In a significant safety milestone, a deployed U.S. Marine Corps F-35 stealth fighter squadron has successfully logged nearly 5,000 flight hours without a single mishap. This achievement not only ...

THERMAL, Calif. -- A Marine Corps F-35 fighter jet crashed in Imperial County, California, after clipping the wing of a Marine KC-130 refueling tanker during a mid-air refueling, according to a Marine ...

U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft conduct routine flying operations in the U.S. Southern Command area of ...

After Maj. Zachary Sessa launched his F-35C Lightning II's payload at Houthi weapons storage facilities in Yemen last year, the historical significance of the flight dawned on him. Nearly a year ago, ...

The Marines issued a flashy press release last week: “first operational F-35B conducts initial Vertical Landing.” It was an amateurish, somewhat slimy piece of hype. In one important way, the press ...

One former Marine becomes the first civilian F-35 test pilot at Cherry Point, boosting readiness; another is tapped to lead the Pentagon’s massive F-35 program, overseeing its global management. The ...

President Donald Trump says he's agreed to sell F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia despite concerns that China could gain access to the plane’s vaunted American technology.

The Marines will rebrand a squadron as pilots switch to the F-35B Lightning II. The transition from the AV-8B Harrier to the F-35B is part of modernization. The change is part of service-wide plans to ...

While conducting routine training flights, two Marine Corps aircraft made "precautionary" landings in Japan within roughly an hour of each other on the same day this week, service spokespeople ...

Post and Courier stories about the mysterious F-35 stealth fighter crash in South Carolina and Hurricane Helene’s impacts on the Carolinas are finalists for the 2025 Dao Prize for excellence in ...