Latest ""

Marine Corps’ first F-35C squadron ready to deploy on carriers

Its larger wings and stronger landing gear make it better suited for the catapult launches and arrestments used on carriers, and its wingtips fold for better storage on deck.

By Harm Venhuizen

4 years ago

Five F-35 issues have been downgraded, but they remain unsolved

Five of the 13 major technical issues first revealed by Defense News have been downgraded in the last year.

By Aaron Mehta, Valerie Insinna and David B. Larter

5 years ago

103 House lawmakers push for more F-35s

F-35 boosters in Congress want 24 more than the president requested.

6 years ago

This is what’s going on with the Navy’s F-35C program

The Argonauts of Strike Fighter Squadron 147 have some good news to share.

By Mark D. Faram

6 years ago

Conservationists spearhead opposition to Navy bombing range expansion

The Navy wants to add as more than 100 square miles of private land to the Fallon Range Training Complex 60 miles east of Reno.

6 years ago

First F-35B shipboard deployment to begin as US warship arrives in Japan

The U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship Wasp has arrived at its new home port in Japan, setting the stage for the first time the Lockheed Martin F-35B will go to sea on an operational cruise.

7 years ago

No more stories