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Aircraft: AF-04
LM Aero T/V AF-04
Plant LMTAS
Local C/N
Delivered USAF AF-04
F-35A
Current USAF AF-04
F-35A
Status [act]
First flight on December 30th, 2010 with Bill "Gigs" Gigliotti being the pilot.


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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
Unknown [act] AF-04 F-35A
22 Jan 2011 [act] AF-04 USAF 461 FLTS F-35A News Article
Performed the first night refuelling mission of the F-35 on March 22nd, 2012. On October 20th, 2012 completed the first F-35 Spin Recovery Chute taxi deployment.


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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