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Japan Starts F-35B Training Flights

As deliveries continue, the JASDF has now started training operations with the F-35B Lightning II at Nyutabaru Air Base. The JASDF (Japan Air-Self Defense ...
"Lockheed Martin has delivered a record 143 F-35 Lightning II jets through the end of the third quarter," company officials ...
In an era defined by trade protectionism, resurgent nationalism, and escalating conflicts, Lockheed Martin ($LMT) finds ...
The F-35's development costs are well over $1 trillion, but then again it's really three planes in one. Here's what sets each apart from the others.
Lockheed Martin, the premier defence and aerospace contractor, produces the F-35 Lightning II, C-130J Super Hercules, CH-53K ...
Lockheed Martin Corp. finalized a federal contract to produce nearly 300 more F-35 Lightning II fighter jets, which will be assembled in Fort Worth. The U.S. Department of War announced the contract, ...
Airman 1st Class James Meredith applies precision tape on an F-35A Lightning II at RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom, March 20, 2025. (SrA Seleena Muhammad-Ali/Air Force) LONDON — After encountering ...
Doing anything for 5,000 hours without a mistake is great, much less flying an F-35. And an entire squadron having zero ...
UK F-35Bs in Singapore. Credit: Chen Chuanren SINGAPORE—The UK Royal Navy is continuing efforts to recover a Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II that diverted to Thiruvananthapuram Airport in India ...
Purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. Foreword / Capt. Charles Thomas (Tom) Burbage -- Preface / Jeffrey W. Hamstra -- Chapter 1. F-35 program history : from JAST to IOC / Arthur E ...
Talks with Lockheed Martin to upgrade Greece’s 38 F-16C/D Block 50s remain stalled, while new jets won’t arrive before 2031 and will need upkeep soon after. Greece signed on Jul. 25, 2024, a Letter of ...
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