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1/48 F-35A Lightning II Pylons & Missile Launchers (for Tamiya)
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, or Joint Strike Fighter-F35, is a 5th-generation, single-role, trapezoidal-wing, multirole fighter with stealth characteristics. Its multi-role capabilities make it usable for close air support tasks, tactical bombing and air supremacy missions.
The aircraft is also referred to in the military as omni-role given its ability to perform different operational tasks simultaneously without returning to base to change its attitude.
By beating the Boeing X-32, it became the winner of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program competition for an aircraft that could replace several USAF, US Navy and USMC (Marines) models. Initially, it was planned that about 80 percent of the parts would be in common between the different versions, but then, as the project evolved, no more than 25/27 percent could be achieved, although the on-board electronics and some of the software will be very similar between them.
There are three versions of the F-35: a conventional take-off and landing variant (F-35A - Conventional Take Off and Landing), a short take-off and vertical landing variant to operate from smaller aircraft carriers such as the Italian aircraft carrier Cavour (F-35B Short Take Off And Vertical Landing), and a variant for use on conventional aircraft carriers equipped with catapults (F-35C - Catapult Assisted Take Off But Arrested Recovery).