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Aircraft: AF-02
LM Aero T/V AF-02
Plant LMTAS
Local C/N
Delivered USAF AF-02
F-35A
Current USAF AF-02
F-35A
Status [act]
First flight on April 20th, 2010. Nicknamed "Work Horse".


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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
Unknown [act] AF-02 F-35A
17 May 2010 [act] AF-02 USAF 461 FLTS F-35A
F-35 Lighting II Joint Strike Fighters, AF-01 and AF-02, arrived at Edwards AFB. First F-35 to pass 1000 flight hours on June 11th, 2014. Maj. Charles Trickey, a 461st Flight Test Squadron test pilot, fired the 25 mm GAU-22/A Gatling gun for the first time while in flight on October 30th, 2015 over China Lake Weapon Range, California.
Nov 2017 [act] AF-02 USAF 461 FLTS F-35A
Modified with a drag chute.


Abbreviations and symbols:
[act] Active [i/a] Instructional Airframe [sto] Stored (e.g. at AMARG)
[cld] Cancelled Order [msh] Involved in Mishap [w/o] Write-off
[con] Converted [o/o] On Order
[des] Destroyed (drone) [pre] Preserved (museum, gateguard) T/V LM Aero Type/Version (Construction) number
[emb] Embargoed [scr] Scrapped Photo Available
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