Fifth-gen jets like the F-35 are now the bare minimum for seizing even brief control of the skies in modern peer combat, a Royal Air Force officer said this week. "Fifth-generation combat air is not ...

Finland has unveiled the first of its new F-35A stealth fighters in a landmark defense upgrade that places fifth-generation ...

Lockheed Martin said the US government is interested in its F-35 "fifth-generation-plus" concept. The company wants to use research from its failed six-generation stealth fighter design. The CEO said ...

Finland’s first F-35A multirole fighter, aircraft JF-501, was unveiled to the public at a ceremony at Lockheed Martin’s factory in Fort Worth on December 16.

Despite the need to modernize, Spain shelves F-35 plans, leaving its Navy without a STOVL replacement. The purchase of F-35 Lightning II aircraft, the fifth-generation American stealth fighter, for ...

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The Pentagon has confirmed that China has offered Pakistan up to 40 J-35 fifth-generation fighter jets, marking a major ...

As India’s “Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft” fifth-gen fighter project has struggled, New Delhi has vacillated between buying the US F-35 and the Russian Su-57 to plug the gap. There is an ongoing ...

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The plane’s cost per flight hour exceeds $40,000, more than double that of its alternatives—leading to mission-capable rates hovering below targets for six consecutive years. Beneath the glossy ...

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Fifth-generation jets are now "the peer-level baseline," a Royal Air Force official said. He said the advanced jets are now the "entry standard" to get the edge in the air "against the most basic ...