VFA-86, the third squadron of the U.S. Navy to be equipped with the F-35C Lightning II aircraft, achieved the Safe-For-Flight Operations Certification (SFFOC), according to a public statement ...

VFA-101 would send its personnel and aircraft ... the consolidation of all F-35C assets to a home base in Lemoore signals that the F-35 is fully integrated into the heart of naval aviation ...

Ten VFA-147 Argonaut F-35C aircraft are displayed ... “This accomplishment represents years of hard work on the part of the F-35 Joint Program Office and Naval Aviation Enterprise.

The aircraft, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 125, was photographed during ... that this exotic scheme of the F-35 was spotted in a carrier environment. This time, the coating was ...

VFA-125, the fleet replacement squadron for the ... which was developed by progressively inserting F-35 tactics into previous curricula to produce “graduate-level” training and “a cadre ...

On Dec. 17, 2024, the official X account of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II (not to be confused ... the Sidewinders of Strike Fighter Squadron 86 (VFA-86) received their SFFOC (Safe For ...

The first F-35C Lightning II sortie takes off from the U.S. Navy F-35 Strike Fighter Squadron VFA 101 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. A design issues means the Navy's and Marine Corps' F-35 versions ...

Naval Air Station Lemoore welcomed home the VFA-136 Knighthawks, an F/A-18E Super Hornet strike fighter squadron, after an ...