FSD Aircraft

F-35B on approach into NAS Fort Worth after a successful first flight on June 11th, 2008. [Photo by Keith Robinson]

F-35A numbered AA-1, landing as it goes past the Edwards Control Tower on October 1st at 1:30 p.m. The flight marks the first time the aircraft arrived here. The F-35 will perform series of tests, including airstart and noise testing. The aircraft flew in from NAS Fort Worth, Texas. [Lockheed Martin photo by Andy Wolfe]

An F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, marked AA-1, lands at an Edwards runway on October 23rd, 2008. The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Integrated Test Force concluded an air start testing here. [USAF photo by SrA. Julius Delos Reyes]

An F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, marked AA-1, lands at an Edwards runway on October 23rd, 2008. The aircraft arrived here on October 1st from a Lockheed Martin plant at Fort Worth, Texas. [USAF photo by SrA. Julius Delos Reyes]

An F-35 Lightning II, marked AA-1, lands at an Edwards runway on October 23rd, 2008. The F-35 concluded an air start test validating the aircraft's ability to shutdown and restart its engine in flight. [USAF photo by SrA. Julius Delos Reyes]

F-35 Lightning II on final approach into NAS Fort Worth with Lockheed-Martin chase #90-0848 on November 13th, 2008. [Photo by Keith Robinson]

F-35B, BF-2 is performing a taxi test at NAS Fort Worth. [Photo by Maskelyne]

The second F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) variant takes off on its inaugural flight on February 25th, 2009 at Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth. F-35 development aircraft have completed 85 test flights. [LMTAS photo]

USMC pilot Maj. Joseph T. Bachmann became the first Marine to fly the F-35 Lightning II on March 19th, 2009. [LMTAS photo by Tom Harvey]

USMC pilot Maj. Joseph T. Bachmann at the controls, the F-35 Lightning II lifts off from the runway at Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth on March 19th, 2009. Bachmann became the first Marine to fly the F-35, which will enter operational service with the Corps in 2012. [LMTAS photo by John Wilson]

One of the F-35 prototypes is flying with its weapon bays opened demonstrating the large internal space. [LMTAS photo]

One of the F-35 prototypes is flying with its weapon bays opened demonstrating the large internal space. [LMTAS photo]

One of the F-35 prototypes is flying with its weapon bays opened demonstrating the large internal space. [LMTAS photo]

One of the F-35 prototypes is flying with its weapon bays opened demonstrating the large internal space. [LMTAS photo]

One of the F-35 prototypes is flying with its weapon bays opened demonstrating the large internal space. [LMTAS photo]