The exercise was designed to test the 354th Fighter Wing’s ability to rapidly generate, deploy, and sustain its combat aircraft in a near-peer operational environment.

Key Points -The F-35 Lightning II's combat radius of approximately 670 nautical miles, while not critically short, is increasingly viewed as a limitation, especially compared to the 1000+ nm range ...

The USAF F-35 Demo Team, led by pilot Kristin “Beo” Wolfe, delivers a powerful and precise aerial display during the Belgian Air Force Days 2023, showcasing the jet’s extreme maneuverability and ...

The Air Force would buy 24 F-35As in 2026 under a draft budget plan from the Pentagon, which would be about half as many as the service usually buys. (Senior Airman Nicholas Rupiper/Air Force) The Air ...

Two U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning II jets executed a historic landing on a highway in Finland on Wednesday as part of the Finnish Air Force’s annual road base exercise, dubbed BAANA 2024. The two U.S.

Credit: F-35s at RAF Lakenheath: U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Emerson Nuñez RAF LAKENHEATH, England, and WASHINGTON—The F-35 may be designed to be low-observable, but the arrival into the UK of eight ...

The US Air Force (USAF) is putting pilots of the Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighter through their paces, with a particular focus on skills needed to operate in the Indo-Pacific theatre. In the ...

An F-35 Lightning II crashed Tuesday afternoon during a scheduled training event at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska, causing a massive fireball and spreading debris not far from the fence line, a ...

The United States Air Force has released an account of the June 22 strike on Iranian nuclear sites, describing the mission as ...

An Air Force F-35 fighter jet crashed at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska as the pilot ejected safely, officials said. The aircraft incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon at approximately 12:49 p.m.