The 'real' McCoy...
Ensconced under one of NAS Pensacola's sun-shades, US Navy Lockheed-Martin F-35C Lightning II BuAerNo.168843/NJ105 of
VFA-101 'Grim Reapers' get's admiring glances from the tax-paying public
To say that the advent of the F-35 into operational service has been a protracted affair is probably the understatement of this Century!
The US Navy, USMC and US Air Force are all working up on them now with Italy and Japan and our own RAF/Royal Navy also in the loop but I must admit I did give this one more than a cursory glance as I've seen that mock-up that's been dragged around UK Airshows so many times - I wasn't entirely certain that this 'was' the real McCoy!
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The 'real' McCoy...
Ensconced under one of NAS Pensacola's sun-shades, US Navy Lockheed-Martin F-35C Lightning II BuAerNo.168843/NJ105 of
VFA-101 'Grim Reapers' get's admiring glances from the tax-paying public
To say that the advent of the F-35 into operational service has been a protracted affair is probably the understatement of this Century!
The US Navy, USMC and US Air Force are all working up on them now with Italy and Japan and our own RAF/Royal Navy also in the loop but I must admit I did give this one more than a cursory glance as I've seen that mock-up that's been dragged around UK Airshows so many times - I wasn't entirely certain that this 'was' the real McCoy!
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