US Navy's USS America conducts flight ops with F-35B in China Sea


According to information published by the U.S. Department of Defense on January 15, 2022, the US Navy's America-class amphibious assault ship conducts flight operations with the F-35B Lightning II fighter aircraft in the China Sea.
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Russian Vyborg Shipyard laid the Purga ice class coastguard ship of project 23550 925 001 An F-35B Lightning II fighter aircraft prepares to land on the flight deck of the America-class amphibious assault ship USS America. (Picture source: U.S. DoD)


USS America (LHA-6), is an amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy and the lead ship of the America-class amphibious assault ship. She was delivered in the spring of 2014, replacing Peleliu of the Tarawa class.

The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is an American family of single-seat, single-engine, all-weather stealth multirole combat aircraft that is intended to perform both air superiority and strike missions. It is also able to provide electronic warfare and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities.

To preserve its stealth shaping, the F-35 has two internal weapons bays with four weapons stations. The two outboard weapon stations each can carry ordnance up to 2,500 lb (1,100 kg), or 1,500 lb (680 kg) for F-35B, while the two inboard stations carry air-to-air missiles.