Royal Air Force Squadron Leader Steve Long takes off from Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., in an F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter on January 26th. The flight marked the first time an active-duty service pilot from the United Kingdom had flown an F-35. [Lockheed Martin photo]
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News: First U.K. service pilot flies F-35 [2010-01-27]
A Royal Air Force officer on Tuesday became the first active-duty service pilot from the United Kingdom to take to the skies in a Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II.
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News: Air Force: JSF delayed by two years [2010-03-03]
Air Force Secretary Michael Donley said Tuesday that the service’s plan to use the Pentagon’s marquee fighter jet, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, will probably be delayed by two years and cost significantly more than initially expected.
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