The Air Force's future budget plans, which it released last year, included proposals to buy 42 F-35As in 2026, 47 apiece in 2027 and 2028, and 48 in 2029. The service eventually wants to buy a ...

The Air Force is by far the largest operator of the F-35, and will eventually purchase a total of 1,763 of the F-35A conventional takeoff and landing variants. This is a similar number to the US ...

Nearly 20 retired Air Force general officers, including six former chiefs of staff, urged lawmakers to reverse Pentagon plans to cut the E-7 and F-35s.

In order to pilot the F-35 Lightning II, you have to become an officer in the Air Force and then go through several stages of training. No plane is guaranteed.

Deep cuts to the Air Force’s F-35 program and the elimination of the E-7 Wedgetail program would prove a “costly and strategic blunder” for the service, a retired three-star general said ...

The Air Force operates the F-35A, the conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) variant. The US Navy and United States Marine Corps also scaled back their orders.

F-35B BL-5/32-18 and BL-3/32-14 were on display at Amendola Air Base, both sporting the traditional insignia of the 101° Gruppo, a red lightning bolt piercing a snake, on the left intake, along ...

The Pentagon slashed its Air Force F-35 fighter jet request from 48 to 24 aircraft, delivering a significant blow to Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) amid sweeping defense budget cuts.

Buying 24 F-35As, along with 21 F-15EX fighters also budgeted in the Pentagon’s plan, would leave the Air Force far short of that goal in 2026. The Air Force’s future budget plans, which it ...

Nearly 20 retired Air Force general officers, including six former chiefs of staff, urged lawmakers to reverse Pentagon plans to cut the E-7 and F-35s.

That is less than the 44 F-35s, costing $4.8 billion, the Air Force is on track to buy this year, and the 51 jets worth $5.5 billion the service bought in 2024. And while the number of jets the ...