The F-35A is already certified to carry the B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb, but it has undergone further testing in recent months.

The F-35 Lightning II was used in August 2025 to successfully evaluate three B61-12 test assets during a multi-day test campaign. Sandia National Laboratories and the National Nuclear Security ...

Its strategic dominance is the reason states compete to buy it — and also why Washington tightly controls who receives it, at ...

The F-35 has more combat experience than the Su-57. But Russian technology in general has fared well in the ongoing Ukraine War, despite Western pressure. There is a burgeoning arms race between the ...

The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, the most expensive and advanced airplane program in history, is getting shot down by the one type of conflict it was never intended for: the trade war. American ...

Activists have launched a global campaign to undermine production of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter, one of the crown jewels of the U.S. air force. Across the world, activists ...

The F-35’s multirole design prevents it from excelling at close air support—yet the fighter jet is well-suited to missions in contested airspace, which competitors like the A-10 Warthog are not.

Lockheed Martin Corp. finalized a federal contract to produce nearly 300 more F-35 Lightning II fighter jets, which will be assembled in Fort Worth. The U.S. Department of War announced the contract, ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (Reuters) - The Trump administration is considering a Saudi Arabian request to buy as many as 48 F-35 fighter jets, a potential multi-billion-dollar deal that has cleared a key ...