The B model has a tilt nozzle but not the C version. The C version has bigger wings and a beefed up landing gear but that’s it.

Love to see how the art and visuals have improved so much over the years

Just 80 years ago we were using propeller powered aircraft. No screens, heat seeking missiles, laser guided bombs, or jet engines. We have come so far in such a short time.

What people fail to understand is that: 1 trillion involves maintenance, software, operator training, and other costs for its operational life until 2070. No "Legacy"/"Teen Series" fighter development (F-14, F-15, F-16, F/A-18) has been calculated this way. A capabilities insight: "Those situations highlight the fifth-generation capabilities of the F-35. We’re still able to operate and be successful. In a lot of cases we have a large role as an integrated quarterback,” said Lt. Col. Yosef Morris, 4th FS commander. “Our ability to continue to fuse and pass information to the entire package makes every aircraft more survivable.” During the first week of Red Flag, the F-35 pilots flew in a larger force of Blue Air in a counter-air mission. More than 60 aggressor aircraft were flying against them, blinding many of the fourth-generation aircraft with “robust” electronic attack capabilities. “I’ve never seen anything like it before,” Wood said. “This is not a mission you want a young pilot flying in. My wingman was a brand new F-35A pilot, seven or eight flights out of training. He gets on the radio and tells an experienced, 3,000-hour pilot in a very capable fourth-generation aircraft. ‘Hey bud, you need to turn around. You’re about to die. There’s a threat off your nose.’” The young pilot then “killed” the enemy aircraft and had three more kills in the hour-long mission. “Even in this extremely challenging environment, the F-35 didn’t have many difficulties doing its job,” Wood said. ‘That’s a testament to the pilot’s training and the capabilities of the jet.” "Hill Airmen, F-35 a lethal combo at Red Flag"-AF . The F-35, despite all the Woozle/disinformation effect on the fighter, will be the main face of Western fighter aviation for decades to come.

The B model has vertical liftoff capability, the C has big foldable wings.

kinda wish you mentioned the unique A variant we norwegians got wich can use a drag chute, the drag chute is deployed on norwegian F-35A's as we got shorter landing strips that in some cases are quite icy and the overal sub-arctic weather in the far north.

One thing not mentioned is the F-35's performance in Red Flag. They dominated the skies bringing in 15:1 kill ratios and gave other aircraft real time situational awareness across the battlespace that made their jobs easier. Then in 2019 they performed even better, even though they were being hit with constant jamming and GPS disruption, they basically controlled how the battles played out. They were essentially the best quarterback of the skies you could ask for. They could read the plays, tell everyone the plays, and execute their own plays almost unchallenged

like 90% of the supposed problems are the machinations of Pierre Sprey, a dude who never actually built or designed anything and also doesn't understand avionics. Yet some how media viewed him as a god among aircraft designers.

The C is NOT STOVL/VTOL. Has larger wings with foldable wingtip sections, larger control surfaces for improved low-speed control, stronger landing gear for the stresses of carrier arrested landings, a twin-wheel nose gear, and a stronger tailhook for use with carrier arrestor cables. The larger wing area allows for decreased landing speed while increasing both range and payload.

6:14 fun fact, F35 wasn't designed to supercruise, the body design was better than anticipated

It’s been around a year since I’ve watched your content and I must say the animation style has increased 10 fold, if your iconic voice was replaced you could’ve fooled me to believe this was an entirely different channel, props to you and keep it up

The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird. An advanced, long-range strategic reconnaissance aircraft, capable of Mach 3 and an altitude of eighty-five thousand feet! Hope someone remembered this reference

My aunt worked as an inspector for the F35A on Eglin AFB After she finally retired, the coolest part of working there wasnt the F35 It was watching the Space Shuttle piggyback on a Boeing 747

Always cool to see more modern tech on your channel

The F35 is certainly an amazing machine. I’d love to get a ride in one.

3:46 correction: ONLY the B model is capable of VTOL. The C can only do conventional/carrier takeoffs and landings.

I used to work at a marine corps air station but I’ve been moved to a marine corp camp. The few F35 B’s we saw turned heads and they were the coolest planes that were stationed there, aside from the F16’s, which would roar all the way down the strip. The F35’s were surprisingly quiet while in VTOL mode, quieter than the AV8 harriers despite having more total thrust. Or it could just be my poor hearing since i didn’t wear ear protection while working 😂

I think you got the B and C models mixed up. The B has the tilting nozzle but the C only has a stronger landing gear.

3:24 The F-35A is actually equipped with a GAU-22, which is a 4-barrel version of the 5-barreled GAU-12.

This was incredible. You out-did yourself on the animation!

