Teamwork, communication empower F-35 commander [Image 2 of 2]

FORT WORTH, TEXAS, UNITED STATES

11.03.2014

Courtesy Photo

Defense Contract Management Agency

F-35 Fleet Snapshot: As of July 1, the F-35 Lightning II has surpassed 36,000 combined flight hours between F-35 military fleet aircraft and System Development and Demonstration test aircraft. The F-35 Operational Fleet features 112 aircraft (105 U.S. and seven international partner aircraft) and the F-35 Test Fleet features 18 aircraft (six F-35A, seven F-35B, and five F-35C).
Currently, 172 F-35 pilots and 1,810 maintainers from U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom have been qualified through the aircraft’s training system. The F-35 has completed multiple weapons tests as well as F-35B and F-35C first-life durability testing. Additionally, the program has conducted two F-35B developmental test shipboard trials aboard the USS WASP; the Marine Corps conducted its F-35B first operational test aboard USS Wasp in May 2015; and the F-35C will conduct its second developmental test event in late 2015.

• Date Taken: 11.03.2014
• Date Posted: 08.03.2015 08:05
• Photo ID: 2101718
• VIRIN: 110314-D-AB123-002
• Resolution: 3000x2357
• Size: 4.06 MB
• Location: FORT WORTH, TEXAS, US