The U.S. Navy’s F-35C Lightning II stealth fighter has fired a Long Range Anti-Ship Missile for the first time, according to recent reporting on the weapon’s integration across carrier-based aircraft.

Traveling at speeds of 1,200 mph, the F-35C can carry Joint Direct Attack Munitions, or JDAMs, air-to-air missiles and other ordnance. The Pentagon previously said that the F-35C launched from the USS ...

The F-35 Lightning II aircraft presently comes in three versions (not including the ones meant to be used by allies). In American hands, the Lockheed Martin aircraft is available in F-35A, F-35B, and ...

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 ...

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 ...

The second “chrome” F-35C was photographed at Point Mugu recently. A new F-35C, airframe BuNo 168842, Modex 105, sporting a mirror-like coating, was photographed last week while arriving at Naval Base ...

IWO JIMA, Japan — U.S. Navy pilots are preparing for the USS George Washington’s inaugural patrol from its new homeport in Japan, conducting carrier-landing drills that, for the first time, include ...

A U.S. Navy investigation is reportedly placing blame on a mistake by a pilot for the crash of an F-35C Lightning II jet into the deck of a U.S. aircraft carrier in the South China Sea last year. A ...

There’s much talk in the press today about whether the F-35 Lightning program, America’s primary fifth-generation warplane, has been worth the cost. Indeed, the technologically advanced bird has run ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Pentagon previously said that the F-35C launched from the USS Abraham Lincoln in the U.S. Central Command area of ...