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Obama wants to cut F-35 2nd engine
GE-RR F136 engine [Rolls-Royce photo]
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
Maj. Jay Spohn of the Florida ANG is the National Guard's first F-35 pilot. Spohn, who is a former member of the Arkansas ANG's 188th FW in Fort Smith, arrived at the 58th FS at Eglin AFB this summer. [USAF photo by MSgt. Thomas Kielbasa]
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
Lt. Col Matt Taylor flies F-35B BF-04 on its sixteenth flight on July 17th, 2010. [Lockheed Martin photo by Andy Wolfe]
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
AF-1 (rear) and AF-2 complete a test flight on May 11th, 2010 from the Lockheed plant in Fort Worth, Texas, in preparation for the nonstop flight on May 17th to Edwards AFB to begin extended flight test operations. Air Force test pilot Lt. Col. Hank Griffiths and Lockheed Martin chief test pilot Jon Beesley flew the jets nonstop in the first multi-ship, long-range F-35 flight. [Lockheed Martin photo by David Drais]
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
CF-01 seen from below on flight 9 on July 7th, 2010. The second flight of the day. [Lockheed Martin photo by Carl Richards]
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
Lockheed Martin F-35A AF-03 takes off Tuesday evening July 6th, 2010 piloted by Bill Gigliotti on its first flight. AF-03 is the second F-35 to carry mission systems aloft, and the first conventional take-off and landing variant so equipped. [Lockheed Martin photo by Tom Harvey]
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
CG-1, the ground test article for the Lockheed Martin F-35 carrier variant, is positioned for its final drop test at Vought Aircraft Industries in Dallas on June 9th, 2010. The series of drop tests were designed to mimic landing conditions on a carrier deck and resulted in no load exceedances or structural issues. Completion of the drop testing clears the way for carrier landing testing and shipboard testing at high sink rates. [Vought Aircraft Industries photo]
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
The second F-35B Lightning II (BF-2) short take-off/vertical landing (STOVL) stealth fighter arrived today at NAS Patuxent River. [LM photo]
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
BF-4 departs Fort Worth on its way to NAS Patuxent River on June 7th, 2010. [Lockeed Martin photo by Angel DelCueto]
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
CF-1's first flight, Sunday June 6. Pilot for the 57 minute flight was Lockheed Martin Test Pilot Jeff Knowles. [Lockheed Martin photo by Tom Harvey] CF-1 takes off on its first flight on June 6, 2010. Pilot for the 57 minute flight was Lockheed Martin Test Pilot Jeff Knowles. [Lockheed Martin photo by Tom Harvey]
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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