse with the F ...

B Lighting II pilot details efforts to develop a formal landing signal officer (LSO) school to help service members land the ...

The F-35 comes in three different variants with their ... the F-35B features short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) capability. The Navy operates the C “Charlie” model.

The US Marine Corps (USMC) released its 2025 Marine Aviation Plan on 3 February, which details long-term changes the service ...

The single-engine, single-seat F-35 will be manufactured in three versions ... and a short-takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) version for the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.K. Royal Air Force and ...

Then the Pentagon awarded two more F-35 contracts worth an additional $3. ... 16 short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) F-35Bs, and five carrier-landing F-35Cs For the Navy: 14 F-35C aircraft ...

As noted by the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO), the TR-3 ... the short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) variants, along with six F-35C aircraft. “The government plans to pay for the ...

Singapore’s journey to become a fifth-generation air force progressed further after Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen revealed its plans to buy eight more Lockheed Martin F-35B at the recent parliamentary ...

The first and by far biggest gift arrived Dec. 20, when the Pentagon's daily digest of contract awards showed Lockheed winning orders for 145 F-35 fighter ... landing (STOVL) F-35Bs, and five ...