On July 19th, 2012 the United Kingdom took delivery of its first F-35 Lightning II jet during a ceremony at Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth. The jet (BK-1) is an F-35B STOVL model. [Lockheed Martin photo]
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News: UK accepts first international F-35 [2012-07-19]
The United Kingdom accepted the first international Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II aircraft in a ceremony today with senior representatives of the U.K. Ministry of Defence and the U.S. Department of Defense.
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News: UK F-35 base announced [2013-03-25]
The UK's Lightning II stealth fighter aircraft will be based at RAF Marham in Norfolk, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond announced today.
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News: 809 Naval Air Squadron to Fly F-35 [2013-09-09]
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.
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News: The Dambusters of 617 Sqn - to become first frontline RAF Squadron [2013-07-18]
The world famous 'Dambusters' of 617 Squadron will become the first RAF frontline squadron to get the new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
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