Aviation
Amazing Facts about the F-35
The F-35B is the world’s first operational aircraft that can land vertically and travel faster than the speed of sound.
The F-35 can take off with more than nine tons of ordnance.
The F-35C is the Navy’s very first stealth jet.
300,000 individual parts make up the F-35 by the time it reaches the end of the production line.
Every pilot receives a custom-fitted helmet which allows them to see through the jet.
The cockpit is almost entirely digital — with a glass LCD touchscreen and “hardly any hardwire switches.”
The F-35 has recovered 100% of the time from all high angle of attack testing including 90 degrees straight up.
More than 1,300 American suppliers in 47 states contribute to the F-35 program.
8.6 million lines of software code give the F-35 its superior capabilities.
The F-35’s unprecedented stealth capabilities can render it “virtually undetectable” to radar.
