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Aircraft: AF-12 (08-0750)
LM Aero T/V AF-12
Plant LMTAS
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 08-0750
F-35A
Current USAF 08-0750
F-35A
Status [act]
Test pilot Bill Gigliotti flew the seventh production F-35A on its first flight on July 9th, 2011.


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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
02 Sep 2011 [act] 08-0750 F-35A
19 Oct 2011 [act] 08-0750 USAF 58 FS 'EG' F-35A News Article
First flight by an F-35 on a sortie occured on March 6th, 2012. The training flight was to last 90 minutes but was cut short at 15 minutes due to a fuel leak. Pilot for this historic flight was Lt. Col. Eric Smith who is the 58th FS director of operations and was launched by Staff Sgt. Jeremy Houser of the 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron.


Abbreviations and symbols:
[act] Active [i/a] Instructional Airframe [sto] Stored (e.g. at AMARG)
[cld] Cancelled Order [msh] Involved in Mishap [w/o] Write-off
[con] Converted [o/o] On Order
[des] Destroyed (drone) [pre] Preserved (museum, gateguard) T/V LM Aero Type/Version (Construction) number
[emb] Embargoed [scr] Scrapped Photo Available
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