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Interesting Facts About The F-35 Lightning II

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Stealth Mode vs. “Beast Mode”

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A formation of USAF F-35 LIghtning II during a training flight.
Senior Airmen Justin Rho, U.S. Air Force
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Like many contemporary military aircraft, the F-35 Lightning II is designed with stealth in mind. The materials and cross section of the aircraft are intended to render it invisible to enemy radar, something that the F-35 Lightning II excels at. On of the best F-35 facts is that in stealth mode, it holds all of its ordinance internally in order to remain unseen.

However, the F-35 does have external hard points for attaching weapons, giving it another option. Lovingly referred to by its operators as “beast mode”, the F-35 can abandon stealth to load up with extra ordinance to expand both air to air and air to ground engagements. One more feather in its cap, and one more example of the F-35’s overall versatility.