Lockheed F-35C (16-9636)

Four US Navy F-35C Lightnings are captured here as they are notched at the end of NAS Fallon's Taxiway Alpha awaiting permission to launch. 169636 is the first F-35C in the group. To the immediate right of the fourth F-35 there were nine more warbirds (eight Navy F-18s and F-5s and one Tactical Air Support F-5) also notched in line awaiting clearance to take off.
All four military metal aircraft seen here are assigned to VFA-147, the "Argonauts," home based at NAS Lemoore in California. Strike Fighter Squadron 147 (VFA-147) will be reporting to the US Navy's newest aircraft carrier (which is also the largest aircraft carrier in the world), the USS Gerald R. Ford, when that ship begins its first-ever deployment a little over a year from now.