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The F-35 Lightning II’s systems define what A 5th generation fighter is. Featuring a diminutive RCS, spectacular targeting capability in multiple spectrum projected directly onto the pilots visor, and an unparalleled data collection capacity, it revolutionizes fighter warfare. Unofficially known as Panther and BaTTLE pENGUIN, f-35’S ARE CURRENTLY FILLINIG SQUADRONS IN THE usaf, usn, usmc AS WELL AS THE MILITARIES OF 12 OTHER NATIONS.
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The Rough Raiders have existed in several forms since their creation shortly after World War II. During those transitions, they have flown TBM Avengers, AM Maulers, AD Skyraiders, F9F Cougars, A4F/A-4 Skyhawks, A-7 Corsairs. In their most modern form, they have been the “West Coast” Navy’s F/A-18 and F-35C Fleet Replacement Squadron (FRS) based at California’s NAS Lemoore.
NJ 412 is depicted as she appeared in 2017 ready for a training sortie with a clean configuration and her wings folded.
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Hill AFB’s 34 FS “Rude Rams” traded their F-16’s for F-35A’s and became the first combat ready F-35 squadron on 2 August 2016. 5091 is shown in a “Day 1” low RCS configuration with no external stores.
She carries a GBU-31 JDAM and four GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs internally in addition to a pair of AIM-120D’s to contend with any Air-to-Air opponents.
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VMFA 121’s “Green Knights” gave up their F/A-18D’s for F-35B’s in 2012 and became the USMC’s first forward deployed Lightning II squadron in 2017 when they transferred to MCAS Iwakuni Japan.
Side number 01 is shown ready for a air-to-surface sortie in a permissive environment… fitted with her Luneberg reflectors. She carries a pair of GBU-31(v)2/B Mk 84 based JDAM’s and a pair of AIM-120C’s internally, and externally a pair of AIM-9X missiles, 4 x GBU-49(V)3/B enhanced Paveway laser guided bombs, and a GAU-22 gun pod on her centerline.
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Luke AFB’s 63 Fighter Squadron “Panthers” are one of the USAF’s F-35 training squadrons. The Panther’s previously performed the same mission in the F-4 and F-16 communities.
5120, the squadron jet, is shown ready for a air-to-air training sortie with external missile pylons and rails and a single captive carry AIM-9X training round.
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No. 617 Squadron’s “Dambusters” nickname harkens to the WW2 task they were clandestinely formed to undertake… destroying Nazi hydroelectric power. They have flown Lancasters, Lincolns, Canberras, Vulcans, and Tornados. Today, the fly Lightning’s out of RAF Marham as the RAF’s first 5th generation fighter squadron.
ZM143 is depicted ready for a training sortie carrying only a pair of missile rails and a captive carry ASRAAM training round.
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The Netherlands’s Koninklihke Luchtmacht 323 Test and Evaluation Squadron “Diana” is the KLu’s lead F-35 squadron as it was when the nation transitioned to the F-16. The squadron’s Operational Test and Evaluation work was based out of Edwards AFB in California.
The KLu’s F-35A, F-001, was delivered 2013 to begin her work; she is depicted ready for a test sortie carrying under wing missile rails and a single CATM-9X.
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The Fuujin’s of Hill AFB’s 4th Fighter Squadron flew F-16’s for 37 years before converting to the F-35 in 2017 with 15-5133 the first jet assigned to the squadron.
She is depicted in a “Day 3” interdiction configuration, also nicknamed “Beast Mode,” after the “red” air defenses have been rolled back and stealth is no longer the priority. Fitted with external pylons, 5133 carries 4 x GBU-49’s externally in addition to the 2 x GBU-31 in the weapon bay, and 2 x AIM-9X’s on the outboard in addition to the 2 x AIM-120’s on the Weapon Bay Doors.
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The Salty Dogs of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 23 are the US Navy’s premier flight test squadron. Based at NAS Patuxent River, the fly all current fixed and rotary wing aircraft operating by the Navy and Marines.
