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While the F-35's per unit cost is similar to other modern fighters, its lifecycle expense is higher, although it offers ...

Record deliveries made 2025 a landmark year for the F-35, but low capability rates still challenge the world’s most advanced ...

FORT WORTH, Texas, Jan. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- (NYSE: LMT) welcomed Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to the Fort Worth, Texas, F-35 Lightning II production facility today. The ...

Though Lockheed Martin is the primary contractor for the F-35 Lightning II fighter jet, nearly every major US defense firm ...

The US Air Force is expected to station F-35 fighter jets at Misawa Air Base, a major base in northern Honshu.

Lockheed Martin said it delivered 191 F-35 Lightning II aircraft in 2025, marking the company's largest delivery year so far. (Lockheed Martin Aeronautics) Lockheed Martin announced on 8 January 2026 ...

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NAPLES, Italy — An Italian air base in Sicily will host the first F-35 Lightning II pilot training facility outside the U.S., an indication of NATO’s increasing demand for the fifth-generation fighter ...

The new facility at Trapani-Birgi will make the Sicilian base Italy’s third operational F-35 hub and a future multinational training center for NATO and partner nations. Italy’s Ministry of Defense ...