FSD Aircraft



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    F-35B's BF-02 & BF-04 seen during ship suitability testing aboard the USS WASP (LHD-1) on October 16th, 2011. [Lockheed Martin photo]
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    Lt. Christopher Tabert prepares for a steam catapult launch in F-35C test aircraft CF-03. The test was flight 26 for CF-3 on October 6th, 2011 at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. [Lockheed Martin photo]
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    USMC Lt. Col. Matt Kelly pilots F-35B BF-4 returns to NAS Patuxent River after completing initial F-35B ship suitability testing aboard USS WASP on October 21st, 2011. [Lockheed Martin photo]
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    USMC Lt. Col. Matt Kelly pilots F-35B BF-2 as it flies over Chesapeake Bay on October 25th, 2011 [Lockheed Martin photo]
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    Three F-35A test pilots formed up over the AFFTC at Edwards AFB on December 10th, 2011. Flying lead was Maj. Matthew Hayden in AF-2, with Lt. Col. Dwayne Opella in AF-3, and Maj. Steven Spears in AF-4 forming up on his wing. This was Flight 85 for AF-4. [Lockheed Martin photo by Darin Russell]
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    F-35B test aircraft BF-05 flies in STOVL mode for the first time on December 5th, 2011 on its 21st flight. [Lockheed Martin photo by Andy Wolfe]
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    USMC's Lt. Col. Fred Schenk flies F-35B test aircraft BF-05 in short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) mode during the aircraft's 24th flight. [Lockheed Martin photo by Michael D. Jackson]
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    The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II meets its namesake, the P-38 Lightning at Edwards AFB. The first service model P-38s were delivered to the Army Air corps in June of 1941. [Lockheed Martin photo]
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    The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II meets its namesake, the P-38 Lightning at Edwards AFB. The first service model P-38s were delivered to the Army Air corps in June of 1941. [Lockheed Martin photo]
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    USMC Maj. C.R. Clift flies F-35C CF-02 test aircraft for its 41st flight on November 30th, 2011. [Lockheed Martin photo by Michael D. Jackson]
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    Three F-35A test pilots formed up over the AFFTC at Edwards AFB on December 10th, 2011. Flying lead was Maj. Matthew Hayden in AF-2, with Lt. Col. Dwayne Opella in AF-3, and Maj. Steven Spears in AF-4 forming up on his wing. This was Flight 85 for AF-4. [Lockheed Martin photo by Darin Russell]
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    F-35B BF-5 test aircraft completes its first vertical landing at NAS Patuxent River on January 5th, 2012. [Lockheed Martin photo]
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    F-35B test aircraft BF-1 flight in short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) mode on January 5th, 2012. [Lockheed Martin photo]
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    Lt.Col. Fred 'Tinman' Schenk flies F-35B BF-05 test aircraft during flight 26 in short takeoff/vertical landing mode on January 5th, 2012. [Lockheed Martin photo]
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    Lt.Col. Peter 'Shay' Vitt flies F-35A AF-04 test aircraft for Flight 59, captured during refuelling from a USAF KC-10 tanker on September 29th, 2011. [Lockheed Martin photo by Darin Russell]