The Italian Air Force will also operate the B-variant. The F-35B has a Lift Fan just behind the cockpit and an engine that can swivel 90 degrees when in short takeoff/vertical landing mode.

As you may know already, the Italian Air Force operates both the F-35A and F-35B, while the Italian Navy, the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy operate the F-35B only. Both countries decided to ...

A Royal Netherlands Navy frigate test fired a Tomahawk guided-cruise missile off the coast of Norfolk, Va., on Tuesday ahead ...

Beijing: The F-35B is the first supersonic STOVL aircraft flown by the US Marine Corps, the United Kingdom, and the Italian Air Force. It is the only fifth-generation fighter with short takeoff ...

Defense contractor Lockheed Martin installed the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) into the F-35B, marking the start of ...

Lockheed Martin and the F-35 Pax River ITF completed an initial flight test integrating the AGM-158C LRASM onto the F-35B Lightning II, following the first test on the F-35C in September 2024.

The cancellations by Portugal and Canada make things more difficult for the Spanish Navy.

A third Marine Corps squadron of F-35B Lightning II fighters arrived at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, marking the latest ...

An F-35B touches down, likely at NAS Patuxent River, with an LRASM on the left wing. (Lockheed Martin) Lockheed Martin's AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) has made a captive-carry ...

Following is a transcript of the video. [plane engine roaring] Narrator: This is the F-35B Lightning II. The Marine Corps' multi-role fighter jet is equipped with the most advanced sensor suite of ...