Latest "lightning II" stories

Maj. Kristen Wolfe, F-35A Lightning II Demonstration Team commander with the 388th Fighter Wing, flies over the crowd during the Warriors Over the Wasatch Air and Space Show at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, June 25, 2022. (Senior Airman Erica Webster/Air Force)

Here’s what we know about F-35 ejection seat woes so far

Military officials won’t answer whether they’ve found the problem on any planes.

By Rachel S. Cohen and Stephen Losey

10 months ago

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Anthony Farnsworth of the 419th Operations Support Squadron adjusts an F-35 helmet during an optical fit training at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, on July 10, 2021. Each helmet is inspected every 105 days and has a 120-day fit check to ensure its functionality and safety. (Senior Airman Erica Webster/Air Force)

F-35 helmets that fix ‘green glow’ are on their way — but not to the Air Force

Aviators first reported green glow was an issue on the F-35 in 2012.

By Rachel S. Cohen

18 months ago

The Air Force is fighting in-flight physiological issues but can’t end them, Pentagon watchdog says

“All occupations have some hazards that cannot be eliminated.”

By Rachel S. Cohen

21 months ago

Another busy week in the South China Sea

Political tensions rose in the South China Sea last week before Monday's FONOP by two Navy guided-missile destroyers.

4 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.

4 years ago

Drunken British sailors are invading Florida and beating each other up, because why not?

British sailors from the Royal Navy’s prized new carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth arrived in the northeast Florida port of Jacksonville Beach Wednesday.

5 years ago