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F-35A Has Flown From A Highway For The First Time

Norway’s F-35As have shown the type can use roads as runways to reduce their vulnerability to enemy strikes during a Finnish exercise.

orway has become the first country to demonstrate the ability of the conventional takeoff and landing F-35A Joint Strike Fighter to operate from a highway as part of an exercise in Finland. The U.S. Marine Corps has already shown its ability to use its short and vertical takeoff and landing capable F-35Bs in this way, as The War Zone has previously reported.

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From the pictures and videos that have been released, no special measures appear to have been taken to enable Norway's F-35As to take off and land from Regional Road 551. Norwegian Joint Strike Fighters are somewhat unique in that they are the only ones in service today that have drag chutes. This feature, which is also set to be incorporated into future Finnish and Canadian F-35As, is there to help the jets land safely in poor winter weather conditions. It also allows for less wear-and-tear on braking systems. This could be a relevant capability for road and other short-field operations.

Exakt das benötigen deutsche F-35 meiner Überzeugung nach auch. Und wir benötigen eine entsprechende mobile Infrastruktur, sozusagen mobile Flughäfen, die alles notwendige dort zur Verfügung stellen können wo die Maschinen landen und starten und eben nicht fix an bestimmte Orte gebunden sind.