GAO Warns of Ballooning F-35 Sustainment Costs, Need for Plan to Cut Billions Sustainment includes the personnel needed to work on the jet, support equipment, training and other related expenses.
Air Force F-35 Stealth Fighters Now Outnumber its F-15s, A-10s The U.S. Air Force's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter fleet has officially surpassed the number of F-15 Eagle jets and A-10...
Switzerland Becomes Latest Nation to Choose F-35 for Its Next Fighter Jet The deal with Lockheed costs roughly $5 billion Swiss francs, which amounts to $5.5 billion in U.S. currency.
Congress May Put the Kibosh on Buying Extra F-35 Fighter Jets The Pentagon requested 79 F-35s in its fiscal 2021 budget request.
So What Is a 6th-Generation Fighter Jet? While the U.S. military's fifth-generation F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jets are still rolling off the production line and...
Stop Throwing Money Down F-35 'Rathole,' Top Lawmaker Says Rep. Adam Smith is questioning how the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program fits into the Defense Department's future strategy.
Air Force's First Overseas F-35 Fighter Squadron Gets Crowdsourced New Name The name beat out other nominees including Archangels, Sabres, Sentinels and Swordsmen.
Air Force Cuts Back F-35 Demo Performances Due to Engine Shortage Since August 2020, Pentagon senior leadership has been "actively engaged" on F-35 engine availability issues.
F-35 Will Finally Go into Full Production Next March, Acquisitions Chief Says The program has faced a series of delays, the latest being COVID-19 social distancing restrictions.
Lockheed Balks at Paying Back $183 Million for Botched F-35 Spare Parts Program Air crews incurred labor costs devising workarounds to track and ensure the reliability of spare parts for the F-35.
Army Division Bars Leaders from Bothering Their Soldiers After Work Hours Maj. Gen. David Doyle, commander of the Fort Carson, Colorado-based 4th Infantry Division, issued a memo last week barring...
Marine Corps Creates Billet to Keep Dual-Military Families Together During Stressful Moves The billet, which is called the dual-military coordinator, will act as a liaison between couples and their career monitors in...
Exposed to Agent Orange at US Bases, Veterans Face Cancer Without VA Compensation The Defense Department has publicly acknowledged that during the Vietnam War era it stored Agent Orange at the Naval...
Reports of Mediocre Disability Exams by VA Contractors Prompts Senator's Demand for Answers A prominent Democratic senator is demanding the Department of Veterans Affairs review the quality of its privatized...
A Group Aims to Rebuild Tun Tavern, Birthplace of the Marines, as a Tavern and Restaurant National Park Service rangers in the historic district field questions all day from visitors. One of the most-asked is:...