The Aviationist

F-35 Conducts B61-12 Stockpile Flight Tests

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 ...
Aviation Week

F-35 Shares Data With UK Command And Control System In Trial

LONDON—A Lockheed Martin F-35 has off-boarded data to a non-U.S. command-and-control system for the first time through joint testing by the company’s Skunk Works and the UK Royal Air Force’s (RAF) ...
insider.si.edu

The F-35 Lightning II from concept to cockpit edited by Jeffrey W. Hamstra, Lockheed Martin Corporation

Purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. Foreword / Capt. Charles Thomas (Tom) Burbage -- Preface / Jeffrey W. Hamstra -- Chapter 1. F-35 program history : from JAST to IOC / Arthur E ...
Flightglobal

Boeing and US Navy simulate MQ-25 carrier recovery using F-35 automated landing system

The US Navy (USN) has logged another milestone on its path to fielding its first aircraft carrier-based uncrewed aerial vehicle. In conjunction with airframer Boeing, the service completed a simulated ...
The Aviationist

F-35 Fleet Soars Past One Million Flight Hours

The F-35 Lightning II celebrated a historic milestone as the worldwide fleet has officially reached one million flight hours logged by 16 services with more than 1,100 aircraft. The F-35 Lightning II ...
KSL

F-35 fleet hits 1 million flight hours; DOD reevaluating heavy reliance on private contractors

HILL AIR FORCE BASE — Lockheed Martin announced Monday that the global F-35 fleet, the Department of Defense's most advanced fighter, has surpassed 1 million flight hours since beginning operation in ...