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F-35 Lightning II pushing ahead on all fronts
Jun 20, 2007 - the F-35 Lightning II program is meeting its schedule and budget targets, and is on track to begin deliveries to the armed services in 2010. [Read more...]
F-35 will bring 5th generation capability to Navy
Apr 03, 2007 - The United States Navy's first stealth fighter - the F-35 Lightning II - will bring tremendous improvements in combat capability, operational flexibility and overall force efficiency, a Lockheed Martin official and former Naval aviator said on Monday. [Read more...]
Lockheed Martin F-35 takes shape, readies for first flight
Feb 23, 2006 - The first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter completed assembly and was ceremoniously turned over to the flight line in Fort Worth, Texas, USA, on schedule, Feb. 19. This represents the next stage of development and the very first completed aircraft. Ground tests will now begin in preparation for first flight later this year. [Read more...]
BAE Systems begins production of first U.K. components for F-35B STOVL
Feb 02, 2006 - BAE Systems has begun production of the first U.K. components for the first F-35B Joint Strike Fighter. The F-35B is the Short TakeOff Vertical Landing (STOVL) variant of the F-35 family. [Read more...]
Nas Pax River facility to test F-35 jets for the Navy and Marine Corps
Jan 30, 2006 - The U.S. Navy has dedicated a $24 million facility at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., for testing of the Navy and Marine Corps' newest jets: the Lockheed Martin F-35B and F-35C Joint Strike Fighter. [Read more...]
Chief test pilot gives brief on F-35
Jan 12, 2006 - Joint Strike Fighter chief test pilot Jon Beesley gave a progress report on the development of the F-35 to the Naval Aviation Foundation Association of Naval Aviation Pax River Squadron Dec. 9, in the Cedar Point Officers' Club. [Read more...]
Why Australia went with the F-35
Dec 04, 2005 - The Royal Australian Air Force's decision to go ahead with buying the F-35 might be surprising, but not when one looks at what the alternatives had been. The Australians had been considering ten options for the future of the RAAF. [Read more...]
Test pilot School receives scale model of milstone Navy X-plane
Dec 19, 2002 - As Patuxent River Naval Air Station awaits the arrival of the F-35C Joint Strike Fighter later in the decade, a replica of the supersonic jet's forerunner has arrived at the historic base. [Read more...]
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