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JSF pilot ensemble designed to keep out CB agents Feb 03, 2017 - After several tests over the past six months to contaminate and decontaminate an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter with simulated chemical and biological agents, the 461st Flight Test Squadron has now moved forward to testing a suit ensemble designed to protect the pilot from those threats. [Read more...]	AF declares the F-35A 'combat ready'; testing continues at Edwards Aug 04, 2016 - The F-35A Lightning II fifth-generation fighter aircraft was declared ‘combat ready’ by Gen. Hawk Carlisle, the commander of Air Combat Command, August 2nd. [Read more...]

Dutch F-35 OT contingent prepping to head overseas May 16, 2016 - Several media members and Royal Netherlands Air Force representatives stopped by on May 10 at Edwards Air Force Base to cover a big story. [Read more...]	F-35 fires first AIM-9X missile Jan 21, 2016 - An F-35 fighter jet from the 461st Flight Test Squadron launched an AIM-9X missile for the first time over the Pacific Sea Test Range on January 12, 2016. [Read more...]
F-35A successfully fires first airborne shots Nov 04, 2015 - For the first time, an F-35A Lightning II successfully fired the four-barrel 25 mm GAU-22/A Gatling gun while in flight October 30. [Read more...]	Ground testing for F-35 gun conducted at Edwards AFB Jul 23, 2015 - The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Integrated Test Force is in the process of testing the F-35A Lightning II’s newest munitions asset, a four-barrel Gatling gun that fires 25 mm rounds known as the GAU-22/A. [Read more...]

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