F-35 In Service
Language: English
Published by Pen and Sword Books Ltd, GB, 2025
- Hardcover
- New
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The origins of the F-35 and the amazing challenges the industry had to be overcome goback to a still-secret NATO study that evaluated the vulnerability of air force bases in theWest.This spurred development for Short Take off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) fighter aircraft.Only two aircraft with this capability actually entered service, the British Harrier and theRussian Yak-38. However, these aircraft lacked supersonic capability which made themvulnerable to faster fighters. So a programme was initiated for a supersonic STOVL fighter- but the trail of unsuccessful efforts was long. NASA, as well as the Defence Evaluationand Research Agency and private industry, studied advanced STOVL propulsion ideas butwithout tangible result. It was only when the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency,at the request of the Marine Corps, issued study contracts for a supersonic STOVL fighterto American industry that real progress began to be made.It was Lockheed Martin that came up finally came up with a design that resulted in theremarkable F-35, also known as the Joint Strike Fighter. In this book, Gerard Keijsperexplores the long and difficult journey that customers led to buying the Lockheed Martin F35. Gerard reveals the story of the F-35 in service.First flown on 15 December 2006, the F-35 achieved Initial Operational Capability with theUS Marine Corps in July 2015, being followed soon after, in August 2016, by the USAF. TheUS Navy, meanwhile, reached this milestone in February 2019. Other nations that havesince purchased the F-35 include the United Kingdom, for both the RAF and the RoyalNavy, Israel, under which service the type undertook its first combat mission in 2018,Australia, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, Japan, South Korea and Italy. Severalcountries have signed up and are awaiting deliveries such as Belgium, Finland, Germany,Poland, Switzerland and Singapore. There is a long list of potential customers.This, then, is a fascinating and highly illustrated study of the F-35 in service which, inLockheed Martin's own words, is the most lethal, survivable, and connected fighter jet inthe world.…
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- Title
- F-35 In Service
- Author
- Gerard Keijsper
- Publisher
- Pen and Sword Books Ltd, GB
- Publication year
- 2025
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Hardback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1399083538
- ISBN 13
- 9781399083539
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