We talked about the F-35’s current and future capabilities; differences with the F-16 in the SEAD and CAS missions; and much more, with Lockheed Martin’s test pilot Monessa “Siren” Balzhiser.

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, California—With deliveries of new F-35s on hold while bugs are worked out of a planned upgrade, the plane’s lead test squadron is doing its part to spot problems where the new ...

SALON DU BOURGET, PARIS -- More than 400 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters are operating from 17 bases worldwide. From the near-Arctic region of Ørland, Norway, to a recent deployment in the Middle East, the ...

A Lockheed Martin F-35A stealth fighter from the US Air Force (USAF) test dropped multiple inert versions of a nuclear bomb in August. The USA’s Sandia National Laboratories, a Honeywell subsidiary ...

The Israeli Air Force Flight Testing Center (FTC) at Tel-Nof AFB received on Nov. 11, 2020, the first F-35I Adir test aircraft outside the United States. The one-of-a-kind aircraft, with serial 924 ...

Capt. Andrew "Dojo" Olson, F-35 Demonstration Team pilot and commander flies over the San Francisco Bay during the Fleet Week Airshow Oct. 13, 2019, in San Francisco, Calif. (Senior Airman Alexander ...