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The F-35 returns to flight this afternoon at NAS Fort Worth, Lockheed-Martin facility on December 7th, 2007. [Photo by Keith Robinson ]
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F-35C CF-1 rolled out of the F-35 Final Finishes Facility at Fort Worth, Texas on October 1st, 2010, recently in full colour, as it received its highly accurate robot-applied coatings. [Lockheed Martin photo by Randy Crites]

RAF Squadron Leader Steve Long takes BF-2 to Mach 1.3 on the airplane's fifty-fifth flight. The test point was accomplished during a 1.5-hour flight from NAS Patuxent River, Maryland. The flight also involved hot pit refueling, flutter testing, flying qualities, and other...

F-35 BF-04 completes it's 300th flight on July 20th, 2010. [LM photo by Andy Wolfe]

F-35C CF-1 returns to flight and is seen here on finals over Lake Worth after receiving its final finishes on October 21st, 2010. Lockheed Martin test pilot Jon Beesley flew the aircraft on its fifteenth flight from NAS JRB Fort Worth. [Photo by David Drais]

AF-03 in the anechoic test chamber at Fort Worth. Tests included operating the APG-81 radar, the electronic warfare system, the tactical air navigation system, the identification friend or foe system and the radar altimeter. [Lockheed Martin photo by Jack Noble]

AF-03 in the anechoic test chamber at Fort Worth. Tests included operating the APG-81 radar, the electronic warfare system, the tactical air navigation system, the identification friend or foe system and the radar altimeter. [Lockheed Martin photo by Jack Noble]

Pilot Jon Beesley pilots CF-01 on its 15th flight on October 21st, its return to flight with the new paint finish. [Lockheed Martin photo by David Drais]