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F-35 Lightning II: Turkey’s return & NATO airpower stakes
Few geopolitical puzzles are as layered — or as consequential — as the question of whether Turkey will ever fly the F-35 ...
Even in the best-case scenarios for the future of Turkish and Iranian airpower, which are both on different trajectories, ...
The Pacific Ocean is not just vast — it’s strategically punishing. Stretching nearly 12,000 miles from the U.S. West Coast to the shores of Southeast Asia, it imposes brutal physics on any air ...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — You may have already caught a glimpse of the F-35 Lightning II in the skies over Jacksonville, or at the very least, you’ve probably heard them. The Florida Air National Guard’s ...
An F-35 Lightning II pilot sent tactical autonomy commands via a tablet to the MQ-20 Avenger as part of a recent Manned-Unmanned Teaming demonstration. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems announced ...
The first carrier landing of an F-35C occurred on the USS Nimitz, but the warship was never upgraded to fully accommodate the ...
The F-16 era is ending. See why the F-35 Lightning II is the chosen successor and the challenges it faces in taking the lead.
Delays in the delivery of new AN/APG-85 radars are deeply intertwined with other woes that continue to hound the F-35 program.
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