Currently deployed on Operation Highmast, the RAF is exercising with Italian allies on Exercise Falcon Strike, flying aircraft deeply familiar to generations of RAF aircrew, the Harrier and Tornado.

The United Kingdom’s Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers, namely HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales, are designed to carry up to 36 F-35B Lightning II fighter jets. This capacity enhances ...

Deep in the Welsh hills, the sound of thunder rolled as RAF F-35B Lightning II jets ripped through the Mach Loop. The roar of their engines echoed through the valleys, giving aviation fans an ...

The UK only has 37 out of a planned 138 F-35 jets in service - almost four decades since the programme, led by the US, was ...

A UK Royal Air Force F-35B has been stuck in India for more than a month. India is not a part of the program, and doesn't have permission to access the jet's advanced tech. A warfare analyst said: ...

Shakima Deprince, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Central Command  MacDill AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 542 ...

Satellite imagery shows the arrival of advanced F-35 stealth jets in Puerto Rico as part of a U.S. military buildup amid heightened tensions with Venezuela. Newsweek has contacted the U.S. Southern ...

The F-35 Lightning II is a remarkable 5th-generation stealth fighter and one of the most advanced aircraft in the world. There are three models flown in the United States: The F-35A, F-35B, and F-35C.

Venezuela’s air defense network is nowhere near as sophisticated as a peer competitor’s. Yet Washington must not enter a conflict against Caracas believing it would be a cakewalk. Hostilities between ...

F-35 fighters are designed to fight a high-tech war against a near-peer adversary. The US military is using them to combat drug smugglers. By Jeff Schogol Published Sep 19, 2025 4:07 PM EDT The F-35 ...

The Marine Corps’ F-35B iteration is certainly the most complex mechanically of the three Lightning II models.