Though Germany will eventually manufacture its own F-35s, the Luftwaffe’s first eight aircraft are being built in Texas.

US defence manufacturer Lockheed Martin has commenced final assembly on the first F-35A Lightning II destined for the German ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: A German Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jet is displayed in a hangar during the launch of the German contingent ...

The Messerschmitt Bf 109 was the backbone of the Luftwaffe from the opening days of World War II to its final battles. Fast, ...

The Future Combat Air System project has stalled because the French and German contractors don’t see eye to eye.

The FCAS program, a flagship joint effort to build a next-generation combat aircraft between France, Germany and Spain, has ...

Chancellor’s comments contradict Emmanuel Macron and hint at probable unravelling of the Future Combat Air System ...

The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, with its many variants, is likely the best-known fifth-generation fighter plane flying today — at least when it comes to Western nations. As of 2026, 1,000 F-35s ...

Germany has set a mid-April deadline to reach an agreement with France on the troubled FCAS fighter programme. Tensions ...

Germany does not need the same new fighter jets as France, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Wednesday, signalling that Berlin could abandon a flagship joint defence project for Europe. "The French need, ...

FILE PHOTO: A German Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jet is displayed in a hangar during the launch of the German contingent’s mission under NATO’s Air Policing operation at the 22nd Tactical ...