F-35C Basing

The Navy plans to base the F-35C carrier variant at Naval Air Station Lemoore, CA, after weighing the strategic, operational and environmental consequences, the service announced Oct. 2.

A total of 100 F-35C Joint Strike Fighter aircraft in seven Navy Pacific Fleet squadrons and the Fleet Replacement Squadron will be based at Lemoore beginning in 2016.

Inside the Navy reported in May that the service recommended Lemoore as the F-35C as the aircraft's homebase.