F-35 FastFacts September2022
F-35 FastFacts September2022
F-35 FastFacts September2022
840+
by Service Home Soil
8 12 9
Flight Hours
0
USAF, USN USAF, USN RAF and
and USMC and USMC RN
5 6 3 ,0 0 1
Services Flying Activations Detachments &
Training Current / Future Deployments Completed
14
Through 2027*
Bases Ships
USAF 1,763 F-35As RAF/RN 60 F-35As/ 46 F-35As 100 F-35As 52 F-35As 27 F-35As 88 F-35As
DoN 693 F-35B/Cs 138 F-35s 30 F-35Bs
Recent Milestones
• U.S. Marine F-35Bs and Australian F-35As fly with Singapore’s air force during Exercise Pitch Black in Australia. August 30
• U.S. and Dutch F-35s train together during exercise Point Blank 22-4. August 24
• Australian F-35As participate for the first time in Exercise Pitch Black. August 19
• The first U.S. Marine Corps squadron to deploy the F-35C aboard an aircraft carrier returns. August 9
• Vermont’s 158th Fighter Wing completes the National Guard’s first overseas deployment with the F-35A. August 2
F-35 Engineering for Sustainment F-35 Affordability
Reliability: Mean Flight Hour Maintainability: Maintenance Cost Per Flight Hour*
Between Failure Man Hour Per Flight Hour Good
50%
Flight Hours Flight Hours
12 Good 12
11.8
$
10 10
9.2
Reduction
8 9.0 9.0 9.0
8
7.7
6
6.0
6.5 6 6.5 from
4 4 2015-2021
4.0 4.0 3.8
2 2
Evenes AB 2022
Eielson AFB
Ørland MAS
Ship Activations
• USS Essex • USS Makin Island • USS Kearsarge 2024 • USS Gerald R Ford 2026
• USS WASP • USS Abraham Lincoln • USS Theodore Roosevelt 2025 • USS Bougainville 2026 RAAF Tindal
• USS America • HMS Prince of Wales • USS John C. Stennis 2025 • JS Izumo 2027
• HMS Queen Elizabeth • USS Tripoli • USS Bataan 2026
• USS Carl Vinson • USS Boxer 2022
• ITS Cavour • USS George Washington 2023 RAAF Williamtown
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