Europe's critical role in producing the F-35 stealth fighter

The multinational team effort behind the Lightning II.
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F-35 or Gripen? Canada’s fighter jet dilemma, explained

Canada was long expected to buy the F-35 Lightning II to replace its aging CF-18 fighters—but political tensions with America ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Granger discusses F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, V-22 Osprey with Japanese Prime Minister

Congresswoman Kay Granger, R-Texas, the Chairwoman of the State Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee and Vice Chairman of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, is traveling through the ...
Aviation Week

Pentagon Shuns Production Gap Between F-22, JSF

Henry is ambiguous about how many F-22As the Air Force eventually will buy. The 183 stealth fighters currently approved are "roughly sufficient," he says. "We did need the [F-35] JSF capability, ...
The Diplomat

Singapore’s First F-35 Fighter Set for Delivery by End of 2026, Defense Minister Says

Goodbye New START: How China’s Rise Ended Nuclear Arms Control Singaporean Defense Minister Chan Chun Sing is briefed on the F-35 program and the production process during a visit to Lockheed Martin’s ...
The Aviationist

Italy Approves First Multinational F-35 Pilot Training Center Outside The U.S.

The new facility at Trapani-Birgi will make the Sicilian base Italy’s third operational F-35 hub and a future multinational training center for NATO and partner nations. Italy’s Ministry of Defense ...
Aviation Week

UK F-35 Full Operational Capability Path Faces Scrutiny

A shortage of engineers is blighting UK F-35 operations, resulting in lower-than-expected mission-capable rates. Credit: Air Specialist Class 1 Amber Mayall/Royal Air Force The UK Defense Ministry ...