Fifth Generation Fighter Prints Wall Art

Fifth Generation Fighter Prints — 3 museum-grade prints on the theme. The F-35B is the short take-off and vertical landing variant of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II — Rolls-Royce lift fan, swivelling rear nozzle, and the same sensor-fusion cockpit that defines fifth-generation employment. The Royal Air Force and Royal Navy jointly operate UK F-35Bs from RAF Marham and the Queen Elizabeth-class carriers. The F-35 Lightning II emerged from the multinational JSF programme as a fifth-generation stealth fighter integrating sensor fusion, low observables, and internal weapons carriage across F-35A, B, and C variants. Japan selected the F-35A as the primary successor to its ageing F-4 Phantom fleet, with the 302nd Squadron at Misawa among the first JASDF units to transition after decades of Phantom operations from its 1974 stand-up at Chitose. The Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II is the short take-off and vertical landing variant of the Joint Strike Fighter, combining low-observable shaping with a Rolls-Royce lift fan and vectoring rear nozzle so US Marine Corps aviators can operate from amphibious assault ships and austere forward strips. VMFA-211 Wake Island Avengers, assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 13 under the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing at MCAS Yuma, Arizona, received their first F-35Bs on 9 May 2016 and were redesignated from VMA-211 to VMFA-211 on 30 June 2016 — the Corps' second fleet squadron to adopt the Lightning II after VMFA-121's earlier transition.

Updated 14 Jun 2026