Evening training sortie F-35 takeoffs at Luke AFB, AZ.br br 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. br br Unit cost: F-35A: US$77.9M (lot 14); F-35B: US$101.3M (lot 14); F-35C: US$94.4M (lot 14)br Number built: 535+ as of July 2020br Developed from: Lockheed Martin X-35br First flight: 15 December 2006; 13 years ago (F-35A)br Manufacturer: Lockheed Martin Aeronauticsbr Produced: 2006–presentbr br br -----------------------br br Credit to : Airman 1st Class Heidi Goodsell and Master Sgt.