Tag: VFA-147
The F/A-XX air-dominance fighter will be a sixth-generation aircraft that eventually will replace the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet strike fighter in the Navy’s carrier air wings. Rear Admiral Scott D. Conn, director of Air
Warfare in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, said on Apr. 4 that the
analysis of alternatives (AoA) for U.S....
F-35C IOC comes shortly after the Department of the Navy’s first Lightning II squadron, VFA 147, completed aircraft carrier qualifications aboard USS Carl Vinson and received Safe-For-Flight Operations Certification. The Commander, Naval Air Forces and the U.S. Marine Corps Deputy Commandant for Aviation jointly announced that the aircraft carrier variant of...
VFA-147 is the first U.S. Navy Operational F-35C squadron based out of NAS Lemoore Taken on Nov. 16, 2018 the cool photos in this post show, two F-35C Lightning II, attached to the “Argonauts” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147, stationed at Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore, fly in formation for a photo exercise. VFA-147 is the first U.S. Navy...
The F-35C incident was possibly related to a mechanical issue in the aircraft On Sep. 24, 2018 an F-35C attached to VFA-125 was forced to divert to Fresno Yosemite International Airport after an indicator lighted up in the cockpit. The pilot had tried to troubleshoot the issue in flight and decided to land at Fresno as he was too far to...
