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Lockheed-Martin/Mitsubishi F-35A Lightning II 99-8716, of 302nd TFS, 7th Air Wing, Japan Air Self-Defense Force, based at Hyakuri Air Base, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, 2020.
Lockheed-Martin F-35A Lightning II 09-8721, of 301st TFS, 7th Air Wing, Japan Air Self-Defense Force, based at Hyakuri Air Base, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, 2020.
Lockheed-Martin F-35A Lightning II A35-029, ’29’, of 75 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, based at RAAF Base Tindal, Australia, 2020.
Lockheed-Martin F-35A Lightning II A35-002, ’02’, of 2 OCU, Royal Australian Air Force, based at RAAF Base Williamtown, New South Wales, Australia, 2018.
Lockheed-Martin F-35A Lightning II A35-003, ’03’, of 3 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, based at RAAF Base Williamtown, New South Wales, Australia, 2019.
Lockheed-Martin F-35A Lightning II A35-035, ’35’, of 77 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, based at RAAF Base, Tindal, Australia, 2019.
Lockheed-Martin F-35A Lightning II 19-5530, ‘L-001’, of Royal Danish Air Force, flown from the Lockheed-Martin factory, NAS Fort Worth, Texas USA, 8 March, 2020.
Lockheed-Martin F-35A Lightning II 5146, of Royal Norweigan Air Force, flown from the Lockheed-Martin factory, NAS Fort Worth, Texas USA, November, 2020.
Lockheed-Martin F-35A Lightning II 5087, of Royal Norweigan Air Force, test flown from Luke AFB, Arizona, USA, 2015.
Lockheed-Martin F-35B Lightning II M.M 7451, ‘4-01’, of Italian Navy, based at MCAS Beaufort, South Carolina, USA, June, 2021.
Lockheed-Martin F-35B Lightning II M.M 7453, ’32-14′, of Italian Navy, taking part in an Expeditionary Event on Pantelleria Island, Sicily, June, 2021.
Lockheed-Martin, F-35A Lightning II MM7336/’32-05′, of 32° Stormo “Armando Boetto”, 13° Gruppo, Italian Air Force, Based at Amendola Air Base, Italy, 2017.
Lockheed F-35B Lightning II, ‘BF-04’, of F-35 Initial Ship Trials/ F-35 First Of Class Flight Trials operating aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth. October, 2018.
Lockheed-Martin, F-35A Lightning II, ‘F-001’/’OT’ of Royal Netherlands Air Force, based at Leeuwarden Air Base, Netherlands, 2018.
Lockheed-Martin, F-35A Lightning II, ‘F-001’ of Royal Netherlands Air Force, based at Leeuwarden Air Base, Netherlands, 10 June, 2016.
Lockheed-Martin, F-35A Lightning II, ‘F-007’ of Royal Netherlands Air Force, based at Leeuwarden Air Base, Netherlands, 2018.
Lockheed-Martin, F-35I Adir, ‘907/5153F’ of 116 ‘Southern Lions’ Squadron, Israeli Air Force, based at Nevatim Air Base, Israel, 2016.
Lockheed-Martin, F-35A Lightning II, ‘18001’ of Republic of Korea Air Force, on trials at Luke AFB, Arizona, USA, 2018.
Lockheed-Martin, F-35I Adir, ‘924’ of 5061 ‘Manat’ Squadron, Israeli Air Force Flight Testing Center, based at Tel-Nof Air Base, Israel, November, 2020.
Lockheed-Martin, F-35A Lightning II, ’18-0003′ of Turkish Air Force, on trials at Luke AFB, Arizona, USA, 2018.
Lockheed F-35B Lightning II, ZM151/’017′, of 617 Squadron, Royal Navy Lightning Force operating aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth. October, 2019.
Il Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, o Joint Strike Fighter-F35, è un caccia multiruolo monoposto di 5ª generazione, a singolo propulsore, con ala trapezoidale e caratteristiche stealth. Le sue capacità multiruolo lo rendono utilizzabile per compiti di supporto aereo ravvicinato, bombardamento tattico e missioni di supremazia aerea.
L’aereo viene anche definito in ambito militare come omni-ruolo data la capacità di svolgere contemporaneamente, senza tornare alle base per modificare il suo assetto, differenti attività operative.
Battendo il Boeing X-32, è diventato il vincitore della gara per il programma JSF (Joint Strike Fighter) per la ricerca di un aereo che potesse sostituire diversi modelli dell’USAF, dell’US Navy e dei USMC (Marines). Inizialmente era previsto che circa l’80% delle parti fosse in comune fra le diverse versioni, ma poi, con l’evolversi del progetto, non si è potuto raggiungere più del 25/27%, sebbene l’elettronica di bordo e una parte del software saranno molto simili tra loro.
Esistono tre versioni dell’F-35: una variante a decollo e atterraggio convenzionale (F-35A – Conventional Take Off and Landing), una variante a decollo corto e atterraggio verticale, per poter operare da portaerei di dimensioni ridotte come la portaerei italiana Cavour (F-35B Short Take Off And Vertical Landing), e una variante per l’uso su portaerei convenzionali dotate di catapulte (F-35C – Catapult Assisted Take Off But Arrested Recovery).