THERMAL, Calif. -- A Marine Corps F-35 fighter jet crashed in Imperial County, California, after clipping the wing of a Marine KC-130 refueling tanker during a mid-air refueling, according to a ...

Belgium’s expanded F-35 order draws criticism from France, potentially endangering its ambition to join Europe’s sixth-generation FCAS fighter program amid broader defense and industrial tensions.

A top Pentagon official described the cyber theft of unclassified information about the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter as a "major problem," but added he was confident that classified information about ...

At 50 percent of the cost. Per unit. All in with R&D and nonrecurring.” Taiclet added that the F-35 remains the only fifth-generation aircraft in production and has been proven in combat.

The Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jet assembly plant is located in Fort Worth. Fort Worth-based Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. is on track to deliver 170 to 190 F-35s in 2025, officials said.

Turkey is also seeking to return to the U.S.-led F-35 fighter jet program, from which the country was ousted in 2019, following its purchase of Russian-made S-400 missile defense systems.

Released in January, it expects refitted V-22 Ospreys, finalized purchases of KC-130Js and a restructuring of its squadrons to accept the F-35 Lightning II, a fifth-generation aircraft, within the ...