J-35 is China's latest fifth-generation carrier-capable stealth fighter, developed from the FC-31 prototype and positioned as ...

The F-35 Lightning II is primarily manufactured by Lockheed Martin, but other industry leaders help with its development, ...

With the F-35 Lightning II, the Pentagon wanted to standardize its stealth fighter jet fleet across the armed services—in principle cutting costs. In practice, this has not worked out.

The plane was the second F/A-18 fighter jet to be lost in the Red Sea recently from the USS Harry S. Truman. On April 28, the ...

The US Navy's VX-9 is evaluating the new mirror-like coating on F-35C jets for potential stealth improvements. The ...

These F-35Cs feature a curious mirror coating that covers much of the fuselage and the aircraft's fins. The nose (where the ...

The loss of three F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter aircraft in the Red Sea could cost taxpayers $180 million to replace before ...

CNN has reached out to the Navy and CENTCOM for comment. The loss of the fighter jet comes one week after another F/A-18 jet fell overboard the Truman. That time, initial reports indicated that ...

MANAMA, Bahrain -- A U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jet was lost at sea Tuesday after it rolled on the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier and fell overboard, the Navy announced Monday.

An individual F/A-18 fighter jet costs more than $60 million, according to the Navy. The Truman Carrier Strike Group is currently deployed in the Middle East and was in the Red Sea at the time of ...