U.S. CENTCOM confirmed last week that the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group arrived in its area of responsibility ...

The F-35C acted to defend the supercarrier from the drone after it approached the ship while operating far out to sea.

An American F-35C stealth jet has shot down an Iranian drone racing toward a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea, a ...

This video details an incident where a U.S. F-35C engaged and shot down an Iranian drone. The drone was reportedly ...

A Marine F-35C Lighting II fighter shot down an Iranian military drone that approached a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Arabian ...

An Iranian Shahed-139 drone was shot down by a U.S. F-35C as it approached the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea. An Iranian drone was shot down by the U.S. military on Feb. 3, 2026, according to ...

The US military accused Iran of "unnecessary aggression" after shooting down an Iranian drone near the USS Abraham Lincoln in ...

Iran appeared unfazed, claiming the mission was successful and sending another drone to continue surveillance in a show of ...

A US F‑35C Lightning II assigned to the Carrier Air Wing 9 shot down an Iranian Shahed-139 unmanned aerial vehicle as it approached the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN‑72) in the Arabian Sea on Tuesday, ...

The F-35A is the US Air Force’s variant of the Joint Strike Fighter—yet is broadly similar to the Navy’s F-35C, and could be substituted for it during training.

The Navy made aviation history Nov. 3 as an F-35C Lightning II carrier variant Joint Strike Fighter conducted its first arrested landing aboard an aircraft carrier off the coast of San Diego. Navy ...