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First Italian-Built F-35B 'Rolls Out' of Cameri Production Facility May 05, 2017 - The first Short Take-Off/Vertical Landing version of the F-35, or F-35B, assembled outside the United States rolled out of the Final Assembly and Check Out (FACO) facility at Cameri, Italy. [Read more...]	The Netherlands buy 37 F-35 jets to replace F-16s Sep 17, 2013 - The Dutch defense ministry stated today that it has formally selected the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter from Lockheed Martin to replace its aging fleet of F-16s. [Read more...]

809 Naval Air Squadron to Fly F-35 Sep 09, 2013 - 809 Naval Air Squadron (NAS), whose motto is simply ‘Immortal’, is to be reformed to operate the stealth fifth generation aircraft that will fly off the Royal Navy’s Queen Elizabeth Class carriers from 2018. [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...]
First F-35 lands at MCAS Yuma Nov 17, 2012 - In what was history in the making, the first F-35 Lightning II, also known as the Joint Strike Fighter, landed at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma on Friday afternoon. [Read more...]	F-35 completes first airborne weapons separation Aug 08, 2012 - The F-35 Lightning II accomplished a significant test milestone August, 8 when the aircraft successfully released a weapon in flight. [Read more...]
Japan selects F-35 Lightning II Dec 19, 2011 - The Japan Ministry of Defense has announced its selection of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II as the Japan Air Self Defense Force's (JASDF) next generation fighter aircraft, following the F-X competitive bid process. [Read more...]	BK-1, First international F-35 rolls out Nov 22, 2011 - The first international F-35 rolled out of the factory Sunday evening. The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence will use the short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) jet, known as BK-1, for training and operational tests. [Read more...]
F-35 on Life Support and needing Life Support Oct 19, 2011 - With reports of the cost of the F-35 program growing to about $385 billion, according to U.S. news sources, this has given rise to reports of one of the F-35 models could be cut due to budget limits. [Read more...]	Lockheed Martin delivers first production F-35 to Eglin AFB Jul 14, 2011 - The first Lockheed Martin production model F-35 Lightning II to be assigned to the 33rd Fighter Wing arrived today at 13.18hrs CDT after its 90-minute ferry flight from Fort Worth, Texas. [Read more...]

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