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Marines receive first F-35C Lightning II carrier variant Jan 23, 2015 - The first F-35C Lightning II, carrier variant, for the U.S. Marine Corps touched-down on the flight line at Eglin AFB on January 13, from the Lockheed Martin plant in Fort Worth, Texas, to begin training in support of carrier-based operations. [Read more...]	F-35 arrival begins new era at USAFWS Jan 16, 2015 - A new era began at the U.S. Air Force Weapons School when its first F-35A Lightning II touched-down on the flightline on January 15, flown straight from the Lockheed Martin plant in Fort Worth, Texas. [Read more...]

Lakenheath selected to host first F-35s in USAFE Jan 08, 2015 - Royal Air Force Lakenheath, U.K., was selected as the first U.S. Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) base to host the F-35A Lightning II. [Read more...]	Australian F-35 lands at Luke Dec 19, 2014 - The first Royal Australian Air Force F-35A Lightning II jet arrived at Luke Air Force Base December 18. The jet's arrival marks the first international partner F-35 to arrive for training at Luke. [Read more...]
Navy's First F-35C Lightning II Squadron Surpasses 1000 Flight Hours Nov 24, 2014 - The "Grim Reapers" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 101, the Navy's first F-35C Lightning II carrier variant squadron, reached a milestone in November 2014 by surpassing 1,000 mishap-free flight hours in the F-35C. [Read more...]	First F-35 squadron for the RNLAF Nov 05, 2014 - The Royal Netherlands Air Force has its first F-35 squadron as of yesterday afternoon, the Royal Netherlands Air Force has its first F-35 squadron. [Read more...]
F-35C completes first arrested landing aboard Aircraft Carrier Nov 03, 2014 - The Navy made aviation history November 3rd, as an F-35C Lightning II carrier variant Joint Strike Fighter conducted its first arrested landing aboard an aircraft carrier off the coast of San Diego. [Read more...]	First F-35A operational weapons load crew qualified Oct 22, 2014 - Three Airmen with the 58th Aircraft Maintenance Unit became the first qualified operational weapons load crew for the F-35A Lightning II during a qualification load on October 10th. [Read more...]
Navy Announces Decision to Base the F-35C at NAS Lemoore Oct 02, 2014 - The Department of the Navy, after carefully weighing the strategic, operational, and environmental consequences of the proposed action, has decided to base the F-35C aircraft at Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore, California. [Read more...]	First DOD general officer completes F-35 qualification training Sep 30, 2014 - When the wheels of his F-35A Lightning II touched down around 13:00hrs, Sept. 26, Maj. Gen. Jay Silveria became the first Department of Defense general officer to complete qualification training in the joint strike fighter. [Read more...]

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