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Certificate given by General Dynamics to F-16 incentive flyers in 1986. (photo by stargazer]

Squadron flight certificate given to incentive flights at Hahn AB Germany in 1986. [photo by stargazer]

Maj. Joseph Scholtz, (right) 706th FS operational test pilot, salutes Col. Andrew Toth, 33rd FW commander, upon completion of his first training sortie in the F-35 II Lightning on Oct. 30, 2012. Scholtz is a reservist assigned to Nellis AFB, as the installation's first...
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Members of the 461st FLTS and Joint Strike Fighter Integrated Test Force watch the arrival of one of two F-35As Lightning IIs March 6, 2013, at Edwards AFB. [USAF photo by Laura Mowry]
See also: Edwards AFB Airmen begin F-35 operational testing

A new phase of testing in the F-35 Lightning II program began with the arrival of the first two operational test aircraft March 6, 2013, at Edwards AFB. Team members from the 53rd Wing's 31st TES a tenant unit here, will determine how to best tactically operate the F-35A...
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Lockheed Martin F-35 test pilot Alan Norman flew F-35B BF-24 (US Navy Bureau Number 168722) on its inaugural flight on 7 March 2013 from NAS Fort Worth JRB, Texas. [Lockheed Martin photo by Carl Richards]

Lockheed Martin F-35 test pilot Paul Hattendorf flew F-35B BF-27 (US Navy Bureau Number 168725) on its inaugural flight on 19 March 2013 from NAS Fort Worth JRB, Texas. [Lockheed Martin photo by Randy Crites]

F-35A AF-21 (USAF serial no: 10-5009) on display at the F-35 Arrival Ceremony at Nellis AFB, on March 19, 2013. [Lockheed Martin photo]
See also: Nellis accepts delivery of F-35 with ceremony

Maj. Gen. Jeffery Lofgren, USAF Warfare Center commander, provides remarks during the F-35A Lightning II arrival ceremony March 19, 2013, at the Thunderbirds Hangar on Nellis AFB. The 422nd TES will design the tactics for the F-35A. The squadron will also determine how to...
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