By: JAMES POLLARD and TARA COPP, Associated Press Date: September 19, 2023 In North Charleston, South Carolina, a malfunction prompted the pilot of a $100 million F-35 stealth fighter jet to eject, leading him to parachute safely into a residential backyard. The plane then crashed in a forested area approximately 60 miles distant. The downed […]
By John Ismay, Jesus Jiménez and Christine Hauser Date: September 19, 2023 Debris from a missing F-35 jet was located in Williamsburg County, north of Charleston, South Carolina, a day after the Marine Corps lost sight of it post the pilot’s safe ejection. The discovery answered questions about the jet’s location, previously leading to speculation about its status […]
By Stephen Losey Wednesday, Jul 19, 2023 WASHINGTON — Problems with the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s newest upgrades will cause the aircraft’s manufacturer to miss its 2023 delivery goal by up to roughly 50 jets, Lockheed Martin officials said Tuesday. The delays could bring down Lockheed’s revenue for 2023 by hundreds of millions of dollars. […]
By Rachel S. Cohen Thursday, Jul 27, 2023 An F-35A Lightning II fighter crashed at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, last October when turbulent air confused its avionics, rendering the jet uncontrollable, an Air Force investigation has found. The nonfatal crash marks the second time an Air Force F-35A has been destroyed in an accident […]
BY DAN GRAZIER JUNE 08, 2023 The Air Force’s top civilian leader says the F-35 program taught everyone how not to buy a fighter jet and vows not to repeat the mistakes that turned history’s most expensive weapon program into an absolute boondoggle. While it is refreshing to hear an official acknowledge some of the […]
BY ALFRED MEYER MARCH 27, 2023 1:01 PM While Tom Cruise heroically flies fighter jets in the film Top Gun: Maverick, which was vying for an Oscar for Best Film this year, two communities in the United States—Burlington, Vermont, and Madison, Wisconsin—are contending with the dangers caused by the basing of F-35s in residential neighborhoods. […]
By James Marc Leas Dec 16. 2022 The F-35 has a lengthening history of crashes. Different reasons. Not good to train with F-35 jets hundreds of times a month in a city. What kind of Vermont leader would order or facilitate F-35 training in Vermont’s most densely populated area? The Vermont Senators and Congressman. The […]
By Tanmay Kadam December 6, 2022 Australia’s fifth-generation F-35 stealth fighter jets have again come under the scanner due to concerns related to their cost, capabilities, and viability for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). A senior Australian journalist, Brian Toohey, who has been writing extensively for Australia’s national security policy since 1973, has criticized […]
By: Sam Tabahriti July 31, 2022 The F-35 is the most powerful – and most expensive – fighter jet of all time. Russia and China would love to have them as would any nation that can get them or afford them. But there have been some clear bumps along the way: The US Air Force […]
By: Mike Hoey July 30, 2022 The Vermont National Guard is inspecting its F-35 fighter jets to determine if a potential safety problem is affecting them. The U.S. Air Force has temporarily grounded all of its F-35s, while the Navy and Marine Corps have also grounded some of theirs, due to a concern with their […]