After 45 years of operations, the 18th Wing conducted its last F-15C Eagle sortie, which also represents the type's last U.S.

Japan’s defense spending ... will further fortify the military with F-35 stealth combat jets and other American weapons as Japanese Self-Defense Forces increasingly work with allies and take ...

Some are even considering alternatives to the F-35, the most expensive defence programme in history ... while many of their air forces are already operating the aircraft.” At the heart of growing ...

The head of capability for the Royal Australian Air Force says ... Pentagon’s F-35 Joint Procurement Office (JPO) issued just before the start of Avalon on 18 March. Several defence officials ...

LISBON — A senior Portuguese Air Force official ... Breaking Defense accepted travel and accommodations from the manufacturer for the trip.) Nogueira added that the F-35 assessment is required ...

After both aircraft received onboard warning indicators on Tuesday, an MV-2B Osprey and an F-35B Lightning II separately ...

Some allies are rethinking the F-35 as a new contract decision upends Lockheed's longtime dominance in stealth fighter ...

TOKYO -- The Japanese government established a new joint operations command Monday to oversee the three branches of the Japan ... Self-Defense Force, the Maritime Self-Defense Force and the Air ...

Japan on Monday launched a new command for the Self-Defense Forces to better integrate its ground, maritime and air defenses, in a major revamp aimed at ensuring smoother coordination with the U.S.

The air force ... a defence strategy based on the new realities of changes in the U.S. Former defence procurement chief Alan Williams and various defence analysts have warned that the F-35 ...