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Six Marine Corps F-35s Delivered Without Radars Thus Far, Program Director Says

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2026

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Six Marine Corps F-35s Delivered Without Radars Thus Far, Program Director Says

Pictured is a Poland Ministry of Defense photo of F-35As landing in that nation on May 22nd. Poland is the first nation on NATO's eastern flank to receive the F-35.

The U.S. Marine Corps thus far has received six F-35 fighters without radars, as the service waits on Northrop Grumman's [NOC] delivery of the AN/APG-85 radar, which is to replace the current APG-81, also by Northrop Grumman. "The Marine Corps has been accepting airplanes with no radar in it, is that correct?" Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee's (SASC) airland panel, asked Marine Lt. Gen. Gregory Masiello, the F-35 program executive officer, at a…

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