The F-35B Lightning II is the Marine Corps variant of the ... STOVL aircraft are also stationed at the first operational F-35 base, Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., and are completing flight ...

The Marines are phasing out the older Harrier jets in favor of the newer fifth-generation F-35 stealth fighters.

In terms of air superiority, the F-35 Lightning II is virtually unparalleled in the skies. T he F-35 Lightning II is widely ...

Before this jet’s arrival, the only F-35 aircraft at Beaufort were assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron (VMFAT) 501, the type’s Fleet Replacement Squadron involved in “core ...

National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), they would reduce their requests for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II multi-role stealth fighters. The Pentagon slashed the orders for the fifth ...

David White, an F-35 support equipment engineer at Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE), builds a temporary structure to support the nose of an F-35B Lightning II during aircraft recovery training ...

But the larger story of the F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter is like ... two hours northeast of Joint Base Charleston, the Marine Corps and a defense official with knowledge of the search told ...

U.S. military officials are searching for a missing F-35 jet after a "mishap" caused its pilot to eject on Sunday afternoon. Joint Base Charleston said on Facebook that the aircraft was a Lockheed ...

Marine Attack Squadron 231 took another step toward the service’s retirement of the AV-8B Harrier II to make way for the F-35 Lightning II.

The F-35 Lightning II JSF and Typhoon FGR4 are both multirole ... speeds with variants for the Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps. Not to mention, it has a small cross-section that makes it ...

SOUTH CAROLINA (WCIV) — The United States Marine Corps has provided new information on the F-35B Lightning II jet that went missing ... that as a result of the F-35 flying away after the pilot ...