F-35 Lightning II developments

[Coati]

Seems that Romania is next. 32 jets. See also Scramble news and many other news outlets like:

https://www.defensenews.com/breaking-ne ... ern-flank/

[Canberra TT.18]

Italy to order 25 additional F-35s
15 As and 5 Bs for the Air Force
5 Bs for the Navy

https://www.rid.it/shownews/6791/altri- ... quo-italia

[tally]

Delivery to unfortunately an unknown destination, Sep 17, 2024.
AF-398, 22-5698/HL. This one was going straight east south of the DFW area.
CF-93, 170501 nmks. This one went ENE.

Will try to find out more.

[falcx]

Delivery to unfortunately an unknown destination, Sep 17, 2024.
AF-398, 22-5698/HL. This one was going straight east south of the DFW area.
CF-93, 170501 nmks. This one went ENE.

Will try to find out more.

170501 went to Cherry Point as the first F-35C delivered to VMFA-251.

Regards.

[tally]

Delivery AF-391, 22-5691/LN to an unknown destination, September 19, 2024.

[Starfighter_F-104G]

USMC F-35B BF-154 170067 um w/o 28 May 2024

CONFIRMED

[AndyMarden]

This was WH/04 of VMFA-542 Aug23-Feb24.
Did it return to LM?

[Starfighter_F-104G]

This was WH/04 of VMFA-542 Aug23-Feb24.
Did it return to LM?

F-35B BF-154 170067 nm test flight Fort Worth 15-11-2023 , 01-12-2023 , 05-12-2023
never delivered to VMFA-542

[AndyMarden]

OK thanks. The reports in the Scramble database must therefore be incorrect.

[Melchior Timmers]

The database will be updated.
Too bad some people reported it as WH-04.

[MartinG]

Seems fully reasonable that 170067 should've been reported as VMFA-542/WH-04 given the fact that the other a/c delivered before and after that specific airframe runs in a logical sequence such as this:

170064/BF-151 WH-01 (Verified)
170065/BF-152 WH-02 (Verified)
170066/BF-153 WH-03 (Verified)
170067/BF-154 WH-04 (Not verified)
170068/BF-155 WH-05 (Verified)
170069/BF-156 WH-06 (Verified)
170070/BF-157 WH-07 (Verified)
170071/BF-158 WH-08 (Verified)
170072/BF-159 WH-09 (Verified)
170073/BF-160 WH-10 (Verified)

Two things strikes me if the above is the case; 1. What other airframe with the code (WH-04) is in service with VMFA-542? Every marine F-35B squadron is supposed to have a strength of ten a/c when fully equipped. 2. Does anyone know what's the status of F-35B 170052/BF-139 which was first reported as the a/c that crashed on the 28th of May?

Many thanks in advance for clearing this up.

[Starfighter_F-104G]

- 170052 was SUPPOSE to be the aircaft involved in the mishap because the mishap aircraft was identified as a test bird, and 170052 is still a test bird for the Bk4
- nr 10 F-35B planned for VMFA-542 170064 / 170073
but 170067 was selected to be use as test bird for Bk4, because they had need more aircraft for the test programm

VMFA-542's family photo 13 Feb 2024
WH-01 / 02 / 03 / 05 / 06 / 07 / 08 / 09 / 10
WH-04 is missing
https://sldinfo.com/wp-content/uploads/ ... 0-1041.jpg

[raameagle]

The tenth jet operated by VMFA-542 is 169626 coded WH-14
Regards
Mark

[wamovements]

The tenth jet operated by VMFA-542 is 169626 coded WH-14
Regards
Mark

So VMFA-242 left 1 F-35B in CONUS after their spring deployment?

[MartinG]

@Starfighter_F-104G & @raameagle: Thanks guys, much appreciated!