The US Navy's strike fighters go head-to-head.

The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) is conducting active flight operations with F-35C Lightning II stealth fighters in the Arabian Sea, placing some of the U.S. Navy’s most advanced ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Maj. Zachary Sessa is the Military Times Marine of the Year. (Marine Corps) When Zachary Sessa joined the Marine Corps, he signed ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The U.S. Navy announced it will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to study the potential effects of transitioning seven existing FA-18E/F Hornet squadrons to F-35C ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Increasing national security, the United States Navy is looking to upgrade some of its fighter jets. The Navy is currently ...

A Maine F-35C from Miramar launches from the USS Abraham Lincoln during Operation Epic Fury. (Photo courtesy of Central Command) Marine Corps F-35C stealth jets from Miramar were among the aircraft ...

An F-35C Lightning II, attached to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 314, prepares to make an arrested landing on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). A ...

WASHINGTON — The US Navy is planning at-sea testing of the carrier variant joint strike fighter in the first few weeks of October aboard the aircraft carrier USS Eisenhower, according to several ...

The Navy made aviation history Nov. 3 as an F-35C Lightning II carrier variant Joint Strike Fighter conducted its first arrested landing aboard an aircraft carrier off the coast of San Diego. Navy ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. To date, Lockheed Martin has delivered more than 1,200 F-35 ...

The F-35 will also serve as a test bed for technologies that will become commonplace in the next generation of jets. Flying ...

The F-35A is the US Air Force’s variant of the Joint Strike Fighter—yet is broadly similar to the Navy’s F-35C, and could be substituted for it during training. The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II ...