Air International 2017-11
D.Isby - F-35 Lightning II Starting Worldwide Sustainment /Military/
F-35A Lightning II 12-5091/HL from the 388th Fighter Wing drops an inert 2,000 lb GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munition over the Utah Test and Training Range dur­ing Combat Hammer, Air Combat Command’s air-to-ground Weapon System Evaluation Program.
F-35A Lightning II 14-5106/HL from the 388th Fighter Wing fires an inert AIM-120C-7 missile at the Utah Test and Training Range during Combat Archer, Air Combat Command’s air-to-air Weapon System Evaluation Program.
The Autonomic Logistics Information System is intended to be the same for all users of the F-35. Here a US Air Force and Royal Air Force technician study an ALIS display at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.
A 568th Electronics Maintenance Squadron technician at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, removes a faulty circuit card assembly from a remote input/output unit, which is part of the F-35's communication system.
US Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II BuNo 169028/ VM28 assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 (VMFAT-501) ‘Warlords’ lands on the flight deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) during the ship’s certification exercise in the Atlantic Ocean during August 2017.
F-35C Lightning II BuNo 169163/ NJ 124 of Strike Fighter Squadron 101 (VFA-101) approaches the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) for an arrested landing. During August 2016, VFA-101 aircraft and pilots conducted initial qualifications aboard George Washington in the Atlantic Ocean.
An F-35C Lightning II assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 101 (VFA-101) 'Grim Reapers’ performs a touch-and-go on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) during initial qualifications