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The F-35C is a fifth-generation strike fighter that was originally planned to replace the F/A-18C Hornet, but expiring F/A-18C service life and delays in F-35C procurement forced the Navy to increase its buy of F/A-18E and F Super Hornets to replace F/A-18C Hornets while awaiting the arrival of the F-35C.
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a family of stealth multirole fighters that first entered service with the United States in 2015. The aircraft has been ordered by program partner nations, including the United Kingdom, Italy, Norway, and Australia, and also through the Department of Defense's Foreign Military Sales program, including Japan, South Korea, and Israel.
Currently, the only aircraft the US Navy flies that classifies as a 5th generation fighter is the F-35C Lightning II. The wing trains the pilots in its squadrons for Electronic attack and Strike fighter missions. JSFW is in charge of operating F-35C Fleet Replacement Squadrons. The only F-35C FRS is currently VFA-125 based at NAS Lemoore.
The first deployment of an F-35C squadron was in 2021. 2021 was also the year of the last deployment of an F/A-18C Hornet squadron (VMFA-323). [22] The typical mix is one F/A-18F (two-seat) Super Hornet squadron (though some air wings have two F/A-18F squadrons), and three single-seat F/A-18E Super Hornet squadrons.
The US Navy's main airfields are designated as Naval Air Stations or Naval Air Facilities, with Naval Outlying Landing Fields (NOLF) and Naval Auxiliary Landing Fields (NALF) having a support role. Some airfields are parented by a larger naval installation or are part of a Joint Base operated jointly with another part of the US military .
Naval Air Station Lemoore or NAS Lemoore (IATA: NLC, ICAO: KNLC, FAA LID: NLC) is a United States Navy base, located in Kings County and Fresno County, California, United States. Lemoore Station, a census-designated place, is located inside the base's borders. [2] NAS Lemoore is the Navy's newest and largest master jet base.
Strike Fighter Squadron 125 (VFA-125), also known as the "Rough Raiders", is a United States Navy strike fighter squadron based at Naval Air Station Lemoore, California. The "Rough Raiders" are a Fleet Replacement Squadron flying the F-35C Lightning II .
Strike Fighter Squadron 147 (VFA-147), also known as the "Argonauts," is a United States Navy strike fighter squadron based at MCAS Iwaukuni, Japan. [1] VFA-147 was established on 1 February 1967 and flies the F-35C Lightning II, as the first non-training F-35C squadron in the U.S. Navy and the first forward-deployed F-35C squadron as a member of CVW-5.