F-35B-05 has spent her career with the Salty Dogs working on the Lightning II’s flight envelope, systems evaluations, and weapons testing. She is shown here with high speed index markings on her fuselage and high visibility orange munitions to do drop testing for the GBU-12 loaded on station 2. The AIM-9X and GBU-31 are captive carry and present to validate the LGB’s separation characteristics in the presence of those stores.
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The IDF’s 116 Squadron “Lions of the South” became Israel’s second Adir squadron in 2020 when they were reestablished having shut down F-16A Netz operations in 2015.
Unique among F-35’s, the Adir integrates indigenous Israeli data link and EW hardware and software and are receiving certification to carry Python 5 IR missiles and Rafael Spice weapons in their internal weapons bay.
930 is shown in a minimum radar cross section configuration with internal only weapons carriage and no Luneberg reflectors. She is armed with a pair of GBU-31 JDAM 2000 lbs. munitions and a pair of AIM-120 missiles for self-protection.
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The Vermont Air National Guard's Green Mountain Boys 158th FW became the first ANG operators of the F-35 when they traded their F-16's for Panthers in late 2021. The jets are assigned to the 134 FS Yellow Scorpions and tasked with SEAD (Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses) and operate from Burlington Air National Guard Base.
17-5266 is the squadron's first Lightning II which arrived 19 September 2019 and is shown ready for a training sortie configured with a pair of empty LAU-151's.
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The second operational carrier capable F-35C squadron, and the Marine’s first F-35C squadron, the Black Knights of VMFA-314 traded their Legacy Hornet’s for Lightning II’s in 2020… declaring IOC in December. The first jet they received was BuNo169601.
Marked as CV 401, she is shown in “Beast Mode,” with a pair of AM-9X IR missiles and two pairs of GBU-12 500 lb. laser guided bombs under her wings and a pair of AIM-120C active radar missiles and pair of GBU-31 2000 lb JDAM bombs in her internal weapons bay.
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VX-23 “Salty Dogs” provide operational testing of fixed with fighter, trainer, and unmanned aircraft while operating out of NAS Patuxnet River. Formed in 1995, the USN’s Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 23 “rings out” the operational side of these aircraft by testing everything from software to weapons seperation,
CF-05, the fifth preproduction aircraft of the USN’s carrier based version of the Lightning II, is shown ready for operations aboard USS Eisenhower carrying only a pair of CATM-120 missiles.
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The Royal Australian Air Force’s No 3 Squadron traces its history from all the way back to WWI up to Middle Eastern combat operations against ISIL. In 2017, they closed down their F/A-18 operations and stood up as Down Under’s first F-35 Squadron. Initially based in the US at Luke AFB for the transition, they have relocated to RAAF Base Williamstown.
A35-009 is shown ready for a permissive environment Air-to-Ground mission carrying a pair of GBU-31’s, a pair of GBU-12’s, and a pair of AIM-9X’s externally and an additional pair of GBU-12’s and a pair of AIM-120’s in her internal weapons bay
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In 2023, Alabama ANG's renowned "Red Tails" retired their F-16C and began receiveing F-35A's. The transition will take about three years after which they will be mission ready with the world's premire multirole fighter airplane.
18-5420 is show carrying the Wing's Heritage red tail, continuing the tradition started in WWII by the original Tuskegee Airmen. She is loaded in a "Day 1" configuration with no external stores for the smallest radar signature possible. Internally, she carries a single GBU-31 JDAM 2000 lbs bomb, four GBU-39 SDB's and a pair of AIM-120C active radar missiles for self protection.
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Attack Squadron One Four Seven was formed as the Navy’s first A-7 squadron in 1967. In 1989, the Argonauts converted to the F/A-18C and then the F/A-18E before becoming the Navy’s first operational F-35C squadron as Strike Fighter Squadron One Four Seven in 2018. They embarked on USS Carl Vinson in August 2021.
NE 406 is show ready for a shore based workup AIM-9X live fire sortie, She carries a pair of CATM-120’s internally and a full up AIM-9X live round on her outboard port missile rail station. Her tail hook is down with - the hook point must be inspected anytime it touches anything but a carrier flight deck - a sheet of metal preventing it from contacting the flight ramp.
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