Four SPEAR 3 missiles were carried on board an F-35B from the Integrated Test Force at NAS Patuxent River earlier this year, ...

The Italian Air Force deployed its F-35B Lightning IIs to Finland, where they conducted highway operations for the first time ...

The last flight of the first F-35B Lightning II covered more than 500 miles at speeds considerably slower than Mach 1.6. And in this case it had to hitch a ride. The airframe of the fighter jet, known ...

Finland has used its highways as makeshift runways for many decades—inspired by tactics used during the Winter War against ...

Despite radius and payload constraints, the F-35B is well-suited to meet the Marine Corps’ operational demands. Out of the three Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II variants, the F-35B, in use with the ...

Three Lockheed Martin’s F-35Bs arrived Aug. 7, 2025, at Nyutabaru Air Base on the main island of Kyushu, Japan. Japan Air Self-Defense Force photo Japan received its first three F-35B Lightning II ...

A Japan Air Self-Defense Force Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II lands at Nyutabaru Air Base in Kyushu in August 2025. (JASDF) Japan has deployed its first three Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. A Royal Navy F-35B — same type of aircraft now grounded at a ...

The Marine Corps’ F-35B iteration is certainly the most complex mechanically of the three Lightning II models. The US Marine Corps’ (USMC) specialized Joint Strike Fighter variant is quickly becoming ...

The United Kingdom has approved the procurement of the RTX GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) II (now known more commonly as ...