The aircraft is the first of 42 F-35B Lightning IIs that will be delivered to the Japan Air Self Defense Force. The Japanese F-35B BX-1successfully completed its first test flight from Lockheed Martin ...

The 101st Gruppo (Squadron), reactivated after a period in “quadro” (dormant) status, will operate the STOVL variant of the Lightning II aircraft from Amendola Air Base. On Jul. 1, 2025, during a ...

A third Marine Corps squadron of F-35B Lightning II fighters arrived in Japan over the weekend, marking the latest step in the service’s efforts to modernize its deployed forces in the Indo-Pacific.

One of the most advanced fighter jets in the world will have a new home in Beaufort. Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort is transitioning from the F/18 Hornet to the supersonic F-35Bs whose ...

Before this jet’s arrival, the only F-35 aircraft at Beaufort were assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron (VMFAT) 501, the type’s Fleet Replacement Squadron involved in “core introduction ...

An F-35B Lightning II aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 lands at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, on Saturday. (LCpl. Erick Reyes/U.S. Marine Corps) A Marine fighter attack ...

Aircraft carriers from Japan, the UK and the USA have conducted a major exercise in the Western Pacific, highlighted by the first landing of a UK-operated Lockheed Martin F-35B on a Japanese vessel.

Japanese, US and UK forces have completed Lockheed Martin F-35B trials from the deck of the Japanese aircraft carrier JS Kaga. The converted helicopter ship, which Tokyo calls a “multi-functional ...