The U.S. Navy’s next-generation F/A-XX fighter is not a luxury but a critical necessity for countering the long-range missile ...

Lockheed Martin announced the recent delivery of the 100th F-35C Lightning II fifth-generation fighter jet, marking a new milestone for the program after the delivery of the 1000th F-35 earlier ...

Following the first landing of the F-35C, pilots have conducted more than 100 approaches, landings and takeoffs on the Nimitz.

It’s looking less and less likely the carrier-variants of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter will be ready for combat this year as has long been planned, but their first deployment is ...

The U.S. Navy is is looking to the F35-C to become the future of air combat aircraft to eventually replace some of the aging legacy F18's. According to pilot Captain Rick Crecelius, the F35C is a ...

The Navy’s first F-35C operational squadron was deemed “safe for flight” – a final step before evaluations to declare initial operational capability.

Sea trials for the US Navy's F-35C carrier variant continue, with the latest tests ditching sunny skies for the dark of night. Operating off a carrier at night, as any naval aviator will tell you ...

The F-35C Joint Strike Fighter that encountered a “landing mishap” aboard the flight deck of the aircraft carrier Carl Vinson was salvaged Wednesday from the South China Sea.

An F-35C had a "landing mishap" on the deck of USS Carl Vinson in the South China Sea. USNI News was first to report about an incident that forced an ...

An image that appears to show a pilotless F-35C warplane floating on the water—purportedly the same aircraft the U.S. Navy said was involved in a "landing mishap" while operating in the South ...

The first Marine Corps F-35C squadron has achieved initial operational capability, meaning it is ready to deploy aboard Navy carriers.

The Navy is immersed in the third round of developmental testing of its F-35C, the services’ first-ever stealthy carrier-launched multi-role attack fighter. The two-week testing period is taking ...