F-35A Lightning II

Послужний список

Значення для конфліктів

Це єдиний запис каталогу для цієї системи. Вона стосується модуля нижче; Force Atlas кожного модуля показує, як її там застосовують.

Оператори

Norway and the eastern flank: The first flank operator to complete its programme: the Norwegian Armed Forces received the last of the 52 aircraft in the programme of record in 2025, and the type carries Norway's quick-reaction alert. No basing or readiness recorded. · Netherlands and the eastern flank: Replaced the F-16 entirely by 2024; the Dutch programme of record was raised to 52 aircraft in 2022. A recurring Baltic air-policing and Poland-based contributor. No basing recorded. · Denmark and the eastern flank: A 27-aircraft programme approved in 2016, with deliveries to Denmark from 2023 and the F-16 being retired as the fleet forms. No basing recorded. · Belgium and the eastern flank: A 34-aircraft programme approved in 2018 with first aircraft in Belgium from 2024; the government announced in 2025 its intention to add aircraft. Programme facts only. · Poland and the eastern flank: The Husarz programme: 32 aircraft contracted in January 2020, with training in the United States from 2024 and arrival in Poland announced for 2026. Programme facts only. · Finland and the eastern flank: The HX programme: 64 aircraft selected in December 2021 to replace the F/A-18, with deliveries announced for 2025–2030 and the first arrival in Finland announced for late 2026. Programme facts only. · Germany and the eastern flank: 35 aircraft approved in 2022 for the nuclear-sharing role in place of the Tornado, with first deliveries announced for 2026 and further aircraft under consideration. A programme until the Luftwaffe states fielding. · Czechia and the eastern flank: 24 aircraft contracted in January 2024, with deliveries announced from 2031; the leased Gripen fleet bridges the gap. A programme. · Romania and the eastern flank: 32 aircraft approved by parliament in 2024 with a letter of offer signed the same year; deliveries announced for the early 2030s. A programme.

Роль на полі бою

Air superiority, strike and the sensor node of the allied air picture: a low-observable fighter whose value in this module lies less in any single mission than in the common fleet, common training and common logistics it creates across the northern and eastern flank.

Сильні сторони

A common type across nine flank states, which turns air policing, cross-servicing and reinforcement into an exercise in the same aircraft; sensors and networking that make each aircraft a contributor to the allied air picture; and a production line whose scale no European fighter matches.

Обмеження

A single US supply chain for spares, software and weapons, which the module's states accepted with their eyes open and which is the standing political question about the fleet; deliveries running years behind the formations that want them, so that Poland, Finland, Germany, Czechia and Romania are operating transitional fleets through the decade. Numbers in service, bases and readiness are not recorded.

Візуальна ідентифікація

A single-engine fighter with a broad, faceted fuselage, canted twin fins, diamond-shaped wings and no external stores in the low-observable configuration; the wide nose and the absence of a visible engine intake lip separate it from the F-16 and the Typhoon.

Задокументоване застосування в конфлікті

NATO EASTERN FLANK. Norwegian, Dutch and Danish F-35s have flown Baltic air-policing and enhanced air-policing rotations, and Dutch aircraft were deployed to Poland in 2024–2025 under the Alliance's air-shielding measures; the campaign record (nef-baltic-air-policing) holds rotation history. The programme milestones above are taken from the operating ministries' own announcements. No engagement, holding or basing is stated, and no delivery figure beyond the announced programme of record is published here.

Оператори — види та роди збройних сил

• Повітряний компонент Бельгії Задокументовано
• Королівські повітряні сили Данії Задокументовано
• Повітряні сили Фінляндії Задокументовано
• Royal Netherlands Air and Space Force Задокументовано
• Luftforsvaret Задокументовано
• Повітряні сили Польщі Prospective
• Повітряні сили Румунії Prospective

Reported & historical formation associations

• Командування повітряних сил Prospective · moderate confidence

  The Czech ministry publishes the F-35A as the Air Force’s future fighter under the 2024 agreement; no aircraft is in service and none is recorded here.