f-35A lightning ii

Turkey’s Renewed F-35 Ambitions: Erdogan Courts Trump for Stealth Jet Revival Amid Shifting Global Alignments

Turkey is making a renewed push to rejoin the F-35 Lightning II fifth-generation stealth fighter jet program—a program it was expelled from in 2019 following its controversial acquisition of the Russian S-400 missile defense system. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,...
F-35 with B61 nuclear bomb

UK Plans Nuclear-Enabled F-35s Fleet as Russia Tensions Escalate; F-35A Acquisition Under Review

The United Kingdom's defense strategy, Prime Minister Keir Starmer's government is reportedly exploring the reintroduction of air-launched nuclear weapons into the Royal Air Force (RAF). This move, if confirmed, would mark the most substantial change in the UK's nuclear posture...