Without much fanfare, the US Marine Corps made a critical decision recently – one that should boost the ability of its ...

[Joel Vlashof] really likes VTOL fighter aircraft and is in the process of building a fully functional radio-controlled F-35B ... keep the plane stable while hovering. One iteration of this ...

Chinese researchers say they found jet’s potential vulnerability in study of simulated combat involving Taiwan.

Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II hit full-rate production last year. Today, over 150 fighter jets are being made annually.

The hovering is achieved by a mid-mounted 50-inch Rolls-Royce LiftFan and a three-bearing swivel nozzle that provides lifting thrust at the rear of the aircraft. This version of the F-35 was ...

Shocking video captured an F-35 fighter jet plummeting onto the runway and bursting into flames during a training exercise at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska early Tuesday afternoon. The footage ...

The U.S. Marine Corps will deepen a long-term shift in its fighter fleet mix away from the prized short-takeoff-and-vertical-landing variant of the Lockheed Martin F-35 in favor of closer integration ...

The F-35 will replace AV-8B Harrier IIs in the Marine Corps inventory. Designed to operate from austere bases and a range of air-capable ships with its short takeoff/vertical landing capability ...

The U.S. Marine Corps is shifting its F-35 purchase plans to buy more carrier-based F-35Cs and fewer F-35Bs, which can hover and vertically land. (Cpl. Christopher R. Lape/U.S. Marine Corps ...

A pilot is safe after ejecting from an F-35 fighter jet that crashed at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska, officials said.

An Air Force fighter pilot is in the hospital after an F-35 jet crashed at Eielson Air Force Base in Fairbanks, Alaska, dramatic video shows. The F-35 fighter jet crashed Tuesday at 12:49 p.m ...