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Navy presence grows as F-35 date nears
Mar 16, 2011 - In the heart of the Air Force's largest base, surrounded by Air Force blue, sits Capt. Michael Saunders. The former Top Gun skipper and current 33rd Operations Group deputy commander is charged with spearheading efforts in building the future fifth generation Naval fighter. [Read more...]
Second production F-35 flies
Mar 07, 2011 - The JSF program flew its second production F-35 on Friday March 4th. [Read more...]
First production F-35 takes to the skies
Feb 25, 2011 - The first production F-35 made its inaugural flight on Friday marking another milestone for the F-35 program. [Read more...]
Adjustments put F-35 on track
Feb 18, 2011 - The Defense Department's joint strike fighter program is on track to field the Lockheed-Martin F-35 Lightning II in fiscal 2016, the program's director said February 15. [Read more...]
Navy test pilot completes first F-35C flight
Feb 12, 2011 - The carrier variant of the F-35 (CF-1) Joint Strike Fighter flew for the first time with a Navy test pilot at the controls February 11. [Read more...]
Tenth F-35 achieves first flight
Dec 31, 2010 - The tenth F-35 fighter to enter flight testing had its first flight on December 30th, 2010. [Read more...]
F-35 achieves flight test goal
Dec 14, 2010 - The F-35 program has achieved its goal of 394 test flights for 2010. [Read more...]
F-35 begins flying Block 1 software
Nov 15, 2010 - The fundamental building block for all future avionics software on the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter has entered flight testing on an F-35 test jet. [Read more...]
F-35I for Israel
Oct 07, 2010 - Following the Israeli Government decision to select the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II as the Israel Air Force's next-generation fighter aircraft, Israeli Ministry of Defense Director General (Maj. Gen. Ret.) Udi Shani signed the Letter of Offer and Acceptance for the procurement of the F-35 aircraft in New York. [Read more...]
Norway reschedules F-35 buy
Sep 28, 2010 - The Norwegian Ministry of Defence has announced plans to shift the bulk of its F-35 acquisition start-up from 2016 to 2018. A training unit with up to four F-35 jets will be established in 2016. [Read more...]
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