Military Aircraft

Lockheed Martin Corp. is developing and building the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the Pentagon's most expensive weapons program, for three U.S. military branches and eight international partners. The partners who are helping fund the plane's development...

The United States and its allies plan to buy more than 3,100 new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter warplanes in coming years. Following is a list of the planned purchases and possible changes, according to data provided by Lockheed Martin Corp., the prime...

America's newest warplane, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, could take a hit as the U.S. military makes tough decisions on how to meet mandatory federal government budget cuts that went into effect March 1. And any pullback could be felt acutely in...

This post has been updated. Please see note below. BEIRUT — Syrian warplanes bombed a remote area of Lebanon along the border with Syria on Monday, just days after the Syrian government warned that its patience was wearing thin with the cross-...

The Pentagon on Friday suspended the flights of all F-35 fighter planes after a routine inspection revealed a crack on a turbine blade in the jet engine of an F-35 test aircraft in California. It was the second grounding of the warplane in two months....

It's called the "death spiral," and America's newest warplane, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, is in danger of falling into it before the plane has even gone into service. The term - recently invoked by top brass involved in the F-35 program - refers...

The head of Pratt & Whitney's military engine business said on Wednesday that driving down the cost of the F-35 fighter jet was "burned on our brains," but said cuts sparked by U.S. budget woes could slow the effort. Bennett Croswell, president of Pratt...

The Pentagon said on Thursday it would resume flights of its F-35 fighter jets following a week-long precautionary grounding imposed after a crack was found on an engine blade on a test plane in California. "F-35 flight operations have been cleared to...

California-based General Atomics Aeronautical System Inc. said Friday it has struck a deal to sell unarmed Predator drones to the United Arab Emirates military. The agreement would mark the first time a non-NATO country has obtained the American-made...

BEIRUT — Syrian opposition forces said Tuesday that they had captured a strategic military air base near the embattled northern city of Aleppo, the latest air facility reportedly overrun by insurgents. The reported capture of the Jarrah air base,...

Charlottesville, Va., has taken action against the use of police spy drones, ordering a two-year moratorium on the citywide use of unmanned aircraft. It is the first city in the nation to do so, supporters say, and its move may prompt other...

Israel conducted an airstrike inside Syria overnight near the border with Lebanon, hitting a convoy of trucks, U.S. and regional officials said Wednesday. The regional officials said Israel had been planning in the days leading up to the airstrike to hit...