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Following the Trump administration’s announcement this month that it would move forward with an F-35 fighter jet sale to Saudi Arabia, Washington may soon face renewed debate over whether Turkey ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 19 (Reuters) - The F-35 fighter jets the U.S. plans to sell Saudi Arabia will be less advanced than those operated by Israel, in line with a U.S. law that guarantees Israel’s military ...

President Donald Trump has announced he will greenlight the sale of advanced F‑35 stealth fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, signaling a major expansion of the U.S.’s global fighter export program. “We’ll ...

Washington — President Trump said Monday the U.S. would sell F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, a day before he's set to meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House. "I will ...

President Donald Trump is expected to reach an agreement with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman that would allow the kingdom to purchase F-35 stealth planes, according to an administration ...

A Pentagon intelligence report says China could try to acquire advanced F-35 technology in Saudi Arabia if the Trump administration sells jets to the kingdom. By Edward Wong and Eric Schmitt Reporting ...

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) hosts Training Air Wing's 1 and 2 for carrier qualifications. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting carrier qualifications in May 2020. -- KC-135R Stratotanker ...

Singapore is set to receive the first of its 20 F-35 fighter aircraft at the end of next year, marking an important step in the modernization of the city-state’s air force, according to the ...

Every F-35 delivered to the U.S. military last year by Lockheed Martin was behind schedule by an average of seven months, a government watchdog found, but contractors kept millions in “incentive fees” ...

The F-35 program is delaying some of its planned Block 4 upgrades as it focuses on delivering capabilities as early as 2031. (A1C Eli Rose/Air Force) The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program is scaling ...