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F-35 Lightning II News

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Pentagon and Lockheed Martin deliver 300th F-35
Jun 11, 2018 - The F-35 Joint Program Office and Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] delivered the 300th production F-35 aircraft, demonstrating the program's continued progress and momentum. The 300th aircraft is a U.S. Air Force F-35A, to be delivered to Hill Air Force Base, Utah. [Read more...]
HMS Queen Elizabeth Ship’s crew finally meet the F-35B
May 22, 2018 - Members of the flying control and flight deck control teams aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08), flagship of the Royal Navy's new class of aircraft carriers, visited Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland this week for their first live peek at the F-35B Lightning II, ahead of the jet's first trials aboard the ship this fall. [Read more...]
Alabama chosen to serve as home base for US Air Force F-35 jets
Dec 26, 2017 - The Alabama Air National Guard’s 187th Fighter Wing was selected after being one of the five Air National Guard sites to be considered for the new F-35 Lightning II jet. Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson announced this on on Thursday. [Read more...]
Hill’s F-35A and airmen mastering first Pacific deployment
Nov 21, 2017 - More than 300 men and women of the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings and 12 F-35As are conducting business for the next six months on the subtropical Japanese island of Okinawa during a deployment known as a Theater Security Package. [Read more...]
First Japanese-built F-35A lands at Misawa AB
Nov 14, 2017 - A Defense Contract Management Agency government flight representative landed the first Japanese-made F-35A on Misawa AB's runway, November 2nd. [Read more...]
500th F-35 pilot takes to the sky
Oct 05, 2017 - The Air Force trained and graduated the 500th F-35 Lightning II pilot across the joint and international enterprise September 19, 2017, at Eglin Air Force Base. [Read more...]
Hill’s 4th FS/AMU receives first F-35A
Sep 29, 2017 - Hundreds cheered the historic arrival of the 4th Fighter Squadron’s and 4th Aircraft Maintenance Unit’s first F-35A as tail number 5133 landed on base Wednesday and taxied into Hotel Row. [Read more...]
Classified aircraft crashed in Nevada, F-35 pilot killed
Sep 06, 2017 - Some news agencies are reporting two days after the crash stating that the mission was a classified training sortie over the Nevada Test and Training Range from a USAF press release. [Read more...]
F-35As fly in weapons evaluation
Aug 14, 2017 - Airmen from the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings supported and flew F-35A Lightning II aircraft during Combat Hammer, the first operational air-to-ground weapons evaluation for the Air Force’s newest fighter jets. [Read more...]
First Japanese built F-35A officially unveiled at Nagoya facility
Jun 05, 2017 - The first Japanese-assembled F-35A was unveiled at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Komaki South F-35 Final Assembly and Check Out (FACO) facility on June 5th. The Japan F-35 FACO is operated by MHI with technical assistance from Lockheed Martin and oversight from the U.S. Government. [Read more...]
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