June 1, 2023

F-35 Lightning II Program Status and Fast Facts

Watch F-35 by the Numbers

Program Status F-35 In Action

Aircraft Delivered Operational Missions Services Declared IOC Nations Operating on

935+
by Service Home Soil

8 12 9
Flight Hours USAF, USN RAF and ITAF

6 7 6 ,0 0 0
USAF, USN
and USMC and USMC RN F-35A

1
Services Flying Activations Detachments &
Training Current / Future Deployments Completed

14
Through 2027*
Bases Ships

Sorties 28/43 10/19 422+

Pilots
2,040+
Maintainers
14,355+ 405,200
Total Current
Activations: 38
*Projections vary at customer discretion

F-35 Enabling 21st Century Security

The most advanced node in 2023 2021 2019
21st Century Security • Arctic Challenge Exercise 2023 • Project Convergence • Orange Flag
• Northern Edge 23-1 • Talisman Sabre • F-35’s Distributed Aperture System
• F-35 + PAC-3 (DAS) Tracks Ballistic Missiles
2022 • Project Hydra • Orange Flag
• Pacific Edge 23 • Northern Edge 21
• Falcon Strike 2022 2018
• Vigilant Storm 23 2020 • F-35 + HIMARS
• Orange Flag • Project Convergence
2016
• Valiant Shield • Orange Flag
• F-35 / NIFC-CA Live Fire Exercise
• GatewayONE ABMS Demonstration

F-35 Program Participants

U.S.A. U.K. ITALY NETHERLANDS CANADA AUSTRALIA DENMARK NORWAY

USAF 1,763 F-35As RAF/RN 60 F-35As/ 52 F-35As 88 F-35As 100 F-35As 27 F-35As 52 F-35As
USMC 353 F-35Bs / 138 F-35Bs 30 F-35Bs
67 F-35Cs
USN 273 F-35Cs
Foreign Military Sales
ISRAEL JAPAN REPUBLIC OF KOREA BELGIUM POLAND SINGAPORE FINLAND SWITZERLAND GERMANY

50 F-35As 105 F-35As/ 40 F-35As 34 F-35As 32 F-35As 12 F-35Bs 64 F-35As 36 F-35As 35 F-35As
42 F-35Bs

Recent Milestones
• American, Norwegian, Dutch and Italian F-35s participate in Arctic Challenge Exercise 2023 in the High North. May 29
• The U.S. Air Force selects Oregon’s 173rd Fighter Wing as the preferred location for another F-35A training squadron. May 25
• F-35As, F-35Bs and F-35Cs join exercise Northern Edge 23-1 in Alaska. May 24
• U.S., Dutch and Norwegian F-35s conduct NATO training over Norway. May 24
• U.S. Air Force F-35As support exercise Formidable Shield in England. May 11
 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 Maintenance Hours
12 Good 12

$
10 11.5 10
9.5
Reduction
8 9.0 9.0 9.0
8 7.7
8.1
6 6 from
6.0
4 4
5.1 2015-2021
4.0 4.0 4.1
2 2

0 0 *Lockheed Martin owned portion

F-35A F-35B F-35C F-35A F-35B F-35C
of CPFH
Requirement Actuals Requirement Actuals

F-35 Sustainment Delivering Today

*Projections through 2028

Base/Pilot Training Base/Ship Future Base/Ship* Modifications

Evenes AB 2022
Eielson AFB
Ørland MAS 2026

Leeuwarden AB Skrydstrup AB 2023

RAF Marham Świdwin 2027
Łask 2026
Ogden ALC Lakenheath AFB Volkel AB
Hill AFB Truax ANGB Florennes AB 2025 Kleine-Brogel AB 2027
NAS Fallon
Burlington ANGB Payerne Air Base 2028 Ghedi AB
NAS Lemoore Cameri Misawa AB
Amendola AB
Ebbing ANG 2026 MCAS Cherry Point (Base 2023) Cheongju AB Komatsu AB 2024
Edwards AFB
MCAS Miramar MCAS Beaufort Nevatim AB MCAS Iwakuni
Nellis AFB Dannelly ANGB 2023
Jacksonville ANGB 2024 Nyutabaru AB 2024
MCAS Yuma NAS JRB
Luke AFB Fort Worth Tyndall AFB 2023
2024
Eglin AFB

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 2023
• ITS Cavour • USS George Washington 2023
RAAF Williamtown

Regional Warehouse Component Repair

Standup Activations (2027)

5/5 44/68

All information current as of June 1, 2023

For additional questions and the latest data, please contact Jacqueline Lorenzetti.

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