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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News: F-35 completes first airborne weapons separation [2012-08-08]
The F-35 Lightning II accomplished a significant test milestone August, 8 when the aircraft successfully released a weapon in flight.
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