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VFA-86, Navy’s Third F-35C Squadron, Earns Full Safe-For-Flight Certification

The Sidewinders of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 86 recently achieved the crucial certification. VFA-86, the third squadron of the U.S. Navy to be equipped with the F-35C Lightning II aircraft, ...
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U.S. Navy F-35C Crashes Near NAS Lemoore, California

A U.S. Navy F-35C with VFA-125 crashed at Naval Air Station Lemoore, California. The pilot ejected safely. An F-35C Lightning II jet, attached to the “Rough Raiders” of VFA-125, from NAS Lemoore, ...
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Navy’s Third Operational F-35C Lightning II Squadron Achieves Safe For Flight Certification

An F-35C Lightning II from VFA-86 performs a touch and go aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in the Pacific Ocean. (Photo MC2 Carson Croom / U.S. Navy) The F-35C enhances the carrier strike group’s ability to ...
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F-35C Crashes Near NAS Lemoore, Pilot Ejects

An F-35C Lightning II, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 125, conducts a flyover of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) on March 6, 2025. US Navy Photo A pilot is ...
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F-35C fighter crashes near US Navy's largest air station in California, pilot ejects

A F-35C Lightning II stealth fighter of the United States Navy crashed on Wednesday (July 30) in a field near the Naval Air Station Lemoore in Kings County, California. The fighter crashed at around 6 ...