Featured in F-35BBYJames DeboerApr 8, 2022ShareAboard The Marine’s First F-35B-Packed ‘Lightning Carrier’ (Updated)The Marines turned USS Tripoli into a ‘Lightning Carrier’ packed with over 20 F-35Bs. We were there. BYJames DeboerApr 8, 2022ShareBYJames DeboerMar 18, 2022ShareMarines To Test Lightning Carrier Concept With 20 F-35Bs Aboard USS Tripoli This AprilThe Lightning Carrier concept has been in the works for years and will effectively see big deck amphibious assault ships turned into light carriers. BYJames DeboerMar 18, 2022ShareBYJames DeboerMar 18, 2022ShareMarine F-35s Fight F-117 Aggressors, Train For Very Long-Range Combat In Huge West Coast ExerciseWinter Fury ’22 is a major example of the Marines pivoting toward preparing for a peer-state conflict over great distances. BYJames DeboerMar 18, 2022ShareBYBrett TingleyFeb 3, 2022ShareCritical Repair Could Allow Air Force F-35s To Fly Near Lightning StormsA fix to the F-35’s fuel system could solve an issue that has frequently caused delays in production and restricted where the jets can fly. BYBrett TingleyFeb 3, 2022ShareBYThomas NewdickJan 21, 2022SharePhoto Emerges Of Crashed British F-35B After It Was Hauled Out Of The MediterraneanThe stealth jet was recovered from the seabed late last year after its dramatic loss while launching from HMS Queen Elizabeth. BYThomas NewdickJan 21, 2022ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJan 3, 2022Share750 F-35s Now Delivered, Navy To Put Some Of Its Oldest Test Models Into StorageThe F-35 program has hit a major production milestone as primary test efforts are finally spinning down. BYJoseph TrevithickJan 3, 2022ShareBYJoseph TrevithickDec 7, 2021ShareThe Wreck Of A Crashed British F-35 Has Been Pulled Out Of The MediterraneanThe U.K. Ministry of Defense says the remains of the jet have been successfully recovered, ending concerns that they could become security risks. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 7, 2021ShareBYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2021ShareChina’s New Carrier-Capable Stealth Fighter’s Canopy Is Its Most Intriguing FeatureThe new navalized derivative of the Shenyang FC-31 fighter has something oddly in common with the F-35B. BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickNov 29, 2021ShareDramatic Footage Supposedly Of The Moment An F-35 Crashed Off A British Carrier EmergesThe footage purportedly shows the pilot ejecting as the fighter jet nosedives off the end of the ski-jump takeoff ramp. BYThomas NewdickNov 29, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickNov 18, 2021ShareBritain Wants America’s Help In The Race To Retrieve Its Crashed F-35 Off The SeafloorTime is of the essence as the United Kingdom seeks to prevent any parts of the stealth fighter from falling into the wrong hands. BYThomas NewdickNov 18, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickNov 17, 2021ShareHMS Queen Elizabeth Is First British Carrier To Send Jets Into Combat In Over Two Decades (Updated)British and American fighter jets from the Royal Navy aircraft carrier are now engaged in anti-ISIS operations over the Middle East. BYThomas NewdickNov 17, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickNov 17, 2021ShareF-35 From The Carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth Has Crashed Into The Sea (Updated)The incident in the Mediterranean is the first F-35 loss of any kind during carrier operations. BYThomas NewdickNov 17, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickOct 5, 2021ShareF-35B Stealth Fighters Operate From A Japanese Aircraft Carrier For The First TimeThe U.S. Marine Corps jets are the first fixed-wing aircraft to fly from a Japanese warship since World War II. BYThomas NewdickOct 5, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickOct 5, 2021ShareMarine Corps F-35s Are About To Be The First Fighters To Fly From A Japanese Carrier Since WWIINext week, F-35B stealth fighters are due to go aboard the newly modified Japanese carrier Izumo for the first time. BYThomas NewdickOct 5, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickJul 30, 2021ShareBritish And Chinese Aircraft Carriers Both Underway In The Tense South China Sea (Updated)The British flagship, HMS Queen Elizabeth, has entered the South China Sea for the first time. BYThomas NewdickJul 30, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJul 26, 2021ShareAir Force Tweet Showing F-35As Protected By Lightning Rods Asks “Which Lightning Strikes Harder?”An Air Force Tweet playing on the F-35’s nickname, Lightning II, comes days after lightning caused millions of dollars of damage to two Marine F-35Bs. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 26, 2021Share123
