F-35CライトニングII：艦載機だからこそ物量重視のビーストモード

211017-N-HS181-1473 BAY OF BENGAL (Oct. 17, 2021) An F-35C Lightning II assigned to the “Argonauts” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147 flies over the Bay of Bengal as part of Maritime Partnership Exercise (MPX) 2021, Oct. 17, 2021. MPX 2021 is a multilateral maritime exercise between the Royal Australian Navy, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, U.K. Royal Navy, and U.S. maritime forces, focused on naval cooperation, interoperability and regional security and stability in the Indo-Pacific and is an example of the enduring partnership between Australian, Japanese, U.K. and U.S. maritime forces, who routinely operate together in the Indo-Pacific, fostering a cooperative approach toward regional security and stability. ( U.S. Navy Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Haydn N. Smith)

211229-N-EE352-1098 PHILIPPINE SEA (Dec. 29, 2021) An F-35C Lightning II, assigned to the Argonauts Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147, taxis across the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), Dec. 29, 2021. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability through alliances and partnerships while serving as a ready-response force in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region. ( U.S. Navy Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Leon Vonguyen)

Lightning/Hornet Lt. Cmdr. Christopher Tabert, F-35C instructor pilot, flies in formation with an F-18 Hornet prior to landing June 22 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The U.S. Navy’s Strike Fighter Squadron 101 received the Navy’s first F-35C Lightning II carrier variant aircraft from Lockheed Martin to the squadron’s home here. VFA 101 will serve as the F-35C Fleet Replacement Squadron, training both aircrew and maintenance personnel to fly and repair the F-35C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Karen Roganov)

180404-N-ZB537-0040 PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (April 4, 2018) Test pilot Billie Flynn pilots an F-35C Lightning II test aircraft during an external GBU-31 and AIM-9x buffet and flutter test flight from Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., April 4, 2018. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin/Released)

180404-N-ZB537-0022 PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (April 4, 2018) Test pilot Billie Flynn pilots an F-35C Lightning II test aircraft during an external GBU-31 and AIM-9x buffet and flutter test flight from Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., April 4, 2018. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin/Released)

F-35 AGCAS recommended for fielding An F-35 Lightning II launches an AIM-120 missile released from an internal weapons storage bay over a controlled sea test range in the Pacific Ocean.The 412th Test Wing recently published the technical report on the F-35 Automatic Ground and Collision Avoidance System and have recommended it for fielding; seven years ahead of schedule. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christopher Okula)

F-35C targeting system guides weapon to moving target An F-35C from the 461st Flight Test Squadron at Edwards Air Force Base, California, releases a GBU-12 Paveway II guided bomb March 29. The inert bomb tracked a moving pickup truck on the ground at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake in California. The fifth-generation fighter was flown by Col. Scott Cain, 412th Operations Group commander. (Courtesy photo by Darin Russell/Lockheed Martin)

16P00054 | Cmdr. Tony “Brick” Wilson takes aircraft CF-05, an F-35C Lightning II carrier variant, into a 45-degree dive during an external GBU-12 weapons separation test February 18, 2016. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Michael D. Jackson.)