Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland - the Nordic partnerships and defence cooperation.
Lt. Col Martin "Tintin" Tesli, senior Norwegian Air Force representative and F-35 instructor pilot in the F-35A training programme.


In 2008, the government of Norway selected the F-35 Lightning II as the replacement for their F-16 fleet. Norwegian Air Force operates F-35A variant of the F-35 fighter. Their variant has a special drag chute to assist with landing in icy and slick conditions and to reduce landing distance on short airfields.


Filmed at the Luke AFB - the home base of the 56th Fighter Wing and number of F-35 squadrons. Also number of foreign pilots and ground personnel train at Luke learning to operate and handle the F-35 stealth fighter, including Italian, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch and other countries.
Siivet magazine had the opportunity to visit the base and follow the operations.


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Luke AFB:
Located west of Phoenix, Luke Air Force Base is home to the 56th Fighter Wing, the largest fighter wing in the world and the Air Force’s primary active-duty fighter pilot training wing. As part of Air Education and Training Command, and home to 24 squadrons with both F-35A Lightning II and F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft, the 56th graduates more than 400 pilots and 300 air control professionals annually. The wing is also responsible for six additional squadrons under the 54th Fighter Group located at Holloman AFB, New Mexico, where F-16 training will move in the interim as Luke AFB transitions to become the primary pilot training center for the F-35A, the Air Force’s newest multi-role aircraft. Additionally, the 56th Fighter Wing oversees the Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Field and is steward of the Barry M. Goldwater Range, a military training range spanning more than 1.7 million acres of Sonoran desert.


Manufacturer's data:
The 5th generaton F-35 Lightning II integrates advanced stealth technology into a highly agile, supersonic aircraf that provides the pilot with unprecedented situatonal awareness and unmatched lethality and survivability.


F-35A
Length 51.4 f / 15.7 m
Speed Mach 1.6
Wingspan 35 f / 10.7 m
Wing area 460 f2 / 42.7 m2
Combat radius (internal fuel) +590 n.mi / 1,093 km
Range (internal fuel) +1,200 n.mi / 2,200 km
Internal fuel capacity 18,250 lb / 8,278 kg
Max g-ratng 9.0
Weapons payload 18,000 lb / 8,160 kg
Propulsion F135-PW-100
Thrust* 40,000 lb Max / 25,000 lb Mil
*Maximum Power (Max) = with aferburner
Military Power (Mil) = without aferburner


The three F-35 variants have similar performance characteristics, and are mainly distinguished by their different basing requirements. As a result, the F-35B and F-35C variants have unique ways to take off and land.


The F-35A conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) variant is designed to operate from conventional runways, and is the only version to carry an internal cannon. The F-35A will be the most prevalent variant of the F-35. The U.S. Air Force as well as the majority of our allied air forces and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) nations will operate the F-35A, replacing their 3rd and 4th generation aircraft.
The F-35B model short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) variant is designed to operate from austere, short-field bases and a range of air-capable ships operating near front-line combat zones. The F-35B can also take off and land conventionally from longer runways at major bases.
F-35C - For the first time in U.S. Naval aviation history, radar-evading stealth capability comes to the carrier deck.


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