[Photo] All three F-35 variants fly together for the first time

May 16, 2014 F-35, Military Aviation
David Cenciotti

F-35A, F-35B and F-35C Joint Strike Fighters flying together.

A nice photo lets you compare the shape and size of the three variants of the F-35 Lightining II multi-role aircraft flying together for the first time.

From right to left, F-35A CTOL (Conventional Take Off Landing), F-35B STOVL (Short Take Off Vertical Landing), F-35C Carrier Variant, and F-35A CTOL.

Image credit: Lockheed Martin

 

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David Cenciotti is a journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written five books and contributed to many more ones.

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7 Comments

    • I thought so – the A & B both have the same wingspan, right? But the C has a larger wing to aid low speed handling when coming in to land on deck, right?

    • I know right? Every country has three distinctly different 5th generation production fighters flying side by side for photo ops.

  3. Wrong, it’s, from right to left:
    A, B, C, A.

    The B has a larger fuselage just behind the canopy, with its vertical lift fan inside.

    I know the thing’s still ugly, but come on, you’re aviationists !

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