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Wildstar
07-13-2006, 12:02 PM
Hey guys, I came across this website the other day. If you're a F-35 fan you got to check it out!

http://images.teamjsf.com/main.php

Go to the link below to watch the entire Inauguration Ceremony.

https://www.teamjsf.com/jsf/data.nsf/75frame
Andrew116
07-13-2006, 12:09 PM
Its called the lighting? meh they could have done better then that
wubanga101
07-13-2006, 12:36 PM
Yeah lightning is a little stupid. btw what ever happened to the F22?
Bernardo
07-13-2006, 12:42 PM
btw what ever happened to the F22?

The F-22 was cancelled, in favor of the Tie Fighter.
B25Hmitchell
07-13-2006, 12:55 PM
The F-22 was cancelled, in favor of the Tie Fighter.

It has great foward vision, but as for left and right...sucks.
JustYourAverageJoe
07-13-2006, 01:36 PM
Heres another video of the Inauguration Ceremony http://www.af.mil/shared/media/av/main.html?showid=1227
nullterm
07-13-2006, 02:17 PM
http://www.lockheedmartin.com/wms/findPage.do?dsp=fec&ci=11173&sc=400

Looks official, the F-35 Lightning II. Straight from the manufacturer.

That'll be really confusing as I remember before Raptor, the F-22 was refered to as Lightning II. Whether that was an official thing or not, I'm not sure.
Hispeed1
07-13-2006, 04:35 PM
I think the F-22 is going to be called the "Raptor" now. I heard that it may be given the designation "F/A-22"
Little J
07-13-2006, 05:31 PM
I think the F-22 is going to be called the "Raptor" now. I heard that it may be given the designation "F/A-22"

It was called the F/A-22 for poltical reasons, but now that it has entered service the Air force have gone back to F-22A, for traditional reasons.
Bernardo
07-13-2006, 06:53 PM
I think the F-22 is going to be called the "Raptor" now.

In other breaking news, the US Army has just adopted a black plastic rifle designed by this guy Eugene Stoner. Initial reports indicate that the troops want their M14s back.
ZaakM433
07-13-2006, 07:05 PM
Whats wrong with the Lightning 2 though??? Its a LOT better than the alternatives they were looking at, I was kind of relieved when that was announced.
eATS
07-13-2006, 07:42 PM
nice photo link, waiting to see the new paint in action though... maybey after the testing on the first production model we will see something...

will be interesting on what they will optimise, after testing...

theres already a thread about the name a while back...
Resurrection
07-13-2006, 07:45 PM
Great find, thanks for posting Wildstar.
nullterm
07-13-2006, 10:00 PM
Lightning II is a great name for the JSF. On the American side, the P-38 Lighting I was a Lockheed aircraft, which is now creator of the JSF. On the British side, there was the English Electric Lightning. And BAE is connected with the old English Electric through a weird series of take over, de-merger, and merger.

BTW, Boeing acquired North American in 1996, so they might have used Mustang II for the X/F-32.