F-35

F-35 Costs Skyrocketed Due To Pentagon’s Lack Of Foresight, Officials Tell Congress

The Pentagon’s inability to decide on mission requirements for the F-35 advanced fighter jet program sent costs for the latest…

5 months ago

Only Around Half Of The Military’s F-35 Fighter Jets Are Mission-Ready, Watchdog Says

The U.S. military’s F-35 fighter jets are infrequently flight-ready amid a major backlog in repairs, according to a Government Accountability…

7 months ago

Pilot Of Lost F-35 Landed In Someone’s Backyard, Locals Describe Hearing Jet Go Down

The pilot who ejected from an F-35 stealth fighter jet after it experienced a malfunction and temporarily disappeared landed in…

7 months ago

Cost Of Pentagon’s Most Expensive Weapons Program Is Spiraling Out Of Control, Watchdog Finds

The cost of the Pentagon’s most expensive weapons program has skyrocketed $183 billion above initial cost estimates as production hurdles…

11 months ago

Plane Crash Prompts Engine Maker For Pentagon’s Star Fighter Jet To Halt Deliveries

The engine supplier for Lockheed Martin’s highly-sought F-35 fighter jet has suspended deliveries while an investigation into a December accident…

1 year ago

Senate Democrats Stuff Defense Bill With Costly F-35s

Democratic Senators allocated funding for six more of the U.S.’ most expensive weapon systems than the Pentagon said it requires…

2 years ago

Pentagon Drops Another $30 Billion On F-35 Jets Despite Inability to Keep them Flying

The Pentagon forged a deal with defense contractor Lockheed Martin for F-35 fighter jets Monday amidst allegations it has not…

2 years ago

US Navy Scrambling To Get Advanced Fighter Jet From Bottom Of Ocean Before China Does

The U.S. Navy is attempting to find a downed fighter jet in the South China Sea before Beijing does, BBC…

2 years ago

The F-35 Program Failed To Deliver Working Jets, But Succeeded in Transferring Hundreds of Billions to Contractors

Fifteen years after it was meant to be finished, the F-35 Stealth Fighter has an engine that’s too hot, a logistics…

3 years ago

US And UAE Reportedly Hoping For F-35 Deal By December

The United States and the United Arab Emirates seek to have an initial agreement by December to sell F-35 stealth…

4 years ago

Turkey Must Drop Russian S-400 to Stay in F-35 Program, DOD Official Says

The Department of Defense will remove Turkey from the F-35 joint strike fighter program if the nation accepts delivery of…

5 years ago

F-35 Jet Crashes Just Days After Plane Flies Inaugural Combat Mission

An F-35 fighter jet crashed in South Carolina Friday, days after the fifth-generation joint strike fighter flew its first combat…

6 years ago

USS Wasp arrives in Japan with F-35’s onboard

The U.S.S. Wasp (LHD-1), an amphibious assault ship, arrived in Sasebo, Japan this morning carrying F-35B Joint Strike Fighters for…

6 years ago

The F-35: Spending Money for the Sake of Spending Money | PJTV

Why has the Dept. of Defense spent a trillion dollars (trillion with a t) on the F-35 program? To spend…

9 years ago

Rebuttal of the Pentagon’s pro-F-35 spin

A few days ago, it was revealed that the F-35 "Joint Strike Fighter" lost all of its close-range combat tests…

9 years ago