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NATO Displays F-35 Air Power in Exercise Falcon Strike 25

Falcon Strike 25 is the latest stop of the UK’s eight-month-long deployment across the globe, from the North Atlantic to the ...
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F-35B - The Jet That Takes Off and Lands Anywhere

B’s unique vertical takeoff and landing system sets it apart from other stealth fighters. This video explains how engineers ...
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Japan Starts F-35B Training Flights

As deliveries continue, the JASDF has now started training operations with the F-35B Lightning II at Nyutabaru Air Base. The JASDF (Japan Air-Self Defense ...

Every Variant Of The F-35, And What Makes Them Unique

The F-35's development costs are well over $1 trillion, but then again it's really three planes in one. Here's what sets each apart from the others.
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British Indecision Over F-35 Program Hampered Its Effectiveness, Report Claims

The UK Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee found that a "pattern of short-term decision-making" had delayed investment in the F-35 fighter jet early on, increasing its later costs.
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Why Does America’s F-35 Fighter Look So Much Like an Old Soviet Prototype?

It is unlikely that, as many Russian sources brag, the F-35B was a direct rip-off of the Yak-141. However, there are many staggering similarities between the two planes. Most military and aviation ...

Shield AI shows off not-at-all-terrifying autonomous VTOL combat drone

X-BAT is designed as a tail-sitter like the infamous Convair XFY-1 Pogo, taking off and landing vertically, before leveling ...