What is the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter?
What is the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter?
The F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter (JSF), is being developed by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company for the US Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps and the UK Royal Navy.
What is the F-35 program?
The F-35 Program is managed by the Pentagon’s F-35 Joint Program Office, the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Navy are all procuring and operating F-35s. The program was founded by 9 international partners — the U.S., United Kingdom, Italy, Netherlands, Turkey, Australia, Norway, Denmark and Canada.
Where are the F-35 Lightning programme pilot training bases?
The F-35 Lightning programme has eight pilot training bases – MCAS Beaufort, RAF Marham, Luke Air Force Base (AFB), Eglin AFB, Misawa Air Base, RAAF Base Williamtown, NAS Lemoore, and Cheongju Air Base.
What is the F-35’s panoramic display system?
The F-35’s panoramic cockpit display system includes two 10in×8in active matrix liquid crystal displays and a display management computer. The F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter (JSF), is being developed by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company for the US Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps and the UK Royal Navy.
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What is the range of a F-35B Lightning II?
Speed: Mach 1.6 (1,200 mph) Range: 900 nm The F-35B Lightning II is the Marine Corps variant of the Joint Strike Fighter and features a vertical lift fan and pivoting engine nozzle to deliver vertical landing and short takeoff capability to expeditionary airfields. The F-35 will replace AV-8B Harrier IIs in the Marine Corps inventory.
Is there a new J-35 variant of the FC-31?
In June 2020, reports surfaced that a third variant of FC-31, albeit a more production-ready version with smoother lines, bigger radome for bigger radar, and a closer alignment of control surfaces for reduce radar signature, has been developed. The “new fighter’ has been referred to by some as J-35.
What kind of engine does a Joint Strike Fighter use?
Propulsion of the Joint Strike Fighter variation aircraft All three variants are powered by the Pratt and Whitney low-bypass augmented turbofan F-135 engine, a derivative of the F119 fitted on the F-22. Each engine is fitted with two BAE Systems full authority digital electronic control (FADEC) systems.
