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Obama wants to cut F-35 2nd engine
Sep 21, 2010 - President Barack Obama is committed to ending funding this year for a second engine being developed for the multinational F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, press secretary Robert Gibbs said on Monday. [Read more...]
Former 188th aviator ready for action as National Guard’s first F-35 pilot
Sep 09, 2010 - The National Guard's first F-35 pilot has arrived at his new unit and is ready to take on the Air Force's newest fifth-generation jet fighter. [Read more...]
F-35 flight tests continue to push the envelope
Aug 30, 2010 - Maj. Matt Hayden and Mr. Alan Dykhoff are part of the team at Edwards who test and verify the Lockheed Martin-built F-35 aircraft performs as advertised. [Read more...]
F-35: Centerpiece of 21st century global security
Jul 19, 2010 - The 5th generation F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter will serve as the centrepiece for 21st century global security while strengthening international political and industrial partnerships, a senior Lockheed Martin F-35 executive said Monday at the Farnborough Air Show. [Read more...]
F-35 testing ahead of schedule
Jul 13, 2010 - The F-35 program continues an upwards trend as Lockheed delivers the last development jet, maintains its flight test schedule and prepares for additional first flights in the 3rd quarter. [Read more...]
F-35A becomes second variant to fly with mission systems
Jul 07, 2010 - The ninth Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter entered flight testing on Tuesday, becoming the second test jet to fly with the next-generation avionics package that will populate all operational F-35s. [Read more...]
F-35C confirms Carrier-Landing strength predictions
Jun 23, 2010 - A Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning II carrier variant successfully completed testing in which it was dropped from heights of more than 11 feet during a series of simulated aircraft-carrier landings. The tests validated predictions and will help confirm the F-35C's structural integrity for carrier operations. [Read more...]
Marine Corps F-35 goes supersonic
Jun 14, 2010 - F-35 Joint Strike Fighter short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) variant flew faster than the speed of sound for the first time June 10, achieving a significant milestone. [Read more...]
F-35 with mission systems arrives at Navy test site
Jun 07, 2010 - The first mission systems-equipped Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II test jet joined the fleet at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., today. [Read more...]
Navy F-35 achieves first flight
Jun 06, 2010 - The most advanced aircraft in the history of the United States Navy made its inaugural flight yesterday, assuring a future of long-range, first-day-of-the-war stealth striking capability from the Navy's big-deck carriers. [Read more...]
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