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Baseline

•  The USMC Is Buying the F-35B To Operate in Its Diverse Operations, But Will Be a Core Part of the ARG-MEU or the Expeditionary Strike Group and Operate Off of Ships

•  The Brits Are Buying the B To Operate Off of Their New Aircraft Carriers, But Can Operate Off of a Diversity of Airfields Ashore as Well

•  The Italians Are Buying the B To Operate Off of Their Aircraft Carriers But Can Operate Off of a Diversity of Airfields Ashore as Well and will be part of the Italian Air Force as well as Navy.

•  It is anticipated that Singapore will buy F-35Bs as well. Making this assumption, there will be a baseline of 4 F-35B national fleets from which to build a coalition approach.

•  And Innovations Learned by One Member of the B Group Can Be Shared With All

–  E.g., as the USMC Looks To Move Expeditionary Strike Packages Off of Ships They Can Operate Off a Wide Variety of Bases Created on the Fly

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What 4 Members of the F-35B “Club” Provides

•  Enhanced Capacity To Cross-Learn •  Shaping Common Con-Ops •  Provides Significant Moving Global Coverage Because Rooted

in the Operation of Ships, and Able To Move About Because Not tied to Fixed Airfields

•  A Global Mobile Force •  And With the Marines Leading the Way on Deployable Weapons

and Refueling Packages the Ability To Operate on a Global Basis With Flexible Tools Is Significantly Enhanced

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  F-35B STOVL  Length   51.2 ft / 15.6 m  Height   14.3 ft / 4.36 m  Wingspan   35 ft / 10.7 m  Wing Area   460 ft2 / 42.7 m2  Horizontal Tail Span   21.8 ft / 6.65 m  Weight Empty   32,300 lb  Internal Fuel Capacity   13,500 lb / 6,125 kg  Weapons Payload   15,000 lb / 6,800kg  

Standard Internal Weapons Load  

• Two AIM-120C Air-to-Air

Missiles • Two 1,000-Pound GBU-32

JDAM Guided Bombs

Maximum Weight   60,000 lb Class   Propulsion* (Uninstalled Thrust Ratings)  

F135-PW-600 38,000 lbs Max. 26,000 lbs Mil. 40,500 lbs Vertical  

Speed (Full Internal Weapons Load)  

Mach 1.6 (~1,200 mph)  

Combat Radius (Internal Fuel)   >450 nm / 833 km  Range (Internal Fuel)   >900 nm / 1,667 km  Max g-Rating   7.0  *Maximum Power (Max) = With Afterburner; Military Power (Mil) = Without Afterburner; Vertical = Without Afterburner

F-35 STOVL Specifications

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The Asian Anchor

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The Mediterranean Anchor

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F-35B Fleet Dynamic: Reach Not Range

•  The Fleet of F-35s is the Core Combat Reality of the Airplane, Not Simply Providing a 5th Generation Silver Bullet

•  The F-35Bs Talking Cockpit to Cockpit Provide Shared Situational Awareness (SA) Coverage Throughout the Entire 360 Degree Area Covered

•  The F-35Bs with the Fusion Cockpit Provides for Situational Decision-Making, Not Simply SA

•  Enables Both Kinetic and Non-Kinetic Strike Capabilities •  Enables a “Tron Warfare” Grid •  With Off-Boarding of Weapons Can Enable Extended Strike

Capabilities as Well