F-35 Lightning II - Joint Strike Fighter

The U.S. Air Force is taking its mission to connect multiple platforms and battlefields to new heights -- literally.

Some 145 projects could feel the negative affects of an extended continuing resolution, Air Force officials say.

Nothing makes a celebration like bubbles -- sort of.

The price of each A variant will finally fall below $80 million.

It's official: top Pentagon officials will not clear the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter for full-rate production this year.

The Air Force wants to create a combat-ready fighter jet in just five years.

Problems integrating parts of the Joint Simulation Environment are keeping the aircraft from reaching expanded production.

Officials said F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler fleets each "stand above" the 80% readiness goal.

Turkey was barred from the F-35 program after it decided to purchase the Russian S-400 missile.

Turkey has been banned from purchasing the F-35 after buying the Russian-made S-400 missile system.