Even as F-35 development aircraft begin moving down the final-assembly line at Lockheed Martin, preparations for training Joint Strike Fighter customer pilots are gathering pace. The first production ...

Initial training cadre pilots at the US Air Force's 33rd Fighter Wing at Eglin AFB, Florida, have started converting over to the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II. Previously, only two test pilots, US ...

Advances in training technology planned for the Joint Strike Fighter could drastically change how the Pentagon educates pilots and maintainers. Training systems are frequently one of the most ignored ...

Yesterday the Air Force officially cleared its pilots to begin formal training on the military's small fleet of early-model F-35A Joint Strike Fighters. The clearance followed a 46-day examination of ...

LUCKY LUKE: Luke AFB , Ariz., will be the site of the U.S. Air Force’s F-35A Lightning II pilot training center, including for foreign militaries, the service says. The base will receive 72 Joint ...

The latest high-level Pentagon review of the trillion-dollar F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program did not go well for the Lockheed Martin-built JSF. But don't tell the Air Force that. The flying branch ...

The Pentagon’s top official for weapons testing sent a sternly worded letter warning the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program and the Air Force that their plans to start unmonitored flight training on ...