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Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
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Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a family of single-seat, single-engine, fifth generation multirole fighters under development to perform ground attack, reconnaissance, and air defense missions with stealth capability. The F-35 has three main models; the F-35A is a conventional takeoff and landing variant, the F-35B is a short take-off and vertical-landing variant, and the F-35C is a carrier-based variant. The F-35 is descended from the X-35, the product of the Joint Strike Fighter program. JSF development is being principally funded by the United States. The partner nations are either NATO members or close U.S. allies. It is being designed and built by an aerospace industry team led by Lockheed Martin. The F-35 carried out its first flight on 15 December 2006. The United States plans to buy a total of 2,443 aircraft to provide the bulk of its tactical airpower for the U.S. Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy over the coming decades. The United Kingdom, Italy, Netherlands, Australia, Canada, Norway, Denmark, and Turkey are part of the development program; Israel, Singapore and Japan may also equip their air services with the F-35. (via Freebase)
 
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Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II Now 25 Percent More Vulnerable to Lightning, Attacks
DailyTech
— Jan 16 at 05:06 am
...(OT&E), found that shedding a few pounds from Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (also known as Lightning II) has made the aircraft 25 ...
Completion Of The $382 Billion F-35 Fighter Project Is Nowhere In Sight
www.businessinsider.com
— Jan 17 at 07:45 pm
...future of American air combat power, but the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Fighter may as well be called the "flying problem child." Inside ...