BYJames DeboerApr 8, 2022ShareAboard The Marine’s First F-35B-Packed ‘Lightning Carrier’ (Updated)The Marines turned USS Tripoli into a ‘Lightning Carrier’ packed with over 20 F-35Bs. We were there. BYJames DeboerApr 8, 2022Share
BYJames DeboerMar 18, 2022ShareMarines To Test Lightning Carrier Concept With 20 F-35Bs Aboard USS Tripoli This AprilThe Lightning Carrier concept has been in the works for years and will effectively see big deck amphibious assault ships turned into light carriers. BYJames DeboerMar 18, 2022Share
BYJames DeboerMar 18, 2022ShareMarine F-35s Fight F-117 Aggressors, Train For Very Long-Range Combat In Huge West Coast ExerciseWinter Fury ’22 is a major example of the Marines pivoting toward preparing for a peer-state conflict over great distances. BYJames DeboerMar 18, 2022Share
BYBrett TingleyFeb 3, 2022ShareCritical Repair Could Allow Air Force F-35s To Fly Near Lightning StormsA fix to the F-35’s fuel system could solve an issue that has frequently caused delays in production and restricted where the jets can fly. BYBrett TingleyFeb 3, 2022Share
BYThomas NewdickJan 21, 2022SharePhoto Emerges Of Crashed British F-35B After It Was Hauled Out Of The MediterraneanThe stealth jet was recovered from the seabed late last year after its dramatic loss while launching from HMS Queen Elizabeth. BYThomas NewdickJan 21, 2022Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJan 3, 2022Share750 F-35s Now Delivered, Navy To Put Some Of Its Oldest Test Models Into StorageThe F-35 program has hit a major production milestone as primary test efforts are finally spinning down. BYJoseph TrevithickJan 3, 2022Share
BYJoseph TrevithickDec 7, 2021ShareThe Wreck Of A Crashed British F-35 Has Been Pulled Out Of The MediterraneanThe U.K. Ministry of Defense says the remains of the jet have been successfully recovered, ending concerns that they could become security risks. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 7, 2021Share
BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2021ShareChina’s New Carrier-Capable Stealth Fighter’s Canopy Is Its Most Intriguing FeatureThe new navalized derivative of the Shenyang FC-31 fighter has something oddly in common with the F-35B. BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickNov 29, 2021ShareDramatic Footage Supposedly Of The Moment An F-35 Crashed Off A British Carrier EmergesThe footage purportedly shows the pilot ejecting as the fighter jet nosedives off the end of the ski-jump takeoff ramp. BYThomas NewdickNov 29, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickNov 18, 2021ShareBritain Wants America’s Help In The Race To Retrieve Its Crashed F-35 Off The SeafloorTime is of the essence as the United Kingdom seeks to prevent any parts of the stealth fighter from falling into the wrong hands. BYThomas NewdickNov 18, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickNov 17, 2021ShareHMS Queen Elizabeth Is First British Carrier To Send Jets Into Combat In Over Two Decades (Updated)British and American fighter jets from the Royal Navy aircraft carrier are now engaged in anti-ISIS operations over the Middle East. BYThomas NewdickNov 17, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickNov 17, 2021ShareF-35 From The Carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth Has Crashed Into The Sea (Updated)The incident in the Mediterranean is the first F-35 loss of any kind during carrier operations. BYThomas NewdickNov 17, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickOct 5, 2021ShareF-35B Stealth Fighters Operate From A Japanese Aircraft Carrier For The First TimeThe U.S. Marine Corps jets are the first fixed-wing aircraft to fly from a Japanese warship since World War II. BYThomas NewdickOct 5, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickOct 5, 2021ShareMarine Corps F-35s Are About To Be The First Fighters To Fly From A Japanese Carrier Since WWIINext week, F-35B stealth fighters are due to go aboard the newly modified Japanese carrier Izumo for the first time. BYThomas NewdickOct 5, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickJul 30, 2021ShareBritish And Chinese Aircraft Carriers Both Underway In The Tense South China Sea (Updated)The British flagship, HMS Queen Elizabeth, has entered the South China Sea for the first time. BYThomas NewdickJul 30, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJul 26, 2021ShareAir Force Tweet Showing F-35As Protected By Lightning Rods Asks “Which Lightning Strikes Harder?”An Air Force Tweet playing on the F-35’s nickname, Lightning II, comes days after lightning caused millions of dollars of damage to two Marine F-35Bs. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 26, 2021Share
