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How Exporting F-35 Fighter Jets Strengthens the United States

By selling F-35s to allied nations, America provides them with one of the world’s most effective fighter jets—and an ironclad economic connection to the US defense industry.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has visited Vietnam to reaffirm a partnership focused on addressing the legacies of the ...
The president says he ‘doubts’ the US will go to war with the Caribbean nation, in an interview with ’60 Minutes’ ...
He also had a powerful argument for a replacement: the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The F-35 was ... Russia, too, is fielding its own fifth-generation jet, the Su-57 Felon. We are now, today, facing the ...
Trump holds firm as shutdown drags on; global tensions flare from Gaza to Ukraine. Here’s your Monday Morning Brief rundown, November 3, 2025.
Held under the theme “Empowered by Technology. Driven by Reform”, the exercise aims to validate operational synergy across land, air, sea, and digital domains.