I used to work on the F35 it's got to be the most complicated aircraft to work on but so so worth it even the raw of the engine when it takes off is incredible

You weren't wright about the B & C model, the B model can do vertical landing the C model can't. The C model only has larger wings (and foldable) and reinforced landing gear.

F35 Variants: A - Conventional Takeoff, Highest Payload Capacity & Cheapest To Make B - Fully VTOL Capable, at the cost of Lowest Payload Capacity & Highest Price C - Carrier Takeoff, Wider & Foldable Wings, Reinforced Landing Gear

fun fact: people hate this thing because it's new

The F-35 C cannot vertically land or take off, it's major differences are foldable wings and beefed up landing gear. The F-35 B can vertically land and take off on shorter runways.

Once heard a story of a guy in the Middle East, snuck up on an old f-4 phantom in an f-35 (might’ve been an f-22) and was just feet under him and the f-4 didn’t see him, American got on the radio and told the f-4 to “just go home”

I live 10 minutes from the Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Southern Maryland, where one of the primary missions is the development of the JSF F35 for the Navy and Marines. Many of the folks that live around here work on or for the installation. It's kinda cool to see jets flying around. We even have a cool naval air museum where we are the only place in the world to have a real full version of each competing aircraft from both Boeing (failed) and Lockheed (current) on display on the tarmac with about 20 other full sized naval aircraft from history. Really cool - if anyone is ever in the area, its just an hour south of DC in a beautiful stretch of coastal MD.

Such a utilitarian fighter! The F-35 and B-1 are two of my favorite aesthetic military aircraft along with the C-17

The F-35 is the equivalent to what the M16 was in the 1960s. Give it time and it'll be perfected, and still be affordable.

The F-35C cannot take off or land vertically. It's cat-launched & arrestor wire landed.

I remember seeing one of these (the C version) at the 2016 Jones Beach Airshow and being absolutely mesmerized by it. It was one of its 1st public debuts at the time

i love seeing all these F35 critics thinking they know so much about modern air combat tactics

I love how you can Summarize NATO and American armaments as " Make a ____ but a ____" AC130? Make a tank but a plane. F35? Make an F22 but a Harrier Edit as of recent events: XM5? BAR but with Wifi

The F35 has had an up and down development process… but has the potential to be a true marvel

These visuals have got so much better Well done

Correction the F-35 cost over 1.6 Trillion in R&D what you cited Four Hundred Billion was just for the Type A & D variants the Type B costs so vary much more to develop!

About the f-35C it doesn’t have VTOL only the b variant has VTOL

That last bit about tech making its stealth less effective; do remember that anything that makes a stealth aircraft easier to see, works even better on non-stealth airframes.

Finally someone that doesn't just blindly hate on the f-35 cuz "hurr durr it expensive and ba at dogfight"

Awesome! And to think, as a kid I was impressed by the F-18 Hornet when it first came out.

is it me or has simple history's quality went way up? keep up the great work

Watching the F-35 take off an aircraft carrier in person is a real spectacle gentlemen.

I've grown to absolutely love this jet, and if I do end up joining the Air Force, I'll do my best to try and fly this sucker! :D

I loved the calming "outro" 10:42 :)

crazy that the design is almost 30 years old, and it makes me wonder what kind of modern tech the US government has which we don’t know about yet.

ive been living around both the 16 and 35 for a bit now and ill have you know the 35 is significantly louder

Love hearing you talk about aircraft!!

In a major war where resources will become limited this will be a nightmare to repair / maintain. The smaller countries will not be able to sustain such an advanced aircraft with all those parts.

A couple of corrections 1. The f-35C is not a Vtol 2. The f-35 can only super-cruise for short periods of time unlike the Raptor. 3. I would have liked for you to show the average price for each of them, but the f-35A which will make up most of the f-35’s is 78 million$ Other than that great video

1:20 In the 1990s, my father was an engineer on the Boeing design team for the X-32A. He couldn't help always remarking that the stubby-winged fighter was "an ugly duckling of an airplane".

Fun fact, when Belgium joined the F35 program there was a relatively long negotiation period because to agree to the expense Belgium wanted to get something out of it. The result was on one side a contract to produce parts and munitions locally providing about 700 jobs and secondly the setting up of a software development lab for the F35 in the local universities. The intent being to eventually turn the F35 into the swarm leader of a pack of unmanned fighter drones.

I really enjoyed the animation! Very well stylised

The quality of presentation has really evolved...I can't wait to see more modern tech videos like these.

