The roar of fighter jets is a familiar sound in Lemoore, and local leaders are now pushing for even more aircraft to be based ...

What You Need to Know: The U.S. Navy’s F-35C Lightning II stealth fighter recently saw its first combat action in a series of airstrikes against Houthi rebel weapons storage sites in Yemen. -Operating ...

What You Need to Know: The F-35C Lightning II, designed for carrier operations, saw its first combat use in November 2024. U.S. Marine Corps squadron VMFA 314, operating aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln ...

A Navy F-35C Lightning II crashed Wednesday near Naval Air Station Lemoore, Calif., according to a post on the base’s official Facebook page. The pilot ejected safely when the multirole fighter from ...

Key Points and Summary - The F-35 is really three aircraft—A, B, and C—with a fourth, Israel’s custom F-35I Adir, proving how adaptable the Lightning II has become. -Beyond stealth, its edge is sensor ...

Marine Corps pilots from Miramar flew F-35C Lightning II stealth jets in combat for the first time, striking Houthi weapons storage facilities in Yemen, the Navy reported Wednesday. The jets from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The US Marine Corps made a significant milestone by launching the first combat air strikes using the F-35C Lightning II aircraft ...

An F-35C Lightning II, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 125, conducts a flyover of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) on March 6, 2025. US Navy Photo A pilot is ...

The first carrier landing of an F-35C occurred on the USS Nimitz, but the warship was never upgraded to fully accommodate the ...

U.S. Navy sailors carved a replica of an F-35C Lightning II for their entry in the 75th annual Sapporo Snow Festival on Japan’s northernmost main island. The C-model is the Navy’s carrier-capable ...