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The F-35 stealth fighter just flew into more trouble

Switzerland is walking back its plan to buy 36 F-35A fighters, saying it will instead purchase only the “maximum possible number” within a fixed 6 billion Swiss franc budget approved by referendum.
The KF-21 Boramae is South Korea’s bid to field a homegrown stealthy fighter that can undercut the F-35 on price while still ...
The Pentagon estimates that the life-cycle cost for the F-35 has now surpassed more than $2 trillion, according to a new report.
Two recent Pentagon reports illustrate the myriad deficiencies of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 program—but the company has never ...
The F-35’s performance was so impressive that Canada decided to buy the fifth-generation fighter despite a 2015 promise not to. A new report shows how the F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter jet ...
Lockheed Martin said the US government is interested in its F-35 "fifth-generation-plus" concept. The company wants to use research from its failed six-generation stealth fighter design. The CEO said ...
The pilot of a $100 million stealth fighter jet parachuted safely into the backyard of a home in South Carolina after a malfunction forced him to eject from the aircraft, causing the plane to crash ...
All of the Navy's propeller and jet aircraft, except for the F-35, have been given the green light to conduct flight operations aboard the Ford.
The US fleet of F-35s, the most sophisticated stealth fighter jet in the world, was only available to fly half of the time ...
The F-35s that participated in the US strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities flew deep into its airspace. The fighter jets escorted the B-2 stealth bombers and were the last to leave Iranian airspace.
The F-35 benefits from having the world's largest sustained budget for any fighter jet and is built to excel in different ...
Beijing is increasingly challenging Western dominance in fighter jet exports, using low-cost, high-tech aircraft and minimal ...