F-35A

New aircraft is part of a NATO plan to establish a more advanced, streamlined air defense network across Europe.

Country is bolstering its nuke deterrence for the first time since the end of the Cold War.

The realistic combat training exercise sports nearly 2,000 participants from 30 U.S. and Allied units, including the Royal Australian Air Force.

Deliveries of the Lockheed Martin Lightning II fighter jets are to begin in 2027.

he aircraft will be delivered to the air force in the coming year and is set to be based at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, to facilitate pilot and maintainer training.

The Air National Guard is assessing the impact of the beddown of F-15EX and F-35A fighter squadrons at four locations as the service prepares to retire aging F-15C/D aircraft.

The U.S. Air Force said it wanted to start retiring older F-22 Raptors in the coming budget year, but Congress has other plans.

Editor’s Note: When pilot Maj. Kristin “Beo” Wolfe finished F-22 pilot training in 2013, she became the second-generation U.S. Air Force fighter pilot in her family. Trained to fly both the F-22 Raptor and the F-35A Lightning II, she now sets the bar for flying the service’s single-seat stealth combat aircraft as commander of the […]

The aircraft deliveries will make the 495th Fighter Squadron the first USAF F-35As stationed in Europe.