Two RAF F-35B jets have been stranded at Lajes Airport in the Azores for two months after mechanical faults on their maiden flight from Lockheed Martin's factory in Texas. The £88m jets remain Lockheed Martin's property until repaired. It's the latest in a string of F-35 reliability problems for the RAF. Another jet was stuck in India for a month last year, one crashed into the Mediterranean in 2021, and a 2025 audit found the fleet could only perform a third of required missions. Source: The Telegraph