F-35C Stealth Fighter Takes the Spotlight in Navy’s Carrier Strike Groups. The U.S. naval aviation community achieved another milestone after the Navy’s third operational F-35C Lightning II ...

The initial operational capability (IOC) declaration comes after the Navy’s first F-35C squadron, Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147, conducted aircraft carrier qualifications aboard USS Carl ...

The F-35C variant, designed for use by the U.S. Navy, is specifically built for carrier operations. An Overview of the Joint Strike Fighter. The U.S. military’s “renaissance fighter” was ...

An F-35C Lighting II from the ‘Argonauts’ Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147, left, a F/A-18F Super Hornet from the ‘Bounty Hunters’ VFA 2, center, and F/A-18E Super Hornets from the ...

The US Navy's first F-35C fighter-jet squadron deployed on an aircraft carrier early last month. The first Marine F-35C squadron is working up to its carrier deployment, expected in early 2022.

A race against time is under way for the US Navy to reach one of its downed fighter jets - before the Chinese get there first. The $100m (£74m) F-35C plane came down in the South China Sea after ...

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Cedar L. Hinton, commanding officer of Marine Wing Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 314 lands VMFA-314’s first F-35C Lightning II on Marine Corps Air Station Miramar ...

The U.S. Navy's F-35C Joint Strike Fighter is officially combat ready. Vice Adm. DeWolfe Miller III, commander of Naval Air Forces, and Lt. Gen. Steven Rudder, Marine Corps deputy commandant for ...

The F-35C version has a top speed of 1,200 mph, combat radius of 600 nautical miles, and can carry two air-to-air missiles and two 2,000-pound bombs in an internal bay to ensure a stealthy radar ...

VMFA 251 received its first F-35C in September as it prepared to reactivate with the Corps’ most advanced aircraft, service officials said. The F-35C is the longest-range stealth fighter of the ...

F-35C Stealth Fighter Takes the Spotlight in Navy’s Carrier Strike Groups. The U.S. naval aviation community achieved another milestone after the Navy’s third operational F-35C Lightning II ...