F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter

Japan and UK Strengthen Military Alliance with Joint F-35B Fighter Operations to Counter China’s Rise in Indo-Pacific

Japan has officially begun deploying its F-35B Lightning II stealth fighters as part of a high-profile exercise in the Philippine Sea. This deployment, the first operational use of Japan’s short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) variant of the fifth-generation jet,...
F-35B from VMFAT-502 hovering

Pilot Speaks Out: Col. Del Pizzo on His F-35B Ejection and the Aftermath

A Year Later, New Details Emerge About the Unmanned Flight and Military Fallout More than a year after a bizarre and widely publicized incident in which a U.S. Marine Corps F-35B continued flying for over 60 miles after its pilot...