Key Points and Summary - A defense of the F-35 argues that criticizing its dogfighting performance is a mistake based on an anachronistic view of air combat. -The F-35 was not designed to win a ...
Key Points and Summary - Newly released data from Canada’s 2021 Future Fighter Capability Project show just how lopsided the country’s jet competition really was: the F-35 scored 57.1 out of 60 points ...
With small control surfaces and no thrust vectoring, the F-35 cannot change direction rapidly in close-range engagements. While hyper maneuverability has become a cornerstone of modern fighter jet ...
While Air Force F-35A and Navy F-35C fighters by Lockheed Martin were in the U.S. strike package against Venezuela on Jan. 3, a December Pentagon Inspector General (IG) report highlighted continuing ...
The F-35 program gets a lot of flak. But every once in a while, it does something so impressive you just have to cheer. In October 2025, one of the U.S. Marine Corps' F-35B units, the Marine Fighter ...
The inspector general’s report criticized Lockheed Martin’s systemic inability to meet contract requirements, as well as the F-35’s dismal readiness rate. “Audit of the DoD’s Oversight of Contractor ...
The aircraft offers exceptional high-speed capabilities.
A batch of orders for the Fort Worth-assembled F-35 Lightning II fighter jet will take five years longer to fulfill as costs escalate $6 billion over original estimates, according to a new U.S.