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The F-35 was the product of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program, which was the merger of various combat aircraft programs from the 1980s and 1990s. One progenitor program was the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Advanced Short Take-Off/Vertical Landing (ASTOVL) which ran from 1983 to 1994; ASTOVL aimed to develop a Harrier jump jet replacement for the U.S. Marine Corps ...
33rd FTS, F-35 Training: Image title: An U.S. Air Force pilot waits in the cockpit of an F-35 Lightning II during a hot refuel on Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Dec. 12, 2013. The F-35 is a single seat, fifth generation, multi-role fighter in development to perform ground-attack, reconnaissance and air defense missions.
Block 2A software enhanced simulated weapons, data link capabilities, and early fused sensor integration. Block 2B software enables the F-35 to provide basic close air support with certain JDAMs and the 500 lb GBU-12 Paveway II, as well as fire the AIM-120 AMRAAM. The Air Force is to declare the F-35 initially operational with Block 3i software.
A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II in flight. Operations of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II family began in 1995 with the Joint Strike Fighter program.Since its first flight in 2006, the aircraft has faced substantial controversy, shortages in its research and development supply, [1] and safety concerns due to incidents. [2]
Original – An F-35C Lightning II, marked CF-01, conducts a test flight over Chesapeake Bay in February 2011 Reason High quality, details clear, high EV. FP on Commons and two other Wikipedia language versions. Articles in which this image appears Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II + 26 other articles FP category for this image
A US Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II. Missing: one F-35 fighter jet. The U.S. military is looking for an F-35 that kept flying after its pilot ejected over South Carolina on Sunday.
(Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images) A post shared on social media purportedly shows a video of a downed drone on the interstate. Verdict: False. The video is from a Dec. 12 plane crash.
The aircraft was modified in order to provide an economic means of developing and flight testing the avionics suite for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II. [1] CATBird has a distinctive appearance, with an F-35's nose and a pair of small canards located just aft of the forward entrance doors. Inside, the aircraft is equipped with racks to ...