Summary and Key Points: A Pentagon test assessment argues the F-15EX Eagle II is operationally effective in air-superiority ...
Addressing the F-35’s operational independence from the U.S. amid tensions between Europe and the Trump administration, Secretary Gijs Tuinman made the claim to Dutch radio station BNR Nieuwsradio.
From the Mojave Desert to bases around the world, the U.S. Air Force’s 461st Flight Test Squadron has helped turn early ...
US Air Force and Energy Department personnel load a pair of unarmed B61-12 nuclear gravity bombs onto an F-35 at Hill Air Force Base on Aug. 19 for testing. The Energy Department and Air Force in ...
The F-35 Lightning II was used in August 2025 to successfully evaluate three B61-12 test assets during a multi-day test campaign. Sandia National Laboratories and the National Nuclear Security ...
The U.S. Dept. of Defense issued a further $27.2 million to Lockheed Martin Aeronautics within the context of a previously awarded contract for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The original, December ...
Radar mountings in the nose of the Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter are different for the current AN/APG-81 by Northrop Grumman and the future AN/APG-85 radar, also by Northrop Grumman–a difference which ...
The TR-3 upgrade, which is much more than a mere software/hardware upgrade, is now running years behind schedule—but speculation is mounting that it could arrive soon. The United States Air Force ...