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*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 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]].
In August 2023 it was reported that the [[Belgian]] Ministry of Defense officially refused to accept deliveries of its first batches of F-35a stealth Fighters which it ordered in 2018. The aircraft still continues to be produced in a technically defective version and requires many improvements for its key components.<ref>https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/belgium-refuses-technically-unsatisfactory-f35s</ref>
In August 2023 it was reported that the [[Belgian]] Ministry of Defense officially refused to accept deliveries of its first batches of F-35A stealth Fighters which it ordered in 2018. The aircraft still continues to be produced in a technically defective version and requires many improvements for its key components.<ref>https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/belgium-refuses-technically-unsatisfactory-f35s</ref>
In January 2024 the [[Biden regime]] announced that it was upgrading parts of the RAF Airbase at Lakenheath, Surrey, in the [[UK]], where a special squadron, the 48th Security Force, of F-35s will be capable of carrying the nuclear capable [[B-61]] gravity bomb.<ref>[https://cnduk.org/resources/raf-lakenheath-us-nuclear-weapons-return-to-britain/ RAF Lakenheath: US nuclear weapons return to Britain].</ref>
In January 2024 the [[Biden regime]] announced that it was upgrading parts of the RAF Airbase at Lakenheath, Surrey, in the [[UK]], where a special squadron, the 48th Security Force, of F-35s will be capable of carrying the nuclear capable [[B-61]] gravity bomb.<ref>[https://cnduk.org/resources/raf-lakenheath-us-nuclear-weapons-return-to-britain/ RAF Lakenheath: US nuclear weapons return to Britain].</ref>