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[[Image:F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.JPG |thumb|240px|]]
[[Image:F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.JPG|thumb|240px]]
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II (so named in honor of the WWII era Lockheed [[P-38 Lightning]]) is a single seat next generation multi-role strike aircraft with stealth capabilities. It is powered by a single [[Pratt & Whitney]] F135 turbofan engine capable of producing in excess of 40,000 pounds of thrust.
The Lockheed Martin '''F-35 Lightning II''' (so named in honor of the WWII era Lockheed [[P-38 Lightning]]) is a single seat next generation multi-role strike aircraft with stealth capabilities. It is powered by a single [[Pratt & Whitney]] F135 turbofan engine capable of producing in excess of 40,000 pounds of thrust.
The Lightning II evolved from the X-35, the winning design in the [[United States Air Force|USAF]] Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) design competition. The [[Lockheed Martin]] design defeated the [[Boeing]] designed X-32.
The Lightning II evolved from the X-35, the winning design in the [[United States Air Force|USAF]] Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) design competition. The [[Lockheed Martin]] design defeated the [[Boeing]] designed X-32.
The JSF concept involves a single common airframe with multiple variants to fulfill multiple roles. As such, the F-35 has three distinct variants, each engineered for their respective contractors. The F-35A is the conventional take off/landing (CTOL) version primarily intended for the USAF as a replacement for the aging [[F-16]] Falcon. The F-35B is a short take off/vertical landing (STOVL) version intended primarily for the USMC as a replacement for the [[AV-8B Harrier]]. The F-35C is a carrier based variant intended primarily for the USN as a replacement for older model [[F/A-18 Hornet]]s (A/B/C variants) which in turn replaced the venerable Vought [[A-7 Corsair II]] and Grumman [[A-6 Intruder]].
The JSF concept involves a single common airframe with multiple variants to fulfill multiple roles. As such, the F-35 has three distinct variants, each engineered for their respective contractors. The F-35A is the conventional take off/landing (CTOL) version primarily intended for the USAF as a replacement for the aging [[F-16]] Falcon. The F-35B is a short take off/vertical landing (STOVL) version intended primarily for the USMC as a replacement for the [[AV-8B Harrier]]. The F-35C is a carrier based variant intended primarily for the USN as a replacement for older model [[F/A-18 Hornet]]s (A/B/C variants) which in turn replaced the venerable Vought [[A-7 Corsair II]] and Grumman [[A-6 Intruder]].
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[[Category:Aircraft]]