Despite the need to modernize, Spain shelves F-35 plans, leaving its Navy without a STOVL replacement. The purchase of F-35 Lightning II aircraft, the fifth-generation American stealth fighter, for ...
Lockheed Martin flew the second short-takeoff-and-vertical-landing (Stovl) F-35B Joint Strike Fighter for the first time on Feb. 25. Aircraft BF-2 will be used from conventional up-and-away flight ...
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What are the three F-35 variants—and how are they different?
The wing of the Navy’s F-35C variant has undergone the most dramatic changes to accommodate carrier operations.
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Another Asian Nation Is on Track to Get the F-35 Fighter Jet This Year
Singapore plans to operate a handful of both the conventional F-35A and the short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) F-35B.
The Joint Strike Fighter program achieved a milestone Aug. 8 when a short-takeoff-and-vertical-landing (Stovl) F-35 was the first of the developmental, stealthy fighters to release a weapon during a ...
Why F-35 production costs have skyrocketed in recent years.
Airframe BF-01 performed the F-35’s first vertical landing on Mar. 18, 2010, and the first vertical takeoff on May 10, 2013, at NAS Patuxent River. The first F-35B Lightning II STOVL (Short Take-Off ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Paul Iddon is a freelance journalist focused on Middle East affairs. Almost a decade has passed since Israel received its first ...
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