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Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II AF-04 flown by LtCol George 'Boxer' Schwartz completed the program's first in-flight refuelling mission while configured with external weapons at Edwards AFB on April 21st, 2012. [Lockheed Martin photo by Tom Reynolds]
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BF-02 flown by CDR Eric Buus during flight 178 seen during Transonic Prop Testing with shockwaves on April 19th, 2012. [Lockheed Martin photo]
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Lt.Col. Mathew Kelly flies F-35B test aircraft BF-02 on flight 167 with external weapons installed over NAS Patuxent River on March 9th, 2012. [Lockheed Martin photo]
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F-35B test aircraft BF-01 flies with landing gear up on April 11th, 2012. [Lockheed Martin photo]
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F-35B test aircraft BF-01 flies in short take-off/vertical landing mode during flight 188 at NAS Patuxent River on April 9th, 2012. [Lockheed Martin photo]
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Major Russell 'Jimi' Clift flies F-35B test aircraft BF-04 during flight 99 - a test mission over NAS Patuxent River - with weapons bay doors open on March 19th, 2012. [Lockheed Martin photo]
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Lt. Col. Matt Taylor flies F-35C test aircraft CF-02 during Flight 109 and performs the first night flight of the carrier variant on June 13th, 2012 from NAS Patuxent River. [Lockheed Martin photo]
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Lt. Col. Matt Taylor flies F-35C test aircraft CF-02 during Flight 109 and performs the first night flight of the carrier variant on June 13th, 2012 from NAS Patuxent River. [Lockheed Martin photo]
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Lt. Col. Matt Taylor flies F-35C test aircraft CF-02 during Flight 109 and performs the first night flight of the carrier variant on June 13th, 2012 from NAS Patuxent River. [Lockheed Martin photo]
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Lt. Col. Matt Taylor flies F-35C test aircraft CF-02 during Flight 109 and performs the first night flight of the carrier variant on June 13th, 2012 from NAS Patuxent River. [Lockheed Martin photo]
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F-35B BF-2 taxis in after arriving at Edwards AFB on July 23rd, 2012 in order to begin airstart testing at the 461st FLTS. USMC test pilot Lt. Col. Matt Kelly flew the aircraft from NAS Patuxent River. [Lockheed Martin photo by Andy Wolfe]
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The first-ever F-35 weapons release test flight was successfully carried out over the Atlantic Test Range near NAS Patuxent River, Maryland on August 8th, 2012. During flight 224, Lockheed Martin test pilot Dan Levin released an inert 1,000-pound GBU-32 JDAM separation test article while flying at 400 knots at an altitude of 4,200 feet in BF-03, the third F-35B test aircraft. [Photo by Andy Wolfe]
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F-35B test aircraft BF-03 completed the first aerial weapons release for any variant of the aircraft on August 8th, 2012. BF-03 dropped an inert 1,000-pound GBU-32 Joint Direct Attack Munition over an Atlantic test range from an internal weapons bay. [Lockheed Martin photo]
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A Supermarine Spitfire parked next to F-35 AF-6 from the 461st FLTS on September 14th, 2012. [Lockheed Martin photo by Matthew Short]
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A Supermarine Spitfire parked next to F-35 AF-6 from the 461st FLTS on September 14th, 2012. [Lockheed Martin photo by Matthew Short]
