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F-35 Lightning II Program Surpasses 10,000 Flight Hours Oct 09, 2013 - The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II program continues its operational maturation, surpassing 10,000 flight hours in September. More than half of the total hours were accumulated in just the past 11 months. [Read more...]	Navy rolls out F-35C Oct 07, 2013 - The Navy's first F-35C Lightning II carrier variant aircraft squadron, the "Grim Reapers" of Strike Fighter Squadron 101, hosted a roll-out ceremony for their new aircraft at the squadron's home October 1st. [Read more...]

F-35: New fighter creates new culture for 21st Century and beyond Sep 26, 2013 - She didn't have a smudge on her. Not a leak found anywhere. She even had that "new jet smell." Skies were blue, everything was perfect. [Read more...]	Navy launches first local F-35C sortie Aug 15, 2013 - Sailors from U.S. Navy F-35 Strike Fighter Squadron-101 made history completing the first local flight in the F-35C Lightning II carrier variant on August 14, 2013. [Read more...]
Eglin F-35 fleet exceeds 2K sorties Aug 15, 2013 - Airmen and Marines assigned to the F-35 Integrated Training Center at the 33rd Fighter Wing here have consistently flown successful training sorties and generated their 2,000th sortie on August 13 with an instructor pilot of the Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron-501 (VMFAT-501), at the controls. [Read more...]	Navy Receives First F-35C Lightning II Jun 22, 2013 - The U.S. Navy's Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 101 received the Navy's first F-35C Lightning II carrier variant aircraft from Lockheed Martin today at the squadron's home at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. [Read more...]
F-35 fighter takes another step forward May 09, 2013 - The Air Force took another step forward with its newest fighter jet when an advanced F-35 Lightning II landed at the service's lead training base, home to the largest fleet of F-35s worldwide. [Read more...]	AETC declares Eglin ready for F-35 training Dec 17, 2012 - Following an independent evaluation of Eglin's capability to conduct F-35A Lightning II pilot training, Air Education and Training Command announced Dec. 17 that the 33rd Fighter Wing can do so starting January 2013. [Read more...]
F-35B lifts off for first flight at Eglin May 22, 2012 - An F-35B Lightning II made its first flight at Eglin Air Force Base today, two months after 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing officially introduced the Marine Corp's fifth generation fighter to the world at the 33rd Fighter Wing. [Read more...]	U.S. Navy and U.K. Royal Navy F-35 unable to get aboard ship Jan 08, 2012 - The U.S. Navy F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) known as the F-35C is at serious risk of never being able to land aboard an aircraft carrier. This also poses a risk to the U.K. aircraft carrier program which is supposed to use the F-35C at the end of the decade. [Read more...]

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