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Canada’s First F-35 Takes Shape in Texas Amid Political Review, RCAF Attends Lockheed Martin Ceremony

Despite political uncertainty swirling around Canada’s flagship fighter acquisition, the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) has moved one step closer to inducting its first fifth-generation stealth jet. On February 2, 2026, Canadian military officials joined U.S. defense executives in Fort...
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F-35 Dominates Canada’s Fighter Jet Evaluation as Fresh Leaks Revive Debate Over Saab Gripen Deal

Newly leaked evaluation data has revealed that Lockheed Martin’s F-35A Lightning II overwhelmingly outperformed Saab’s Gripen-E in Canada’s 2021 fighter jet competition—scoring nearly three times higher than the Swedish aircraft. The revelation has reignited a heated debate within Ottawa over...
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U.S. Air Force Receives 500th F-35A Lightning II, Strengthening Fifth-Generation Fighter Edge Amid Rising Chinese and Russian Military Challenges

The U.S. Air Force reached a decisive moment in its decades-long modernization push this month with the delivery of its 500th F-35A Lightning II, a stealth fighter that has become the backbone of America’s fifth-generation combat fleet. The milestone aircraft...
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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,...
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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...