Pentagon Sets 850-Jet F-35 Framework With 317 Deliveries Outstanding
The Pentagon has established a decade-long framework with Lockheed Martin covering up to 850 F-35 fighters for the U.S. military,…
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Pentagon Plans 850 More F-35s While Just One-Quarter Were Fully Mission-Ready in 2025
The Pentagon is preparing to buy at least 850 more F-35 fighters over a decade even though only 25 percent…
F-35 Purchase Estimate Rises $51 Billion as Mission Availability Misses Goals
The projected cost of buying the planned U.S. F-35 fleet has risen by approximately $51 billion even as aircraft availability…
Missed UPS Email Let F-35 Canopy and Weapons-Bay Door Reach China
A UPS employee reportedly missed an email barring an F-35 parts shipment from transiting through Hong Kong. The mistake allowed…
Reported F-35 Parts Diversion to China Prompts Pentagon Review Request
A shipment containing F-35 Lightning II components left Australia for the United States but was reportedly diverted to Hong Kong…
F-35 Begins $13.7 Billion Overhaul With Fewer Than Half Mission Capable
The F35 fleet has grown beyond 1,300 aircraft, yet only about 44% were reported mission capable in mid 2026 meaning…
Pentagon Seeks F-35 Parts Diverted to Hong Kong as Custody Questions Persist
U.S. authorities are trying to recover unserviceable F-35 Lightning II components diverted from an Australia-to-United States repair route to Hong…
Australia Joins Probe After U.S.-Bound F-35 Parts Diverted to Hong Kong
Australia has joined the United States and Lockheed Martin in investigating how F-35 fighter components bound for the U.S. were…
Pentagon Confirms F-35 Parts Missing After Repair Shipment Diverted Through Hong Kong
The Pentagon has confirmed that F-35 Lightning II components are missing after an Australia-to-United States repair shipment was diverted through…
Pentagon Raises F-35 Acquisition Estimate $51 Billion After Years of Declines
The Pentagon now estimates that developing, modernizing and acquiring the planned U.S. F-35 fleet will cost $536.2 billion, up $51…
F-35 Acquisition Estimate Jumps $51 Billion Despite Broadly Stable Aircraft Prices
$51 billion is the increase in the estimated cost of acquiring the planned U.S. F-35 fleet not a $51 billion…
NATO Drill Links Three Nations’ F-35s for Shared Eastern-Flank Air Defense
NATO linked F-35 fighters from Denmark, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom with surveillance, refueling, command, naval and land elements…
Pentagon Restricts F-35 Report, Cutting Public Visibility Into Cost and Readiness
The Defense Department designated the latest Government Accountability Office review of F-35 production and modernization as “Controlled Unclassified Information,” preventing…