| Title | : | The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter - USMC STOVL F-35B - in Instruction, Video and Photographs |
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| Author | : | Jeffrey Frank Jones & U.S. Department of Defense |
| Release | : | 2013-01-08 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | History, Books |
| Size | : | 443330544 |
| Description: The Lightning II Program is a joint, multi-national program among the U.S. Air Force (USAF), U.S. Navy (USN), U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) and eight Cooperative International Partners: the United Kingdom (UK), Italy (IT), the Netherlands (NL), Turkey (TU), Canada (CA), Australia (AS), Denmark (DK), and Norway (NO). The JSF Program's objective is to develop and deploy a three variant family of highly common and affordable strike fighter aircraft to meet the operational needs of today’s and future warfighters. Mission Roles: • USAF -- Multi-role (primary air-to-ground) fighter to replace the F-16, the A-10 and to complement the F/A-22 • USN -- Multi-role strike fighter to complement the F/A-18E/F • USMC -- Multi-role, STOVL strike fighter to replace the AV-8B and the F/A-18C/D • UK -- Future Joint Combat Aircraft multi-role, stealth replacement strike fighter to replace the Sea Harrier FA2 and the Harrier GR7/9 CONTENTS by CHAPTER: 1. Introduction (Specifications and History) 2. Program Slides 3. Marine Corps F-35B Stories 4. F-35B Photographs 5. through 9. F-35B Videos |
