The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter - Air Force CTOL F-35A JSF - in Instruction, Video and Photographs

Description: 


The Lightning II Program is a joint, multi-national program among the U.S. Air Force (USAF), U.S. Navy (USN), U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) and eight Cooperative International Partners: the United Kingdom (UK), Italy (IT), the Netherlands (NL), Turkey (TU), Canada (CA), Australia (AS), Denmark (DK), and Norway (NO). The JSF Program's objective is to develop and deploy a three variant family of highly common and affordable strike fighter aircraft to meet the operational needs of today’s and future warfighters.


Mission Roles:

• USAF -- Multi-role (primary air-to-ground) fighter to replace the F-16, the A-10 and to complement the F/A-22

• USN -- Multi-role strike fighter to complement the F/A-18E/F

• USMC -- Multi-role, STOVL strike fighter to replace the AV-8B and the F/A-18C/D

• UK -- Future Joint Combat Aircraft multi-role, stealth replacement strike fighter to replace the Sea Harrier FA2 and the Harrier GR7/9


CONTENTS by CHAPTER:


1.  Introduction (Specifications and History)


2.  Program Slides


3.  F-35A Photographs


4.  through 11. F-35A Videos