F-35 Lightning II - Joint Strike Fighter

Jeff Babione said the reliability of the first batches of aircraft aren't as high as in lots 6 and beyond.

The short takeoff/vertical landing F-35s from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 arrived Monday on the USS Wasp.

Of the 280 operational F-35s purchased to date, only 51 percent are currently available for flight.

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The director of the F-35 JSF program gave aircraft maker Lockheed Martin Corp. a public slap on the wrist Wednesday.

Program leaders say a much-discussed comparison test is very much still in planning.

The is set to go up against the F-35 in a series of weapons tests as early as next year.

The service is requesting $194.1 billion, including war funding -- a 14 percent increase from the previous request.

The military's F-35 is about to get a new technology that will prevent pilots from flying into the ground by mistake.

The Marines' 5th-generation "jump jet" fighter is about to be deployed aboard a ship for the very first time.