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F-35 successfully wraps up testing at Edwards AFB
Flight #18
Oct 24, 2008 - The first Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter has finished all planned testing at Edwards AFB, demonstrating that the aircraft, the support crews, and contractor and military service personnel are ready for the dramatically expanded flight testing on the program's horizon. [Read more...]
F-35B completes STOVL propulsion ground test
The F-35B Lightning II tethered to a specially instrumented hover pit with its powerful engine running, tests its propulsion system in short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) mode on May 25th, 2008 at Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth, Texas. [Lockheed Martin photo]
May 29, 2008 - Lockheed Martin tested the shaft driven lift fan propulsion system on the F-35B Lightning II, performing short takeoffs and vertical landings (STOVL) for the first time during ground testing on Sunday, May 25. [Read more...]
First Maintainers for the F-35 Head for Test Sites
The first F-35 Lightning II flew for the first time on Friday, Dec. 15. The plane is shown taking off from Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth, Texas. [LMTAS photo by Neal Chapman]
May 03, 2008 - The first group of maintenance crews for the F-35 Lightning II have successfully completed classroom instruction and certification training. [Read more...]
Task Force readies Eglin AFB for JSF mission
F-35 Lightning II ninth flight - March 13th, 2007 [LMTAS photo]
Sep 27, 2007 - The next generation of fighter aircraft is slated to arrive at Eglin AFB in less than three years and the base is getting ready. [Read more...]
F-35 alternate engine funded
The General Electric - Rolls-Royce F136 engine [USAF photo]
Sep 17, 2007 - The fourth and final US Congressional subcommitte has voted to restore funding for the General Electric/Rolls-Royce F136 alternative engine for the JSF. [Read more...]
Edwards readies for Joint Strike Fighter testing
Lightning II takes off from runway 3-5 at NAS Fort Worth on April 26th, 2007 for Flight #14 or #15. . [Photo by Keith Robinson]
Apr 27, 2007 - All systems are moving toward "go" at Edwards AFB as officials prepare for upcoming tests on the next-generation strike fighter, the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. [Read more...]
F-35 JSF avionics test bed arrives at Edwards
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program's Cooperative Avionics Test Bed, or CATB, aircraft lands here March 1, 2007, to perform equipment fit checks. The aircraft is a Boeing 737-300 specially modified to perform mission systems testing for the F-35 program. [Photo by Chad Bellay]
Mar 08, 2007 - The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program's Cooperative Avionics Test Bed aircraft landed on March 1st to perform equipment fit checks and verify the operation of Edwards facilities built specifically for the CATB. [Read more...]
Air Force proposes initial F-35 locations
Joint Strike Fighter [EOTS]
Oct 04, 2006 - Plans for initiating environmental analyses for proposed locations of the Air Force's newest fighter, the F-35A Lightning II, were announced by Air Force officials today. [Read more...]
33rd Fighter Wing gains F-35 training mission
JSF AA-1 back in the main hangar. [LMTAS photo]
Aug 10, 2006 - The mission of training new Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and allied F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter pilots and maintainers is moving to the 33rd Fighter Wing, Air Force officials announced. [Read more...]
Nas Pax River facility to test F-35 jets for the Navy and Marine Corps
The F-35C has larger wing and tail control surfaces for improved control for carrier landing. [unknown photographer]
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...]
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