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How many air to air missiles can F-35 carry?
The F-35 can carry up to two AIM-9X missiles on its wings and four AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles internally.
Can the F35 jam?
NO. you do not jam a radar like that from a straight F35 you need to carry high power jamming pods. what the aircraft does though is to apply counter measures – this is not jamming .
The Navy only has one deployable F-35C squadron — Strike Fighter Squadron 147 “Argonauts” out of Naval Air Station Lemoore, California. The Navy’s other F-35C squadron, Strike Fighter Squadron 125, a training squadron, is also out of Lemoore.
Why won’t the F-35 fly with a stealth coating?
The F-35 Joint Program Office, which manages the entire F-35 enterprise, says it would take too long to develop a new, more durable stealth coating. The Air Force’s -A version will not fly with the restriction, though it is not clear why.
How fast can F-35s fly?
F-35s will be restricted to brief bursts of Mach 1+ speed, though exactly at what altitude and for how long is unknown. The F-35 Joint Program Office, which manages the entire F-35 enterprise, says it would take too long to develop a new, more durable stealth coating.
(Andy Wolfe/U.S. Navy) WASHINGTON — At extremely high altitudes, the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps’ versions of the F-35 jet can only fly at supersonic speeds for short bursts of time before there is a risk of structural damage and loss of stealth capability, a problem that may make it impossible for the Navy’s F-35C to conduct supersonic intercepts.
Does the F-35 need a wing tank option?
The fact that the F-35 is as far along in its lifecycle and production run as it is, but still doesn’t have a wing tank option had long seemed like a great missed opportunity to us at The War Zone.
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