The F-35C was introduced in 2019 as the Navy’s first aircraft-carrier-based next-generation stealth fighter. The fighter embarked on its first CSG deployment aboard the Nimitz-class USS Carl Vinson in ...

As the F-35C becomes officially deemed “operational” and “ready for war," the Navy is adding weapons, sensors and software to the aircraft to expand its attack envelope --- and may even increase the F ...

As the F-35C becomes officially deemed “operational” and “ready for war," the Navy is adding weapons, sensors and software to the aircraft to expand its attack envelope --- and may even increase the F ...

The wing of the Navy’s F-35C variant has undergone the most dramatic changes to accommodate carrier operations.

Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II fifth-generation fighter jet is widely known for its F-35A conventional takeoff and landing variant, and for good reason: the Air Force plans to purchase as many as ...

A Marine F-35C readies to launch from the deck of the carrier Abraham Lincoln. (1st Lt. Charles Allen/Marine Corps) Marines recently carried out the service’s first combat strikes using the F-35C ...

JOINT BASE McGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, Lakehurst, N.J. The Navy demonstrated early integration of the future of naval aviation Nov. 18 when it launched F-35C test aircraft CF-3 with its new electromagnetic ...

The US Marine Corps made a significant milestone by launching the first combat air strikes using the F-35C Lightning II aircraft on November 9 and 10. The operation was carried out by the Marine ...

The aircraft offers exceptional high-speed capabilities.

An F-35C Lightning II, assigned to Marine Wing Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 314, launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). (1st Lt. Charles Allen/Marine ...

VMFA-314 can now operate independently from its new homebase at MCAS Miramar. The first F-35C squadron of the United States Marine Corps, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 314, received on March ...