The F-35C Lightning II is the U.S. Navy’s first low-observable carrier-based aviation platform. The F-35 is being purchased to replace the F/A-18C/D Hornet as the carrier strike group’s ...

F-35 named after P-38 Lightning, replaces older fighter jets for multiple countries. Advanced sensor suite offers radar, infrared, and laser targeting capabilities. F-35 Lightning II is the most ...

What You Need to Know: The F-35C Lightning II, designed for carrier operations, saw its first combat use in November 2024. U.S. Marine Corps squadron VMFA 314, operating aboard the USS Abraham ...

Curious about the flap behind the F-35 Lightning cockpit? Learn what it does, why it opens, and how it supports the jet’s ...

The aircraft is accompanied by an F/A-18 Super Hornet and F-35C Lightning II, both from the carrier. Originally posted on Instagram by user @ryans_warbirds, the video soon attracted attention and ...

TASS/. The US is deploying its multirole carrier-based F-35C Lightning II fighter jets in Japan to counter China’s People’s Liberation Army in the region, Japan’s Nikkei Asia reports.