Finally some semi mainstream appreciation of how great the f35 actually is

Ok so, there are a few issues I can see with the video: 1. The F-35C cannot perform vertical takeoffs, as it isn't equipped with neither the LiftFan nor the pivoting engine nozzle, it only has larger wings and control surfaces, stronger landing gear, and a tailhook, and other nudges for carrier landings. 2. The F-35 cannot supercruise, its engine doesn't produce enough power to do so. 3. Only the F-35C has double nose gear, the others had single nosewheels. 4. All F-35s have the EOTS sensor below the nose (small detail issue in the model, not directly mentioned in the video though). But otherwise, the animations and models are very good. Please watch out for possible issues in future videos.

Great channel. Every upload is interesting to watch.

WOW. I have followed and loved your content for years but this episode really REALLY broke new ground for your production quality. I am very happy to watch as you guys keep improving. Thanks for all the quality and frequent uploads.

Very good job fellows!! Beautiful work. Love to see how the art and visuals have improved so much over the years!

I love this animation, and the way you explained it 😁

LOVE THE ARTWORK AND THE VIDEO IN GENERAL

This video and the one you guys made on the T-34 are my two favourite videos uploaded to this channel. Keep it up!

3:40 your summation of the F-35C is incorrect. The F-35C cannot take off and land vertically, only the B variant has the vertical lift system. The F-35C achieves short take off and landing through the use of catapults and arrestor cables but vertical take off and landing is not one of its capabilities.

So much improvement in the art since I found this channel back in 2015

The F35 A is also the fastest of the 3 variants and the only that is capable of 9G maneuvers

Thank you so much Simple History for your hard work. This is one of my favourite episodes that you had made. Keep up the good work.

If it was developed in 1995, imagine what they have now

Thanks for the information too.

Ur animation work is outstandingly beautiful...

Can we just appreciate the quality animation of the jets? Nicely done.

F 35s are iconic and memorable and I think Lockheed Martin put lot of effort into this and their aircraft are respected but this one is the most respected

When Finland decided to buy the F-35, Putin's trolls activated in such numbers that it proved it was the best choice to replace the F/A-18's Finland is currently using.

I loved the soundtrack of the video, it gave me a lot of TC's HAWX vibes

"Why was the F-35 so expensive and why did it take so long?" Because the project resulted in 3 different jets. The F-35A, F-35B and F-35C really only have their outer appearance in common.

Cracking up over here! Loved how J-dam bombs and external drop tanks were fired like missiles! 😂😂😂

I love seeing now under spectre of war the tone change in this channel.

3:22 the F-35 uses the GAU-22/A which is a lighter four-barrel derivative of the GAU-12/U.

Haven’t seen a US/NATO fighting vehicle review video on this channel that is this impressive since the M1 Abrams video.

Some inaccuracies here and there but an honest and balanced video. Would be cool if they did a video on the F-15 and/or F-22.

tankies and pierre sprey fans are sperging out in the comments lol

Beautiful illustrations. I mostly stayed for them.

The C-model is a CATOBAR, not VTOL. Only the B-model has the VTOL/STOVL. I love simple history, but I would have expected something as major as that to be correctly presented.

Love these types of modern-day topics, keep it up!

The sound recording is great!

the charlie variant does not have vertical takeoff or landing abilities. source: i deployed with with f35c squadrons on the uss carl vinson

I never thought i would be interested in this, but with the current situation in mind, i think this is a great and impressive project.

Great I really like these types of coverage of things

Would love to have one of these for my birthday

Been seeing these from my backyard lately, seems like they’re conducting a lot of training exercises.

Keep up the good work I love history and your channel could you do a video on the king tiger?

the f-35C is NOT a VTOL aircraft, it's upgraded with a longer wingspan and stronger landing gear to operate from carriers

Fact Check: mixed up the B and C variants on takeoff characteristics. The B has the vertical take off and landing, where as the C is just short take off and landing.

I must say, the drawing/art/animation/models has come a long way on this channel! Nice work!

I heard Canada is getting plenty of F35 Jets to replace their old fleet of aircraft. That's insane...

I love seeing these things on the flight line

I’m just imagining the poor controller like aye you got a bandit 30nm out and the pilot being like yeah man saw him when I took off you can take a break😂

Please do more modern weapon/vehicle videos! These are really great!

3:48 I’ve never heard of the F-35C’s VTOL abilities…

The F-35 is MUCH louder then the F-16. In Norway noise was never a problem with the F-16s, but with the F-35s, farmers have had to put down their animals because they were terrified by the sound. On Ørland main air base over 220 ground owners have sued the state because of the sound.

5:26: Casually flying with the cockpit ladder hatch open :D 6:18 too

It’s cool to see modern equipment here 👍