Military Aircraft

The F-35C Lightning II aircraft, now in the final testing phase, is meant to give the U.S. added punch in any fight....

Sanford "Sandy" McDonnell, the former chief executive of aerospace giant McDonnell Douglas Corp. who in the 1970s helped turn around the company started by his uncle, died Monday. He was 89. His death was announced by Boeing Co., which acquired McDonnell...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- The U.S. Navy will be begin cutting compensation checks as early as Monday to victims of last week's fiery crash of a fighter jet into apartment buildings in Virginia Beach, Virginia. "We are committed to doing the right thing to...

Lockheed Martin's largest union is hitting the picket lines at 12:01am Monday. The machinists local 776 voted overwhelmingly to strike. Sunday afternoon,  96% of IAM 776 voted to strike. The workers' contract expires at midnight, and the two sides...

LONG BEACH, Calif. (KTLA) -- Fighter jets intercepted a plane that strayed into President Obama's airspace over Los Angeles, leading to a marijuana bust. The single-engine aircraft violated the temporary flight restriction around LAX as Obama was...

Lockheed Martin, manufacturer of the new F-35 Lightning II already has more than 3,000 orders for the fighter aircraft. The aircraft is set to replace current Air Force, Navy, and Mrine Corps attack aircraft which on average are 22 years old. The goal...

Common as these flyovers are, I never understood their appropriateness, especially for an event as pacified as the Rose Parade, where the main attractions are giant, animated floral arrangements and marching bands....

After 30 years of setbacks, France appears to have found a foreign buyer for its Rafale fighter planes. India is in exclusive negotiations with Paris to purchase 126 of the multipurpose aircraft for $11 billion, officials said Tuesday....

Belgian and Dutch victims of a fatal bus crash in Switzerland that killed 22 schoolchildren and six adults returned home Friday in coffins borne by military aircraft....