F-35 Lightning II - Joint Strike Fighter

Poland was approved to receive 32 Lockheed Martin-made F-35A Lightning II aircraft with support and associated equipment.

Turkey was barred from the F-35 program after it decided to purchase the Russian S-400 missile.

Turkey has been banned from purchasing the F-35 after buying the Russian-made S-400 missile system.

The existing lighting system was too bright, making it difficult for boom operators to observe the refueling process.

The Air Force Thunderbirds, Navy Blue Angels and F-35s will also put on a show along the Hudson River on Aug. 22.

The Air Force this month tested how swiftly it could move an F-35 to a forward operating location in the Middle East.

As one chief warrant officer put it, they showed how Marines in the Pacific can now "rain destruction like never before."

Sens. Marco Rubio and Pat Toomey said the U.S. would benefit by having more F-35s on flight lines around the world.

The Trump administration has confirmed that NATO ally Turkey will be removed from the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program.

Twenty-four years after the Marine Corps got its first female aviator, another woman pilot is making history.

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