Workers at Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth, Texas, prepare to load the first F-35 aft fuselage into its assembly fixture on June 2. The completed aft fuselage, built by BAE Systems in Samlesbury, England, was shipped on time on May 27. Next week, the section will be joined to the existing aircraft assembly, visible behind the aft fuselage. The Lockheed Martin-built front fuselage and wing and the Northrop Grumman-built center fuselage comprise the remainder of the F-35's airframe. [LMTAS photo
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News: All major sections of first F-35 now in place [2005-06-03]
The aft fuselage - the last major subassembly of the first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter - has arrived at Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth and is being readied for attachment to the aircraft’s center fuselage.
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