Hobby Master HA4431 USAF Lockheed-Martin F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter - 11-5021, 65th Aggressor Squadron "Aggressors", Nellis AFB, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 2022 [Aggressor Scheme] (1:72 Scale)
"The F-35 program executive officer, has stated that the 'F-35 enjoys a significant Combat Loss Exchange Ratio advantage over the current and future air-to-air threats, to include Sukhois, which are currently being flown by the Russian, Indian, and Chinese Air Forces.'"
- Maj Gen Charles R. Davis, USAF, the F-35 program executive officer
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a fifth-generation, single-seat, single-engine, stealth-capable military strike fighter, a multirole aircraft that can perform close air support, tactical bombing, and air superiority fighter missions. The F-35 has three different models; one is the conventional takeoff and landing variant, the second is short takeoff and vertical-landing variant, and the third is a carrier-based variant.
The F-35 is descended from the X-35, the product of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. Its development is being principally funded by the United States, with the United Kingdom, and other partner governments providing additional funding. It is being designed and built by an aerospace industry team led by Lockheed Martin with Northrop Grumman and BAE Systems as major partners. Demonstrator aircraft flew in 2000, with the first flight on December 15th, 2006.
The F-35A is the conventional take-off and landing (CTOL) variant intended for the USAF and other air forces. It is the smallest, lightest version and capable of 9 g, the highest of all variants.
Although the F-35A currently conducts aerial refueling via boom and receptacle method, the aircraft can be modified for probe-and-drogue refueling if needed by the customer. A drag chute pod can be installed on the F-35A, with the Royal Norwegian Air Force being the first operator to adopt it.
Pictured here is a 1:72 scale replica of a USAF Lockheed-Martin F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter that was attached to the 65th Aggressor Squadron "Aggressors", then deployed to Nellis AFB, Las Vegas, Nevada, during June 2022.
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Dimensions:
Wingspan: 5-3/4-inches
Length: 8-1/2-inches
Release Date: August 2023
Historical Account: "Aggressive Tendencies" - The 65th Aggressor Squadron is a U.S. Air Force fighter squadron assigned to the 57th Wing and tasked with providing adversary training. The 65th AGRS is based at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.
Originally formed in 1969, the 65th Aggressor Squadron began flying the F-5E Tiger II in 1975. They provided aggressor training to US Air Force fighter crews participating in Red Flag and other exercises at the extensive Nellis Air Force Range. The 65th AGRS flew its last aggressor mission on April 7th, 1989, before being deactivated. Re-activated on September 15th, 2005, as a component of the 57th Adversary Tactics Group, the 65th AGRS is assigned 24 F-15 aircraft, painted in camouflage schemes identical to those observed on Russian-manufactured Su-27 Flanker fighters and operates in conjunction with the 64th Aggressor Squadron, which performs a similar task using F-16s.
On July 30th, 2008, one pilot was killed and another injured when their F-15 crashed into the ground during a training mission.
General characteristics Crew: 1 - Length: 51.4 ft (15.67 m)
- Wingspan: 35 ft (10.7 m)
- Height: 14.2 ft (4.33 m)
- Wing area: 460 ft (42.7 m)
- Empty weight: 29,300 lb (13,300 kg)
- Loaded weight: 44,400 lb (20,100 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 70,000 lb (31,800 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 Pratt & Whitney F135 afterburning turbofan
- Dry thrust: 28,000 lbf (125 kN)
- Thrust with afterburner: 43,000 lbf[256] (191 kN)
- Internal fuel: 18,480 lb (8,382 kg)
- Performance
Maximum speed: Mach 1.67 (1,283 mph, 2,065 km/h) - Range: 1,200 nmi (2,220 km) on internal fuel
- Combat radius: 610 nmi (1,110 km) on internal fuel
- Service ceiling: 60,000 ft (18,288 m)
- Rate of climb: classified (not publicly available)
- Wing loading: 91.4 lb/ft² (446 kg/m²)
- Thrust/weight:
With full fuel: 0.84; - With 50% fuel: 1.04 B:
- g-Limits: 9 g
- Armament
Guns: 1 GAU-22/A 25 mm (0.984 in) cannon internally with 180 rounds - Hardpoints: 6 external pylons on wings with a capacity of 15,000 lb (6,800 kg) and 2 internal bays with 2 pylons each[60] for a total weapons payload of 18,000 lb (8,100 kg) and provisions to carry combinations of:
- Missiles:
Air-to-air: AIM-120 AMRAAM, AIM-132 ASRAAM, AIM-9X Sidewinder, IRIS-T - Air-to-ground: AGM-154 JSOW, AGM-158 JASSM
- Bombs:
Mark 84, Mark 83 and Mark 82 GP bombs - Mk.20 Rockeye II cluster bomb
- Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser capable
- Paveway-series laser-guided bombs
- Small Diameter Bomb (SDB)
- JDAM-series
- B61 nuclear bomb (in 2017)
- Avionics
Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems AN/APG-81 AESA radar - Differences across variants
- ^ B is the same, C: 14.9 ft (4.54 m)
- ^ C is same, B: 60,000 lb (27,000 kg)
- ^ F-35B: 14,003 lb (6,352 kg); F-35C: 20,085 lb (9,110 kg)
- ^ F-35B: 7.5 g, F-35C: 7.5 g
- ^ fitted as an external pod with 220 rounds in the F-35B and F-35C
Wingspan: 5-3/4-inches Length: 8-1/2-inches
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