Training and testing for the F-35 Lightning II (22 Photos)

Years of testing and research goes into creating a new airplane, especially one as important as this. The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a single-engine, single-seat fighter designed to perform ground attack, reconnaissance, and air defense missions with stealth capability. There are 3 different variants of the design. One for conventional take offs and the other two designed for carrier service and short take-offs and landings. It's not just the men and women who fly these planes who lead to it's perfection, its a whole team of persons from bottom to top.

Years of testing and research goes into creating a new airplane, especially one as important as this. The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a single-engine, single-seat fighter designed to perform ground attack, reconnaissance, and air defense missions with stealth capability. There are 3 different variants of the design. One for conventional take offs and the other two designed for carrier service and short take-offs and landings. It's not just the men and women who fly these planes who lead to it's perfection, its a whole team of persons from bottom to top.

Years of testing and research goes into creating a new airplane, especially one as important as this. The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a single-engine, single-seat fighter designed to perform ground attack, reconnaissance, and air defense missions with stealth capability. There are 3 different variants of the design. One for conventional take offs and the other two designed for carrier service and short take-offs and landings. It's not just the men and women who fly these planes who lead to it's perfection, its a whole team of persons from bottom to top.