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RAAF F-35A Lightning II at Nellis Air Force Base for Red Flag 23
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During Exercise High Sierra, Australian Air Force personnel and aircraft were deployed to RAAF Base Townsville. The exercise is the final phase of the F-35A Lightning II operation conversion course that aims to graduate the newest generation of fast-jet pilots for the Air Forces 81 Wing.
The culminating course involves taking off and conducting air-to-air refuelling, fighting their way down the airspace, neutralising the enemy aircraft while also avoiding or killing surface-to-air threats.
The exercise is also an excellent opportunity to expose junior aircrew, ground and support personnel to deployed operations, as well as meeting operational conversion requirements and positional upgrades.
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Maj. Kristin “BEO” Wolfe demonstrates the capabilities of the F-35A Lighting II, a single seat, single engine, all-weather stealth multirole fighter aircraft, during a practice flight with the F-35 Demonstration Team at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Dec. 13, 2023
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Marines with 3d Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, Marine Air Control Group 38, 3d Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), sight in on a simulated FIM-92 Stinger surface-to-air missile while on a Forward Arming and Refueling Point at U.S. Army Yuma Proving Grounds, Yuma, Arizona, May 23, 2022. The weapons configuration of F-35B Lightning II with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 225, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 13, 3rd MAW consists of six inert guided bombs, four mounted onto the wings and two loaded into the weapons bay, as well as an Air Intercept Missile 9X. 25 May 2022
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USMC F-35B armed with a GPU-9/A gun pod flying over Somalia (January 5, 2021). The pod contains a four-barrel 25mm GAU-22/A Gatling-type cannon, along with 220 rounds of ammunition. That's enough ammo for a "four second" sustained burst.
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"Shooter" on USS America (LHA 6) gives the signal for F-35B take-off
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F-35C (CF-02) Lightning II attached to the F-35 Pax River Integrated Test Force (ITF) assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 completes a flyover of the guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000).
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Aussie F-35As on the tarmac at Nellis AFB. Australia has committed to 72 F-35A, the first of which entered RAAF service in 2018
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F-35A Lightning II from 2 OCU very early departure RAAF Base Williamtown. Nov 2023
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