1/30/20 6:00PM
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You can give the military an unlimited budget and over 14 years to make a good airplane and they’ll come back with…
9/24/19 1:18PM
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Japan, which at the start of World War II was the proprietor of the world’s mightiest aircraft carrier fleet, is…
9/10/19 5:46PM
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A year ago, then-Secretary of Defense James Mattis ordered America’s air forces to achieve what seemed like an…
8/24/19 12:01PM
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This week, the United States announced its intention to sell Taiwan a fleet of new F-16 fighter jets. The sale…
7/18/19 3:30PM
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The American government has given Turkey the boot, officially removing the country from the F-35 Lightning II…
6/18/19 9:00PM
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The F-35’s myriad problems are really now just a running gag. But its latest ones are wild, ranging from buyers…
3/13/19 12:40PM
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Countries across the Asia-Pacific are not—repeat not—buying the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter because of China. That’s…
3/07/19 7:00PM
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The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is being sold to the U.S. military and the air forces of thirteen allies under a…
1/25/19 6:00PM
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The F-35 Lightning II, a jet capable of doing all the things fighter jets normally do, may take on the new mission…
1/15/19 5:15PM
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The F-35 that’s supposed to form the backbone of the western world’s air forces for the next couple decades already…
10/11/18 12:58PM
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U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis has ordered this of the armed services: get your fighter jets ready for…
10/02/18 4:45PM
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Twelve years after its first flight, a F-35 Joint Strike Fighter finally crashed last week. The aircraft, a Marine…
9/17/18 1:39PM
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The F-35 Lightning II is one of the most complicated, controversial, and expensive defense projects in history. But…
5/23/18 5:39PM
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The F-35 Lightning II has gotten a lot of crap all over the world for being both finicky to actually put into combat,…
3/22/18 1:15PM
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3/05/18 4:57PM
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Ben Cohen, the “Ben” part of Ben & Jerry’s, was arrested on Saturday after he and two other activists drove a truck…
10/27/17 2:05PM
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Maybe the F-35 program is just not supposed to work out. Despite a week where the system appeared to display a…
10/03/17 7:37PM
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After distastefully joking to a crowd of Puerto Ricans devastated by Hurricane Maria that they were taking up too…
6/28/17 12:38PM
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Availability of spare parts is getting worse. Repairs are delayed. Jets aren’t available when needed and pilots…
6/12/17 9:34PM
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On Friday, the U.S. Air Force cancelled all F-35A Lightning II training flights at Luke Air Force Base just outside…