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Navy Receives First F-35C Lightning II
Jun 22, 2013 - The U.S. Navy's Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 101 received the Navy's first F-35C Lightning II carrier variant aircraft from Lockheed Martin today at the squadron's home at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. [Read more...]
F-35A completes 1st in-flight missile launch
Jun 06, 2013 - An F-35A conventional takeoff and landing aircraft completed the first in-flight missile launch of an AIM-120 over the Point Mugu Sea Test Range, June 5. [Read more...]
F-35B celebrates 1 year at Eglin
May 29, 2013 - The Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron-501 celebrated the one-year anniversary of flying the F-35B Lightning II on May 22, 2013, by continuing to train up the pilots and maintainers on the nation's newest fifth-generation fighter [Read more...]
F-35A instructor pilots qualify in aerial refueling
May 22, 2013 - The initial cadre of F-35A Lightning II instructor pilots qualified in aerial refueling last week, adding another capability for student pilot training at the 33rd Fighter Wing's F-35 Integrated Training Center. [Read more...]
F-35 fighter takes another step forward
May 09, 2013 - The Air Force took another step forward with its newest fighter jet when an advanced F-35 Lightning II landed at the service's lead training base, home to the largest fleet of F-35s worldwide. [Read more...]
UK F-35 base announced
Mar 25, 2013 - The UK's Lightning II stealth fighter aircraft will be based at RAF Marham in Norfolk, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond announced today. [Read more...]
First international student pilot flies F-35
Mar 21, 2013 - The first international student aviator at the 33rd Fighter Wing, training to be an F-35B Lightning II instructor pilot, completed his first sortie in the joint strike fighter here March 19. [Read more...]
Nellis accepts delivery of F-35 with ceremony
Mar 20, 2013 - In the Thunderbird Hangar filled to capacity, Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Lofgren, U.S. Air Force Warfare Center commander, formally accepted delivery of three F-35A Lightning IIs March 19. [Read more...]
F-35 production on track
Mar 19, 2013 - The F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter program is a different program than it was four years ago, the F-35 program executive officer said here March 12. [Read more...]
Edwards AFB Airmen begin F-35 operational testing
Mar 18, 2013 - The F-35 Lightning II program here entered a new phase of testing with the arrival of the first two operational test aircraft March 6. [Read more...]
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