I commanded an F-35B squadron. People win wars, not technology

China's J-35 stealth fighter launched from Fujian aircraft carrier, but former TOPGUN pilot who flew F-35B and F-22 Raptor ...
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Highway Landing Shock: America’s F-35B Touches Down Where No Jet Should

When photos surfaced of a U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II landing on a 50-foot-wide highway in Southern California, few realized what they were seeing. This wasn’t a publicity stunt — it was ...
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Japan Starts F-35B Training Flights

As deliveries continue, the JASDF has now started training operations with the F-35B Lightning II at Nyutabaru Air Base. The JASDF (Japan Air-Self Defense ...
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Japan deploys its first F-35B fighter jets to bolster defenses in the south

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s first three F-35B stealth fighter jets arrived Thursday at an air base in the south of the country, its latest move to fortify defenses as tensions in the region grow. The new ...
The Aviationist

First F-35B Transported by CH-53K to MCAS Beaufort to be Retired as Static Display

Airframe BF-01 performed the F-35’s first vertical landing on Mar. 18, 2010, and the first vertical takeoff on May 10, 2013, at NAS Patuxent River. The first F-35B Lightning II STOVL (Short Take-Off ...
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British F-35 stealth jet makes emergency landing in Japan after mid-air malfunction

A British F-35B Lightning stealth fighter jet was forced to make an emergency landing in Japan on Sunday after developing a technical fault. The £88m aircraft, one of the world’s most advanced combat ...
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NATO Displays F-35 Air Power in Exercise Falcon Strike 25

All three of the F-35 Lightning variants are particularly formidable. T he Royal Air Force’s F-35B contingent has taken ...
The National Interest

Déjà Vu: Another British F-35 Just Made an Emergency Landing in Japan

The incident in Japan follows a similar episode in June, when a British F-35 Lightning II made an emergency landing in India—and was stranded there for several weeks. Only weeks after a Royal Navy ...
The National Interest

Why Does America’s F-35 Fighter Look So Much Like an Old Soviet Prototype?

It is unlikely that, as many Russian sources brag, the F-35B was a direct rip-off of the Yak-141. However, there are many staggering similarities between the two planes. Most military and aviation ...