US Navy F-35s



  • 168845
    USNavy F-35C #168845 is photographed with wings clipped upwards at NAS Fort Worth on April 26th, 2014. [Photo by Kevin Bodkins]
  • 168842
    USNavy F-35C #168842 from VFA-101 is spotted on a testflight at NAS Fort Worth on April 16th, 2014. [Photo by Keith Snyder]
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    USN F-35C 168846, VFA-101, NJ-110, test flight at NAS Ft. Worth on July 25, 2014. [Photo by Keith Snyder]
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    USN F-35C 168847, VFRA-101, NJ-111, test flight at NAs Ft. Worth on July 25, 2014. [Photo by Keith Snyder]
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    USN F-35C #168844 touching down on the runway at NAS Fort Worth. [Photo by Bryan Stevens]
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    USN F-35C 168843 NJ-105 at Fort Worth, Texas in 2014. [Photo by Bryan Stevens]
  • 168847
    USN F-35C #168847 destined for VFA-101 is spotted on a test flight at NAS Fort Worth on July 25th, 2014. [Photo by Keith Snyder]
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    USN F-35C #168846 destined for VFA-101 on a test flight at NAS Fort Worth on July 25th, 2014. [Photo by Keith Snyder]
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    A U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the Dust Devils of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 31 at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, Calif., conducts an interoperability test event with a Navy F-35C over the Edwards AFB test range with the Mojave Desert below on Aug. 28, 2014. The two aircraft engaged in a series of electronic exchanges to ensure that communications and sensor information could be passed effectively between platforms. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin by Matt Short)
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    USN F-35C #168847 on an unrestricted climb departure from NAS Fort Worth on a test flight on August 22nd, 2014. [Photo by Keith Snyder]
  • CF-05
    F-35C Lightning II CF-05 conducts its first arrested landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) on November 3, 2014. Nimitz is underway conducting routine training exercises. [USN photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kelly M. Agee]
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    F-35C Lightning II CF-05 conducts its first arrested landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) on November 3, 2014. Nimitz is underway conducting routine training exercises. [USN photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kelly M. Agee]
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    F-35C Lightning II CF-05 conducts approaches the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) for an arrested landing on November 3, 2014. Two joint strike fighters are conducting a series of test aboard Nimitz. [USN photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin by Andy Wolfe]
  • CF-03
    F-35C Lightning II CF-03 carrier variant JSF conducts approaches the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) for an arrested landing on November 3, 2014. Two joint strike fighters are conducting initial at-sea developmental testing expected to last two weeks. [USN photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin by Andy Wolfe]
  • CF-07
    USN F-35C Lightning II CF-07 piloted by Lt. Cmdr. Chris Tabert, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron VFA-101, flies the squadron's first local sortie on August 14, 2013 at Eglin AFB, Florida. The F-35C is the carrier variant of the Joint Strike Fighter. VFA-101, based at Eglin Air Force Base, serves as the F-35C Fleet Replacement Squadron, training both aircrew and maintenance personnel to fly and repair the F-35C. [USAF photo by Samuel King Jr.]