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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.
There are plans for two more squadrons consisting of 16 jets each, for a total of 32 additional F-35s. [440] Romania. Romanian Air Force – Romania signed the contract for 32 F-35A worth $6.5 billion on 21 November 2024. [441] The plan is to buy 48 F-35A aircraft in two phases – first phase of 32 and second phase of 16.
The first operational USAF F-35 on its delivery flight to Eglin Air Force Base in July 2011. Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II procurement is the planned selection and purchase of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, also known as the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) by various countries.
The F-35 Lightning II isn’t keeping up with combat readiness goals—the latest hitch in a long line of problems with the costly plane.
Michael Bohnert, a licensed engineer at the RAND Corporation, said that the F-35 was designed to replace existing fighter jets like the F-117, F-16, and F/A-18 with increased stealth, ISR ...
Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes Fighter aircraft (1,690) ; F-15 Eagle: United States air superiority: F-15C: 145 145 F-15C total force as of September 2023 (USAF Almanac).
Lockheed Martin also stated that there would be an estimated decrease of nearly $60 billion to the operations and support costs. [ 146 ] In December 2015, the FY2017 Selected Acquisition Report had revised the F-35A's cost per flying hour in BY2012 dollars to $29,806, in comparison with the F-16C/D's antecedent of $25,541, also in BY2012 dollars.
The America class (formerly the LHA(R) class) is a ship class of landing helicopter assault (LHA) type amphibious assault ships for the United States Navy (USN). The class is designed to put ashore a Marine Expeditionary Unit using helicopters and MV-22B Osprey V/STOL transport aircraft, supported by AV-8B Harrier II or F-35 Lightning II V/STOL aircraft and various attack helicopters.