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F-35 coding update
F-35 coding update
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ZM135 001 Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II l/n Oct 2019 HMS Queen Elizabeth (since ret to Edwards AFB)
ZM136 002 Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II l/n Oct 2019 HMS Queen Elizabeth (since ret to Edwards AFB)
ZM137 137 Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II l/n Jul 2019 RAF Marham (MAR reports in Maintenance & Finishing Facility)
ZM138 004 Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II l/n Oct 2019 HMS Queen Elizabeth (since ret to Edwards AFB)
ZM139 005 Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II l/n Jan 2020 RAF Marham (dep for Red Flag)
ZM140 --- Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II l/n Feb 2019 RAF Marham (MAR reports in Maintenance & Finishing Facility)
ZM141 007 Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II l/n Jan 2020 RAF Marham (dep for Red Flag)
ZM142 008 Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II l/n Jan 2020 RAF Marham (dep for Red Flag)
ZM143 --- Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II l/n Oct 2019 RAF Marham
ZM144 010 Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II l/n Jan 2020 RAF Marham (dep for Red Flag)
ZM145 011 Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II l/n Jan 2020 RAF Marham
ZM146 012 Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II l/n Jan 2020 RAF Marham (dep for Red Flag)
ZM147 --- Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II l/n Jul 2019 RAF Marham
ZM148 014 Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II l/n Dec 2019 HMS Queen Elizabeth (since ret to RAF Marham)
ZM149 015 Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II l/n Jan 2020 RAF Marham
ZM150 150 Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II l/n Sept 2019 RAF Marham
ZM151 017 Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II l/n Oct 2019 HMS Queen Elizabeth (since ret to RAF Marham)
ZM152 018 Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II l/n Oct 2019 RAF Marham
ZM135 001 Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II l/n Oct 2019 HMS Queen Elizabeth (since ret to Edwards AFB)
ZM136 002 Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II l/n Oct 2019 HMS Queen Elizabeth (since ret to Edwards AFB)
ZM137 137 Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II l/n Jul 2019 RAF Marham (MAR reports in Maintenance & Finishing Facility)
ZM138 004 Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II l/n Oct 2019 HMS Queen Elizabeth (since ret to Edwards AFB)
ZM139 005 Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II l/n Jan 2020 RAF Marham (dep for Red Flag)
ZM140 --- Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II l/n Feb 2019 RAF Marham (MAR reports in Maintenance & Finishing Facility)
ZM141 007 Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II l/n Jan 2020 RAF Marham (dep for Red Flag)
ZM142 008 Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II l/n Jan 2020 RAF Marham (dep for Red Flag)
ZM143 --- Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II l/n Oct 2019 RAF Marham
ZM144 010 Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II l/n Jan 2020 RAF Marham (dep for Red Flag)
ZM145 011 Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II l/n Jan 2020 RAF Marham
ZM146 012 Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II l/n Jan 2020 RAF Marham (dep for Red Flag)
ZM147 --- Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II l/n Jul 2019 RAF Marham
ZM148 014 Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II l/n Dec 2019 HMS Queen Elizabeth (since ret to RAF Marham)
ZM149 015 Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II l/n Jan 2020 RAF Marham
ZM150 150 Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II l/n Sept 2019 RAF Marham
ZM151 017 Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II l/n Oct 2019 HMS Queen Elizabeth (since ret to RAF Marham)
ZM152 018 Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II l/n Oct 2019 RAF Marham
Last edited by POL on Wed Jan 22, 2020 1:18 pm, edited 13 times in total.
Re: F-35 coding update
Hi EGVP
Great work... interesting and extremely helpfull.
Thank you very much for posting this info.
T1
Great work... interesting and extremely helpfull.
Thank you very much for posting this info.
T1
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It would be interesting to know where all these airframes are right now. Guessing only a few are properly 'based' at Marham?
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3 are onboard HMS Queen Elizabeth.
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So there are, my apologies.
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Thanks - very good to know!
Presumably the ones at Edwards will leave service after their development lives are over? Wonder if we could see one at a UK museum.
Presumably the ones at Edwards will leave service after their development lives are over? Wonder if we could see one at a UK museum.
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They might be the oldest production airframes flying but I doubt they are likely going to be retiring in a hurry
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They're production (rather than development) airframes so will stay in service as long as the rest I'd imagine. Not sure if in time 17 will relocate to the UK, or stay at Edwards ?
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Noted flying today 18Oct were ZM144/010 & ZM145/011, both had nose & tail code with lightning bolt markings. ZM144/010 is an update to the list.
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what is the reg of the F35 coded 016
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016 should be ZM150 if they keep to sequence. i.e. ZM149 is '15' & ZM151 is '17'
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You are both likely to be correct, however I shall leave the list "as-is" until someone visually/photographically confirms it.
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[/quote]They're production (rather than development) airframes so will stay in service as long as the rest I'd imagine. Not sure if in time 17 will relocate to the UK, or stay at Edwards ?
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We were told by 617sq CO John Butcher that 17 was very unlikely to move to U.K. but will stay at Edwards. As U.K. doesn’t have any ranges big enough to do the kind of testing they need to do on F35.
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We were told by 617sq CO John Butcher that 17 was very unlikely to move to U.K. but will stay at Edwards. As U.K. doesn’t have any ranges big enough to do the kind of testing they need to do on F35.
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17 Sqn will stay over there. But an airframe swop over may well happen and they might get newer Block airframes at some point.
But then again...???
But then again...???
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ZM136/002 confirmed today on the QE, can't ID the other aircraft but it's presumably ZM135!
https://twitter.com/HMSQNLZ/status/1187117117444886528
https://twitter.com/HMSQNLZ/status/1187117117444886528
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Saw it on deck of carrier coded 016
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Are you sure its ZM150 ?
As far as I am aware its still only 3 that flew to the other side of the Atlantic
As far as I am aware its still only 3 that flew to the other side of the Atlantic
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