Next-Gen Air Dominance Program Prompts Stealth Tech Expansion

F-35C that landed on the USS Abraham Lincoln on Nov. 30.

A mirrorlike film coats the canted vertical fins of this F-35C that landed on the USS Abraham Lincoln on Nov. 30.

Credit: Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Sonny Escalante/U.S. Navy
A Lockheed Martin F-35C landed Nov. 30 on the USS Abraham Lincoln somewhere in the Pacific Ocean—it was a visitor, belonging to the shore-based Strike Fighter Sqdn., featuring a unique attribute, a modification previously unseen on an aircraft carrier deck at sea. Mirrorlike panels in the shape of...

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