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Artist’s concept for Boeing's planned F-15EX fighter aircraft. (Image: Boeing)

Air Force Wants Both F-35 and F-15EX. But if Forced to Choose, It's No Contest: SecAF

The only factor that would stifle the F-15EX fleet would be another bad budget situation, said Air Force Secretary Wilson.

Two F-22 Raptors from the 95th Fighter Squadron, 325th Fighter Wing, based at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., fly in formation and conduct training operations with two Royal Norwegian air force F-35A Lightning II aircraft during an air refueling over Norway on Aug. 15, 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Preston Cherry)

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In this April 10, 2019, file photo, a Japan Coast Guard vessel and U.S. military plane search for a Japanese fighter jet that crashed into the Pacific Ocean during a night training flight, in the waters off Aomori, northern Japan. (Kyodo News via AP)

US Ends Search for Japanese F-35 that Crashed in April

The pilot is still missing, and Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya said Japan will continue its search.

Two F-35B Lightning II aircraft from the F-35 Integrated Test Force (ITF) successfully landed onboard HMS Queen Elizabeth on November 1, 2018. (U.S. Navy/Liz Wolter)

A US Marine F-35 Squadron Will Deploy on a British Aircraft Carrier in 2021

A Marine Corps F-35B squadron will make history by deploying aboard the British Royal Navy's newest carrier.

A U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender refuels an F-35A Lightning II above an undisclosed location on April 30, 2019. The KC-10 and its crew were tasked to support aerial refueling operations for the F-35A's first air interdiction during its inaugural deployment to the U.S. Air Forces Central Command's area of responsibility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chris Drzazgowski)

Air Force's F-35A Makes Combat Debut in Iraq

The operation was meant to thwart a buildup of munitions and forces that could threaten coalition fighters in the area.

Pilots with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 (VMFAT-501) fly the F-35B Lightning II during the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort Air Show, April 27, 2019. (U.S. Marine Corps photo/Bobby J. Yarbrough)

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A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II assigned to the Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, flies over Afghanistan, Sept. 27, 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo/Corey Hook)

F-35s Deployed with Wrong Spare Parts Amid Supply Chain Failures, GAO Finds

spare parts that the U.S. Marine Corps took on deployment were not compatible with its F-35Cs, according to a report.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan speaks with CNN's Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr during the Reagan National Defense Forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., Dec. 2, 2017. (DOD/U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brigitte N. Brantley)

IG Report: Shanahan Called F-35 Program, Not Plane, 'F-----d Up'

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan did not use his position to promote Boeing, the Pentagon's top watchdog said.

Two U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, fly behind a KC-135 Stratotanker from Kadena Air Base, Japan, over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex during RED FLAG-Alaska 13-3 Aug. 14, 2013. (U.S. Air Force/Senior Airman Zachary Perras)

Military Pilots Aren't Getting the Training Needed to Fight, Watchdog Warns

The military's aviation training ranges are leaving pilots operating in the Asia-Pacific ill-prepared, a DoD probe found.

Japan Air-Self Defense Force Maj. Gen. Kenichi Samejima, left, the 3rd Air Wing commander, prepares for a familiarization flight in his F-2 Mitsubishi with U.S. Air Force Col. R. Scott Jobe, right, the 35th Fighter Wing commander, at Misawa Air Base, Japan, on June 22, 2018. Japan is working on a successor to its F-2 aircraft, which is based on the F-16 Fighting Falcon. Airman 1st Class Collette Brooks/Air Force

US Offers Japan Secret Info for Development of F-2's Successor Jet: Report

The U.S. has proposed disclosing some of the top-secret details of its state-of-the-art F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to Japan.

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