The F-35A’s advanced sensor package gathers and distributes more information than any fighter in history, giving operators a decisive advantage over all adversaries. Its tremendous processing ...

Its armament includes a five-barrel GAU-22/A cannon with a 25 mm caliber. Additionally, the F-35A can carry external armaments such as AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles or aircraft bombs. The F-35A also ...

Because of the Lift Fan, the STOVL variant has smaller internal weapon bay and less internal fuel capacity than the F-35A. It uses the probe and drogue method of aerial refueling. The F-35's low ...

Coming in three variants, there is the F-35A with a cannon, the short takeoff/vertical landing F-35B, and carrier-based F-35C. A number of US allies and partners operate variants of the jet.

With the March 4 arrival of F-35A Lightning II craft in Jacksonville, Fla., the wing will have more power to serve its mission of guarding the southeastern coast, the release said, noting that the ...

and entailed twice-daily takeoffs of F-22 Raptors and F-35A Lightening IIs, followed by F-16 Fighting Falcons, which took on the notional role as adversaries during each training mission.

For example, the F-35A fighter jet can be marked as mission capable only when it can successfully perform at least one of the roles its designed for, such as air superiority, electronic warfare ...