U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II strike fighters assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 (VMFA-121) conduct flight operations at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan on August 18, 2020.

The US Department of Defense deployed F-35B Lightning II fighter jets to Puerto Rico as part of an anti-narcotics operation ...

F-35 fighters are designed to fight a high-tech war against a near-peer adversary. The US military is using them to combat ...

F-22 vs F-35: 2 fifth-generation fighters with unique strengths: speed and air dominance vs multirole flexibility. Discover what truly sets them apart ...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 22, 2017) U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II pilots assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, participate in ...

The F-35B Lightning II aircraft arrived at U.S. Central Command on MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., April 4, 2018. The purpose of the two-day visit was to inform CENTCOM senior leadership on the ...

The U.S. Marine Corps differentiates itself from all other service branches in terms of the aircraft it fields for its ...

Japanese officials want to ban fixed-wing aircraft training at U.S. Marine Corps Aviation Station Iwakuni after the George ...

Greece and Singapore are expected to adopt F-35 Lightning II variants by 2030—but the aircraft’s large and growing price tag has driven away other potential customers.

As the U.S. military prepares for the possibility of a conflict in the Pacific, the Navy and Marine Corps are working on a new way to project airpower, and they’re calling it the Lightning Carrier.

Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 242 (VMFA-242), an F-35B Lightning II squadron, is currently participating in joint exercises with partner nations in the Indo-Pacific. Earlier this week, F-35B ...