F-35 Grounding Dims Hopes for International Debut The grounding of the F-35 fighter jet on the eve of its international debut has turned into a public-relations nightmare.
F-35 Fire Caused by Rubbing Engine Fan Blades DoD's top weapons buyer said "excessive rubbing" of engine fan blades caused the engine fire that led to the F-35's grounding...
More F-35 Engines Show Signs of Blade Rubbing Pentagon officials shed new light on what caused a fire that led to a recent grounding of the F-35 fighter jet.
Pentagon Rules Out Farnborough Show for F-35 The Defense Department has canceled a showcase appearance for the F-35 at the British air show.
UK Keeps Mum on F-35 Contract Announcement The British Ministry of Defense said it has no plans to announce a contract buy more of the fighter jets.
Navy's F-35C Takes Historic Step Forward Following Budgetary Turmoil Following the first landing of the F-35C, pilots have conducted more than 100 approaches, landings and takeoffs on the Nimitz...
Air Force Maintains Plans to Retire A-10 in '16 Budget Proposal Air Force leaders have not backed off their push to retire the A-10 in the Pentagon's fiscal 2016 budget request.
F-35 Pilots Test Aircraft in Extreme Sub-Zero Conditions The Pentagon's F-35 Lightning II has been test-flying in extreme heat, artic cold, rain, humidity, ice and desert winds in a...
New Small Diameter Bomb Doesn’t Fit Inside Marine’s F-35B Joint Strike Fighter engineers will have to make adjustments to the weapons bay of the Marine Corps variant of the F-35 so...
F-35 Will Not Reach Full Close-Air-Support Potential Until 2022 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter pilots will have to wait until 2022 to fire the U.S. military's top close-air-support bomb.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...