To add more incremental costs to the F-35B aircraft, the Marine Corps is having to invest in portable lighting rods to help protect the aircraft while it is parked on the tarmac. (Dane Wiedmann/Marine ...
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter may be named the “Lightning II” in homage to two of Lockheed Martin’s World War II-era aircraft, but it turns out at least one variant can’t actually handle the lightning ...