FSD Aircraft



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    USAF F-35C (CF-05) is pulling some streakes at NAS Fort Worth on November 30th, 2012. [Photo by Matt Nicholson]
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    USAF F-35C (CF-05) is pulling some streakes at NAS Fort Worth on November 30th, 2012. [Photo by Matt Nicholson]
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    Lockheed Martin test pilot Bill Gigliotti was at the controls for the first flight of F-35C CF-05. The flight occurred on November 30th, 2012 with takeoff and landing at NAS Fort Worth. [Photo by Carl Richards]
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    USAF F-35C (CF-05) is on a test flight at NAS Fort Worth on November 30th, 2012. [Photo by Keith Snyder]
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    USAF F-35C (CF-05) is on a test flight at NAS Fort Worth on November 30th, 2012. [Photo by Keith Snyder]
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    F-35A AF-04 can be seen outfitted with a spin recovery chute (SRC) during High Angle of Attack testing accomplished by the F-35 Integrated Test Force team at Edwards AFB. [Lockheed Martin photo by Darin Russell]
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    Lt.Col. George 'Boxer' Schwartz flies F-35A AF-01 conventional take-off and landing aircraft during the first in-flight missile launch of an AIM-120 over the Point Mugu Sea test range on June 5th, 2013. [Lockheed photo]
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    USAF F-35A AF-01 flying from Edwards AFB in late August of 2013. Markings next to canopy show total weapon separation tests for each type of weapon. [Photo by Tom Reynolds]
  • AF-6
    USAF F-35A AF-6 launches an AIM-120 AMRAAM missile on October 30th, 2013 at a target drone over a California test range. Pilot was Air Force test pilot Captain Capt. Logan Lamping. [USAF photo]
  • AF-6
    USAF F-35A AF-6 launches an AIM-120 AMRAAM missile on October 30th, 2013 at a target drone over a California test range. Pilot was Air Force test pilot Captain Capt. Logan Lamping. [USAF photo]
  • AF-03
    Lockheed Martin Test Pilot Paul 'Hat' Hattendorf maneuvers F-35A aircraft AF-3 in a composite photo of the first Manual Ground Collision Avoidance System (MGCAS) test flight over the dry lakebed at Edwards AFB on April 11th, 2014. [Lockheed Martin photo by Chad Bellay]
  • CF-03
    USNavy F-35C (CF-03) flown by LCdr. Dyckman makes a fly-in arrestment landing at NAS Patuxent River. [Lockheed Martin photo by Dane Wiedmann]
  • AF-02
    Paul Hattendorf, a Lockheed Martin test pilot, flies AF-02, the second production F-35 Lightning II for the Air Force, during an airframe loads envelope expansion mission on June 11th, 2014 over Edwards AFB. During the test mission, AF-02 became the first F-35 to reach 1,000 flight hours. [Lockheed Martin photo by Tom Reynolds]
  • F35 crosswind
    F-35B aircraft BF-4, piloted by Lockheed Martin Test Pilot Dan Levin, starts down the runway as part of wet runway and crosswind testing at Edwards AFB, California. [Lockheed Martin photo by Tom Reynolds]
  • BF-02
    Lockheed Martin test pilot Billie Flynn puts F-35B test aircraft BF-02 into pre-contact position behind a USAF KC-135 tanker on the range near NAS Patuxent River. [Lockheed photo]