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About F-35 Lightning II
F-35 Lighting Military aircraft, photo wallpapers; Megawallpapers.org: The - descended from the X-35 of the F-35 Lightning IIJoint Strike Fighter (JSF) program - is a single-seat, single-engined military strike fighter, a multi-role aircraft that can perform close air support, tactical bombing, and air-to-air combat. Its development is being funded by the United States, the United Kingdom, and other partner governments. It is being designed and built by an aerospace industry team led by Lockheed Martin and major partners BAE Systems and Northrop Grumman. Demonstrator aircraft flew in 2000; a production model first took flight on15 December 2006. The JSF program was created to replace various aircraft while keeping development, production, and operating costs down. This was pursued by building three variants of one aircraft, sharing 80% of their parts:F-35A, a conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) variant slated to replace U.S. Air Force (USAF) F-16 Fighting Falcons, beginning in 2011.F-35B, a short-takeoff and vertical-landing (STOVL) variant slated to replace the U.S. Marine CorpsAV-8 Harrier IIs and F/A-18 Hornets, and Royal Air Force (RAF)/Royal Navy (RN) Harrier GR7/GR9s beginning in 2012.F-35C, a carrier-based variant (CATOBAR) slated to replace U.S. Navy (USN) F/A-18 Hornets (A/B/C/D variants only) beginning in 2012. (USMC)
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