Before the F-35C, the U.S. military fielded the F-35A and F-35B. The "B" variant saw its first combat while carrying out airstrikes in 2018 against the Taliban in Afghanistan and Islamic State in ...
the conventional takeoff and landing F-35A, the short take-off and vertical-landing F-35B, and the carrier-based F-35C. The aircraft is capable of performing a wide range of missions due to its ...