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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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F-35A AF-02 sitting on the tarmac with Space Shuttle Endeavour in the background mounted atop its 747 SCA as it arrives at Edwards AFB on September 20th, 2012. [Lockheed Martin photo by Paul Weatherman]
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F-35A AF-02 sitting on the tarmac with Space Shuttle Endeavour in the background mounted atop its 747 SCA as it arrives at Edwards AFB on September 20th, 2012. [Lockheed Martin photo by Paul Weatherman]
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Two F-35B Joint Strike Fighters conduct the first aerial refueling of its kind with a KC-130J Hercules in the sky above Eglin AFB on October 2nd, 2012. [Photo by Cpl. Brian Adam Jone]
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Two F-35B Joint Strike Fighters conduct the first aerial refueling of its kind with a KC-130J Hercules in the sky above Eglin AFB on October 2nd, 2012. [Photo by Cpl. Brian Adam Jone]
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Two F-35B Joint Strike Fighters conduct the first aerial refueling of its kind with a KC-130J Hercules in the sky above Eglin AFB on October 2nd, 2012. [Photo by Cpl. Brian Adam Jone]
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An F-35B Joint Strike Fighter conducts the first aerial refueling of its kind with a KC-130J Hercules in the sky above Eglin AFB on October 2nd, 2012. [Photo by Cpl. Brian Adam Jone]
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An F-35B Joint Strike Fighter conducts the first aerial refueling of its kind with a KC-130J Hercules in the sky above Eglin AFB on October 2nd, 2012. [Photo by Cpl. Brian Adam Jone]
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An F-35B Joint Strike Fighter conducts the first aerial refueling of its kind with a KC-130J Hercules in the sky above Eglin AFB on October 2nd, 2012. [Photo by Cpl. Brian Adam Jone]
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An F-35B Joint Strike Fighter conducts the first aerial refueling of its kind with a KC-130J Hercules in the sky above Eglin AFB on October 2nd, 2012. [Photo by Cpl. Brian Adam Jone]
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USAF test pilot Maj. Eric Schultz in F-35A, AF-1 performs the first successful in-flight weapons release of an inert, instrumented 2,000 pound GBU-31 from the aircraft’s left weapons bay over the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Center ranges, China Lake during a test flight on October 16th, 2012. [Lockheed Martin photo by Tom Reynolds]
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USAF test pilot Maj. Eric Schultz in F-35A, AF-1 performs the first successful in-flight weapons release of an inert, instrumented 2,000 pound GBU-31 from the aircraft’s left weapons bay over the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Center ranges, China Lake during a test flight on October 16th, 2012. [Lockheed Martin photo by Matthew Short]
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USAF test pilot Maj. Eric Schultz in F-35A, AF-1 performs the first successful in-flight weapons release of an inert, instrumented 2,000 pound GBU-31 from the aircraft’s left weapons bay over the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Center ranges, China Lake during a test flight on October 16th, 2012. [Lockheed Martin photo by Matthew Short]
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AF-01 releases the F-35 program's first AIM-120 AMRAAM missile over the China Lake test range on flight 255 on October 19th, 2012. Pilot was Maj Matthew 'Fuze' Phillips. [Lockheed Martin photo by Matthew Short]
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The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter began the integration phase of weapons testing on October 26th, 2012 when the F-35A Conventional Takeoff and Landing aircraft successfully completed the first in-flight test with an AIM-120 AMRAAM. It was the first time a weapon communicated with the aircraft during flight using a data link. [Lockheed Martin photo by Matthew Short]
