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F-35Bs join forces with British aircraft carrier to make history
Sep 28, 2018 - This week the first F-35 Lightning fighter jets have landed on the deck of the United Kingdom's new aircraft carrier making history and marking the beginning of more than half-a-century of ‘Carrier Strike' operations. [Read more...]
ITF team nears historic testing with HMS Queen Elizabeth
Sep 11, 2018 - The F-35 Patuxent River Integrated Test Force (ITF) is nearing another milestone as they prepare to embark two F-35Bs on board the United Kingdom's newest aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth for First of Class Flight Trials (Fixed Wing), or FOCFT (FW), this fall. [Read more...]
Pax River ITF to conduct first-time trials onboard partner nation’s carrier
Aug 23, 2018 - After years of partnership within the F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office, U.S. and United Kingdom team members from the F-35 Pax River Integrated Test Force (ITF) eagerly anticipate the First of Class Flight Trials (FOCFTs) onboard the U.K.'s newest aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, this fall. [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...]
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...]
F-35C Lightning Boards 'Ike' for Developmental Testing
Oct 05, 2015 - USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike) accomplished its first arrested landing of an F-35C Lightning II carrier variant, October 2nd. [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...]
F-35A completes 1st in-flight missile launch
Jun 06, 2013 - An F-35A conventional takeoff and landing aircraft completed the first in-flight missile launch of an AIM-120 over the Point Mugu Sea Test Range, June 5. [Read more...]
F-35 'pushes the envelope'
Dec 20, 2012 - The F-35 Integrated Test Force made significant progress expanding the flight envelope of the F-35A conventional takeoff and landing variant over the past few months with numerous successes in High Angle of Attack (AoA) flight test, with the completion of the first intentional departure of controlled flight Dec. 4 and now having tested the aircraft to 50 degrees AoA. [Read more...]
F-35 ITF preps maintainers for operational test
Dec 05, 2012 - When the Joint Strike Fighter Operational Test Team begins testing the F-35 this month, maintenance personnel will be fully self-sufficient and prepared to transition to flight operations. [Read more...]
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