Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II operators

The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a family of stealth multirole fighters that first entered service with the United States in 2015.

The aircraft has been ordered by program partner nations, including the United Kingdom, Italy, Norway, and Australia, and also through the Department of Defense's Foreign Military Sales program, including Japan, South Korea, and Israel.

35 received,[91] with 30 in the UK (one F-35B lost)[92] and the rest in the US, where they are used for testing and training.

[93] 42 (24 FOC fighters and 18 training aircraft) to be fast-tracked by 2023.

[96] Ship-based platform activation includes:[139]

Operates F-35A, F-35B and F-35C variants (United States)
Operates F-35A and F-35B variants (Italy, Japan)
Operates F-35A variant only (Australia, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, South Korea)
Operates F-35B variant only (United Kingdom)
Operates F-35I variant only (Israel)
Awaiting delivery (F-35A: Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Greece, Poland, Romania, Switzerland; F-35B: Singapore)
One of the RAAF's first two F-35As in December 2014
The F-35I Adir (accompanied by a 253 Squadron F-16I Sufa) on its debut flight in Israel, December 2016
Dutch F-35A in July 2013
F-35 in 41st Training Air Base in Dęblin, Poland during the 2020 acquisition deal signing ceremony
The first Italian F-35B
First four RAF F-35Bs on a delivery flight to RAF Marham , June 2018
A USMC F-35B aboard USS Wasp
USN F-35C launches from USS Abraham Lincoln