F-35C

English

Noun

F-35C (plural F-35Cs)

  1. (aircraft) A carrier-based variant of the F-35.
    • 2016 December 12, Paul R. La Monica, “Trump calls fighter jet costs 'out of control'”, in CNN Business‎[1]:
      According to the fiscal 2017 Department of Defense budget released earlier this year, the Pentagon planned to spend $10.1 billion for F-35s -- 43 F-35As for the Air Force, 16 F-35Bs for the Marine Corps and 4 F-35Cs for the Navy.
    • 2022 February 7, Brad Lendon and Ivan Watson, “Newly leaked video shows F-35 crashing in flames on aircraft carrier”, in CNN‎[2]:
      “We are aware that there has been an unauthorized release of video footage from flight deck cameras onboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) of the F-35C Lightning II crash that occurred Jan. 24, in the South China Sea. There is an ongoing investigation into both the crash and the unauthorized release of the shipboard video footage,” Cmdr. Zach Harrell, spokesperson for Commander, Naval Air Forces, said in an email.
    • 2025 April 10, Brad Lendon, “‘Frankenjet’ stealth fighter made from two wrecked warplanes joins US Air Force fleet”, in CNN‎[3]:
      The US Air Force has 383 F-35As in its fleet, according to the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
      The F-35A is one of the three versions of the US military’s stealth fighter. The Marine Corps flies the F-35B – a short take-off, vertical landing aircraft – and the Navy flies the F-35C, designed for aircraft carrier operations.
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