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LM aeronautics president Greg Ulmer declines to state how many F-35s are in storage but expects to start delivering 20 aircraft per month, comprising seven stored and 13 newly-built aircraft. He estimates that it will take 10-12 months to clear off the backlog. (1/5) 🧵

LM has started flight acceptance for TR-3 jets, and the US gov has formally accepted 10 examples already, some of which have ferried to the end customer. Following certification by the US gov, aircraft then can be certificated for international customers.

"Deliveries are being undertaken under what Ulmer refers to a “training delivery capability”. “About ninety-five percent of the combat capability is in there,” says Ulmer."

“A lot of the weapons software is already in the airplane; we just haven’t done the flight tests and then the certifications for that. We’ll release the airplane with the software present, and then as we do the weapons testing they may release capability....

As those get validated through test and certification, we’re targeting late next spring with the formal full combat capability software.”

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F-35C Lightning II demo ⚡️🇺🇸⚡️ Pensacola Homecoming 2021

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U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Evan Shockley, from Virginia and commanding officer, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 251, taxis an F-35C Lightning Il at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, NC on Sept. 17, 2024. (o.d. figueroa)

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Load ‘er up! 💪

Marines assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121 load an inert GBU-12 munition onto an F-35B Lightning II aircraft on the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6).

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A U.S. Navy F-35C Lightning II from the "Rough Raiders" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 125 prepares to launch from the USS Nimitz in the Pacific Ocean on July 26, 2024. (croom)

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