FSD Aircraft



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    USMC F-35B with c/n BF-01 arrives at NAS Patuxent River with landing gear already down on November 15th, 2009. [Lockheed Martin photo]
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    BF-1 lands vertically for the first time on its 42nd flight held on March 18th, 2010 at NAS Patuxent River. The pilot was Graham Tomlinson. [Lockheed Martin photo by Damien A. Guarnieri]
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    USMC BF-01 begins descending to its first vertical landing on March 18th, 2010 at NAS Patuxent River. The successful test confirmed the aircraft's power and controllability during hover and vertical landing. The pilot was Graham Tomlinson. [Lockheed Martin photo by Andy Wolfe]
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    BF-01 during flight 41 on March 17th, 2010. Hover, slow landings and STO performed by pilot Graham Tomlinson. [Lockheed Martin photo by Andy Wolfe]
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    USMC F-34B BF-01 during flight 41 on March 17th, 2010. Hover, slow landings and STO performed by pilot Graham Tomlinson. [Lockheed Martin photo by Andy Wolfe]
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    USAF F-35 no. AA-1 is coming in for landing. [Lockheed Martin photo]
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    F-35 BF-4 - the first avionics-equipped F-35 jet - and the sixth flying lifts off on its first flight on Wednesday, April 7th, 2010 at Fort Worth, Texas. [Lockheed Martin photo]
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    F-35 no. AF-1 is photographed after it received a new paint job. [Lockheed Martin photo]
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    AF-1 paint scheme [Lockheed Martin photo by Neal Chapman]
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    First flight of AF-2 on April 20th, 2010. Pilot was Jeff 'Slim' Knowles. [Lockheed Martin photo by Angel DelCueto]
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    AF-1 on its 3rd flight on April 21st, 2010. Pilot was David 'Doc' Nelson. [Lockheed Martin photo]
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    Under cloudy skies and brisk winds, a crowd of about 200 team members, family members and dignitaries were on hand as the first two F-35 Lighting II Joint Strike Fighters, AF-01 and AF-02, arrived at Edwards on May 17th, 2010. [USAF photo by Rob Dunsmore]
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    Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter, BF-01 is on display at the production facility in Fort Worth, Texas on August 31st, 2009. [USAF photo by Cherie Cullen]
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    AF-02 and AF-01, F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters, fly over Edwards AFB prior to their landing in the afternoon of May 17th, 2010. [Lockheed Martin photo by David Drais]
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    Left to right, Lt. Col Hank Griffiths, 461st Flight Test Squadron commander, and pilot of AF-01 during its flight from Ft. Worth, Texas to Edwards AFB, is greeted by Maj.Gen David Eichhorn, Air Force Flight Test Center commander, retired Air Force Maj.Gen. Doug Pearson, Lockheed Martin vice president of F-35 test and verification and Col. William Thornton, 412th Test Wing commander on his arrival at Edwards on May 17th, 2010. AF-01 and AF-02 will call Edwards their new home. [USAF photo by Paul Weatherman]