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F-35 Lightning II News

From 2010

F-35 News Archive

Tenth F-35 achieves first flight
Dec 31, 2010 - The tenth F-35 fighter to enter flight testing had its first flight on December 30th, 2010. [Read more...]
F-35 achieves flight test goal
Dec 14, 2010 - The F-35 program has achieved its goal of 394 test flights for 2010. [Read more...]
$3.5 Billion contract awarded For 4th lot of F-35s
Nov 19, 2010 - Lockheed Martin has received a $3.5 billion contract modification from the U.S. Department of Defense to manufacture 31 F-35 Lightning II stealth fighters in the fourth lot of low-rate initial production (LRIP). [Read more...]
F-35 logs 500 flights
Nov 19, 2010 - The F-35 test program is maintaining pace and has completed its 500th flight. The notable flight was achieved by the BF-04 STOVL variant on Thursday November 18 at NAS Patuxent River. [Read more...]
F-35 begins flying Block 1 software
Nov 15, 2010 - The fundamental building block for all future avionics software on the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter has entered flight testing on an F-35 test jet. [Read more...]
F-35 expands envelope and marks 460 test flights
Nov 04, 2010 - Good progress is being made in F-35 flight testing by the CTOL and CV versions. F-35B STOVL mode flights have resumed, but the variant is still behind schedule. [Read more...]
F-35I for Israel
Oct 07, 2010 - Following the Israeli Government decision to select the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II as the Israel Air Force's next-generation fighter aircraft, Israeli Ministry of Defense Director General (Maj. Gen. Ret.) Udi Shani signed the Letter of Offer and Acceptance for the procurement of the F-35 aircraft in New York. [Read more...]
Norway reschedules F-35 buy
Sep 28, 2010 - The Norwegian Ministry of Defence has announced plans to shift the bulk of its F-35 acquisition start-up from 2016 to 2018. A training unit with up to four F-35 jets will be established in 2016. [Read more...]
Obama wants to cut F-35 2nd engine
Sep 21, 2010 - President Barack Obama is committed to ending funding this year for a second engine being developed for the multinational F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, press secretary Robert Gibbs said on Monday. [Read more...]
Former 188th aviator ready for action as National Guard’s first F-35 pilot
Sep 09, 2010 - The National Guard's first F-35 pilot has arrived at his new unit and is ready to take on the Air Force's newest fifth-generation jet fighter. [Read more...]
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