The UK’s decision to acquire the F-35A fighter, shifting to a split A and B fleet, caused significant controversy.

The British Royal Navy has carried out flight tests of the F-35B Lightning fighter jet armed with the nation's latest air-to-air missile, the Meteor, for the very first time. Pilot Lieutenant ...

New Delhi: The British Royal Navy’s F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter jet remains grounded at Thiruvananthapuram International Airport, a week after it made an emergency landing last Saturday ...

The now planned purchase of F-35As, which will join the NATO nuclear mission, has led headlines, but the UK’s F-35Bs still lack any standoff strike weapons. As UK carrier strike approaches the ...

A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B flew the first test missions with the Meteor missile, starting the integration of the European air-to-air missile on the Lightning II. The Royal Air Force announced on Feb.

UK F-35Bs in Singapore. Credit: Chen Chuanren SINGAPORE—The UK Royal Navy is continuing efforts to recover a Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II that diverted to Thiruvananthapuram Airport in India ...

A UK Royal Air Force F-35B has been stuck in India for more than a month. India is not a part of the program, and doesn't have permission to access the jet's advanced tech. A warfare analyst said: ...

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The F-35B stealth jet, which had been stranded in India for over a month due to mechanical failure, is finally returning home after undergoing extensive repairs. After more than a month left “stranded ...

The long-delayed process of integrating MBDA’s Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile with the Lockheed Martin F-35 has finally begun for the UK. A US Marine Corps-operated F-35B recently ...

All three of the F-35 Lightning variants are particularly formidable. The Royal Air Force’s F-35B contingent has taken center stage at the ongoing multinational Exercise Falcon Strike 25. F-35s are ...

The Royal Air Force (RAF) is to regain the ability to deploy nuclear weapons, with the UK government poised to order a batch of “at least a dozen” Lockheed Martin F-35As able to support NATO’s ...