What is the nickname for the F-35?

The Air Force’s first overseas F-35A unit has a nickname: the Valkyries.

Who uses the F-35?

The Global F-35 Enterprise There are eight international program partners — the U.S., United Kingdom, Italy, Netherlands, Australia, Norway, Denmark and Canada. Six Foreign Military Sales customers are also procuring and operating the F-35 — Israel, Japan, South Korea, Poland, Belgium and Singapore.

What is the nickname of the F-16?

F-16, also called Fighting Falcon, single-seat, single-engine jet fighter built by the General Dynamics Corporation (now part of the Lockheed Martin Corporation) for the United States and more than a dozen other countries.

What is the F-35’s new nickname?

The F-35’s New, Much Better Nickname is “Panther” Nobody likes the F-35’s real name.

Is the F-35 ‘Panther’?

This was near certain to be the case for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter once it was assigned the less than thrilling official name of Lightning II. Now it’s become clear that a new name has caught on for the stealth jet among the top echelons the USAF’s F-35 cadre, and that nickname is ‘Panther.’

Will the F-35 become the dominant multi-role fighter?

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is scheduled to receive a long list of upgrades that will ideally keep it the dominant multi-role fighter for years to come. The F-35, already in service with nine countries, is scheduled to receive the new Block 4 series of enhancements in the near future.

Why is the F-35 so controversial?

The F-35 has been flying for 10 years now and has had zero crashes, just 1 airframe written off; the F-16 meanwhile (in its first 10 years) had 120 crashes, with at least 23 of those caused by design flaws in the engine, flight controls, fuel system, etc. Many criticise the F-35’s combat capability because they perceive weaknesses in it.