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.
Nomination of Air Force Officer at Center of GOP's Fight Against 'Woke' Military Extended to 2025 Col. Ben Jonsson's nomination to become a one-star general was set to expire May 1 under a law that says military officer...
Camp Lejeune Sergeant Identified as Marine Killed During Training in North Carolina Sgt. Colin Arslanbas, a Marine with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, or MEU, died Thursday evening during a training...
‘Indefinite’ Defense Department IDs Inconvenience Air Travelers, May Be Dropped as Acceptable Identification The Transportation Security Administration's Credential Authentication Technology reads the cards' INDEF date field as...
Fort Liberty Soldier Sentenced to Over 3 Years for Romance Scams, Bilked Over $350,000 from Victims Specialist Sanda G. Frimpong, who was serving on active duty until his arrest in 2023, was ordered to pay back over $350,000...
Navy Chief Petty Officer Convicted of Attempted Espionage at San Diego Court-Martial The Navy has convicted a chief petty officer of attempted espionage, among other charges, at a court-martial in San Diego...