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8. Lightning II F-35
Joined the Service in 2015
Not retired: N/A
Price: *$115.5 million
Single-engine, all-weather, single-seat, multi-role stealth combat aircraft is the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II. It is descended from the 2001 X-35, which won the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) contract from Boeing by defeating the X-32. Both strike and air superiority missions are carried out by the Lightning II.
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The United States, NATO, and its allies provide funding for Lockheed Martin aircraft. The Marines adopted the Lightning II in 2015, and the Navy adopted it in 2019 in addition to the USAF. The Royal Air Force also pilots the Lightning II. The programme is anticipated to operate until 2077 overall.
