Beyond Walks on MSN

F-35B Lifts Off with Compartments still Open

U.S. Marines Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 242, 31st Marine ...
Walking Archive on MSN

F-35 Fighter Jet Landing on Aircraft Carrier

U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft attached to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 225, 15th Marine ...

Marines say a deployed F-35 stealth fighter squadron clocked nearly 5,000 hours without any mishaps

The five-month deployment marked a win for the F-35 stealth jet, which has seen rising sustainability costs coupled with ...
Military.com

Marine Corps Force Design Update: What Every Marine Needs to Know

The Commandant of the Marine Corps released an October 2025 update on Force Design 2030. The update highlights a review of ...
Jalopnik

Every Variant Of The F-35, And What Makes Them Unique

Considered the base-model Lightning II, the F-35A is the conventional takeoff ... And American Marines began flying a modified "AV-8B Harrier II" in 1981. Decades later, the F-35B arrives as a ...

The top Marine officer thinks the Corps needs to be more unpredictable and that it needs the 'Lightning carrier' to do it

The Marine Corps wants to be more spread out and more unpredictable in the Indo-Pacific, and that means using its flattops differently.

F-35 Squadron Flew A 'Historic' 5,000 Hours Without A Single Mishap

Doing anything for 5,000 hours without a mistake is great, much less flying an F-35. And an entire squadron having zero ...
Stars and Stripes

UK fighter makes precautionary landing at airport in southern Japan

A British F-35B Lightning II made a precautionary landing in southern Japan this week while en route to a carrier taking part with U.S. and Japanese forces in a multinational exercise, according to ...

The World’s Largest Air Forces By Number Of F-35s

He is a former Naval Flight Officer who performed tactical air control on the carrier-capable Airborne Early Warning (AEW) ...

A look at the US military’s unusually large force in the Caribbean Sea

The U.S. military has built up an unusually large force in the Caribbean Sea. The Navy has eight warships in the region.
The Aviationist on MSN

British F-35s Face Indian Su-30s and Jaguars During Mock Carrier Attack

Eight Su-30s and four Jaguars faced six F-35Bs during a carrier defense scenario as part of the HMS Prince of Wales' participation in Exercise Konkan.