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F-35 To Go To School For Trillion-Dollar Planes That Can't Shoot Good

You can give the military an unlimited budget and over 14 years to make a good airplane and they’ll come back with…

Justin T. Westbrook

1/30/20 6:00PM

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Japan's Getting Its First Aircraft Carriers In 75 Years, But U.S. Marines Will Fly From Them First

Japan, which at the start of World War II was the proprietor of the world’s mightiest aircraft carrier fleet, is…

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America's F-22 And F-35 Fighters Still Aren't As Ready As They Were Ordered To Be

A year ago, then-Secretary of Defense James Mattis ordered America’s air forces to achieve what seemed like an…

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Why The U.S. Is Selling Taiwan New F-16 Fighter Jets

This week, the United States announced its intention to sell Taiwan a fleet of new F-16 fighter jets. The sale…

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Turkey Was Just Booted Out of the F-35 Program

The American government has given Turkey the boot, officially removing the country from the F-35 Lightning II…

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The F-35 Could Reportedly Break Itself if it Goes Too Fast, And Other F-35 Problems

The F-35’s myriad problems are really now just a running gag. But its latest ones are wild, ranging from buyers…

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China Says It's Not the Reason Countries Are Buying the F-35 (It Totally Is)

Countries across the Asia-Pacific are not—repeat not—buying the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter because of China. That’s…

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The F-35C Is Finally Ready for Combat, Though Of Course It Was Years Late

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is being sold to the U.S. military and the air forces of thirteen allies under a…

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The F-35 Could Turn Into an ICBM Killer, But Should It?

The F-35 Lightning II, a jet capable of doing all the things fighter jets normally do, may take on the new mission…

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Watch The F-35 Pull Off Some Mighty Impressive Flying Maneuvers

The F-35 that’s supposed to form the backbone of the western world’s air forces for the next couple decades already…

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America’s Fighter Fleets Are in Terrible Shape but Mattis Wants Them Ready to Fight in One Year

U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis has ordered this of the armed services: get your fighter jets ready for…

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What We Know About the F-35's First Crash

Twelve years after its first flight, a F-35 Joint Strike Fighter finally crashed last week. The aircraft, a Marine…

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We're Stuck With the F-35 and That Might Not Be a Bad Thing Anymore

The F-35 Lightning II is one of the most complicated, controversial, and expensive defense projects in history. But…

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Here's An Israeli F-35 Just Hanging Out Over Lebanon, No Big Deal

The F-35 Lightning II has gotten a lot of crap all over the world for being both finicky to actually put into combat,…

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Ben & Jerry's Co-Founder Arrested Over F-35 Jet Blast Simulation

Ben Cohen, the “Ben” part of Ben & Jerry’s, was arrested on Saturday after he and two other activists drove a truck…

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The F-35 Had A Week Full Of Good And Bad News

Maybe the F-35 program is just not supposed to work out. Despite a week where the system appeared to display a…

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President Trump Announces Order For Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars Worth Of Invisible F-35s

After distastefully joking to a crowd of Puerto Ricans devastated by Hurricane Maria that they were taking up too…

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Breaking News: The F-35 Is Still An Expensive Mess

Availability of spare parts is getting worse. Repairs are delayed. Jets aren’t available when needed and pilots…

Terrell Jermaine Starr

6/28/17 12:38PM

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F-35s At Luke Air Force Base Grounded Indefinitely

On Friday, the U.S. Air Force cancelled all F-35A Lightning II training flights at Luke Air Force Base just outside…

Gary Wetzel

6/12/17 9:34PM

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