Customers have been delivered 700 fighters of the fifth generation F-35 Lightning II of all options, said on Twitter The largest American military industrial corporation Lockheed Martin.
This circumstance is the main contractor of the Pentagon called the stage of critical growth “the most advanced node in the architecture of the XXI century war to contain aggression and victory in a high-tech battle.”
According to the site of the fighter data program, currently “F-35 is operated from 21 bases around the world. More than 1460 pilots and 11025 units of service personnel are trained, and the total F-35 raid exceeded 430 thousand hours.”
The fighter comes in 14 countries of the world. “At the expense of collective investments and the effect of scale, the Global F-35 team reduces the costs throughout the program,” they assure in Lockheed Martin.
in the corporation confirmed that by 2035, more than 450 F-35 Lightning II fighters will be placed in Europe, including 48 F-35A Lightning II aircraft (Air Force) of the United States. In the Indo-Pacific region it is planned to accommodate almost 300 aircraft data.
In September, in the presentation of the American corporation, Lockheed Martin, represented at the 27th International Exhibition MSPO 2021, was described that in the current century it is planned to deploy 13 permanent airbases with F-35 Lightning II. According to the map shown in the appropriate slide, in the UK, the Netherlands, Italy, Norway, Belgium and Poland will be two airbases with such fighters, whereas in Denmark – one. Four of 13 objects have already been commissioned. The deadlines for the start of the full work of the other eight airbases are installed. The final decision on the 13th object (near the Polish city of Sadvedin) has not yet been accepted.
F-35 Lightning II Fighter Fighter Fighters Family F-35 Lightning II has been made since 2001 American Lockheed Martin Military Corporations. The aircraft is made in three versions: A (for Air Force), B (with a shortened take-off and vertical landing) and C (deck).