JMSDF releases first images of JS Izumo’s new rectangular flight deck as second-phase modifications progress, advancing its conversion into an F-35B ...

The last flight of the first F-35B Lightning II covered more than 500 miles at speeds considerably slower than Mach 1.6. And in this case it had to hitch a ride. The airframe of the fighter jet, known ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Japanese Air Self-Defense Force on Thursday deployed its first three F-35B stealth fighters, like the one pictured here, in ...

The JMSDF Izumo-class helicopter carrier JS Izumo has appeared in public view with a dramatically redesigned bow.

Airframe BF-01 performed the F-35’s first vertical landing on Mar. 18, 2010, and the first vertical takeoff on May 10, 2013, at NAS Patuxent River. The first F-35B Lightning II STOVL (Short Take-Off ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s first three F-35B stealth fighter jets arrived Thursday at an air base in the south of the country, its latest move to fortify defenses as tensions in the region grow. Powerball ...

A potent weapons upgrade for British fighter jets has been pushed back. The Spear 3 air-to-surface missile capability is due ...

The UK has received the last of 48 contracted Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning combat aircraft, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) ...

It is unlikely that, as many Russian sources brag, the F-35B was a direct rip-off of the Yak-141. However, there are many staggering similarities between the two planes. Most military and aviation ...