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2013 05 09 - F-35 Fighter Takes Another Step Forward
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...
2013 04 26 - F-35 8 Ship Launch
VMFAT-501 at Eglin Air Force Base executed an 8 ship launch for Air-to-Air and Air-to-Ground training Friday.They completed hot refueling on all eight jets and launched them on a second mission...
2013 04 25 - Fourth F-35A Lightning II arrives at Nellis
U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Rodger Hardy, Defense Contract Management Agency pilot, delivers the fourth F-35A Lightning II April 24, 2013, to the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev...
2013 04 25 - Preparations Continue for F-35 Beddown
Construction workers build an F-35A Lightning II Maintenance Hangar near the flight line April 15, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The construction is scheduled to be done in November 2013...
2013 04 25 - Affordability Remains Priority for
Joint Strike Fighter Program
Affordability remains the priority for the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter, the Pentagon's program executive officer for the Defense Department's most expensive procurement told Congress yesterday...
2013 04 18 - Doolittle Raiders Attend 33rd FW Hangar Dedication
An F-35A Lightning II and the Doolittle Raiders' B-25 are parked together for the 33rd Fighter Wing's hangar dedication to Doolittle Raider, Lt. Col. Ed Saylor April 17 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. After unveiling the plaque with his name on it, Saylor spoke about his experiences in the military and with the historic Raiders...
2013 04 09 - F-35A Lightning II Departs for First Training Missions
The F-35A Lightning II assigned to the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron, participated in its first operational training mission over the Nevada Test and Training Range April 4...
2013 04 04 - F-35B Conducts First Night Time Vertical Landing
An F-35B Lightning II completed the first short takeoff and vertical landing during a test mission at night to expand the flight envelope and deliver capability to the warfighter...
2013 04 04 - 58th Maintainers Create New F-35 Toolbox
The 58th Aircraft Maintenance Unit's Support Section put into service a new toolbox specifically used for tire and brake changes in yet another example of the continuous improvements happening with the F-35 Lightning II program at the 33rd Fighter Wing...
2013 03 29 - First International Student-Pilot Flies F-35
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...
2013 03 28 - F-35B Successfully Completes AIM-120 Separation
On March 26, the F-35B Lightning II became the first F-35 variant to complete airborne weapons separations on three different munitions, the most of any model...
2013 03 21 - Corps' First Operational F-35B Conduscts
First Vertical Landing
Marine Fighter Attack
Squadron 121 watched in amazement and satisfaction as the Corps’ first operational F-35B
Lightning II squadron conducted its first Short Take Off, Vertical Landing operations aboard
Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz. March 21, 2013...
2013 03 20 - Nellis Accepts Delivery of F-35 with Ceremony
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...
2013 03 19 - First International Student-Pilot Flies F-35
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...
2013 03 13 - Edwards Begins F-35 Operational Testing
Edwards entered a new phase of testing on the F-35 Lightning II program with the arrival March 6 of the first two operational test aircraft...
2013 03 13 - F-35 Production on Track, Program Chief Says
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 yesterday...
2013 03 08 - Nellis Pilots Take First Step Toward
F-35 Operational Testing
Two officers from the operational test community are among the six pilots in the first F-35 Lightning II pilot training course after an Air Education and Training Command decision to start training here in January...
2013 03 07 - Second F-35 for the Netherlands Rolls Out
of F-35 Production Facility
Another milestone for the international program, the second Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II for the Netherlands rolled out of the F-35 production facility on March 2...
2013 03 06 - F-35s Arrive at Nellis Air Force Base
An F-35A Lightning II lands at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., March 6, 2013. The aircraft will be assigned to the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron...
2013 03 01 - F-35 Program Office Statement: Flight Operations Restored
F-35 flight operations have been cleared to resume following engineering analysis of the turbine blade which developed a crack...
2013 02 21 - Corps' First Operation F-35B Takes to Yuma Skies
Blue skies welcomed the Marine Corp's first operational F-35B Lightning II flight at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma,
Ariz. Feb. 21...
2013 02 15 - Nellis Prepares for F-35 Arrival
The 57th Wing is preparing for the arrival of four F-35 Lighting IIs Feb. 28.Arrival of the F-35s to Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., will mark the first time in the aircraft's history operational tests will be performed on the aircraft...
2013 02 05 - First F-35A Four-Ship Flies Over Eglin
Increasing capability is becoming routine for the F-35 Lightning II team. The 58th Aircraft Maintenance Unit produced a four-turn-four for the 58th Fighter Squadron flying Jan 31...
2013 01 31 - Message to F-35 ITF: "Your Work is Critically Important"
Team Edwards welcomed Air Force Lt. Gen. Christopher C. Bogdan to the F-35 Integrated Test Force Jan. 22 for the first time since he assumed the role of program executive officer for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office in December...
2013 01 29 - Lightning Up The Night
An F-35C Lightning II, on a nighttime test flight, cuts through the skies over the Atlantic Test Ranges Jan. 23. Marine Corps test pilot Maj. C. R. Clift flew CF-5 for almost an hour, completing evaluation of the aircraft’s landing and taxi lights...
2013 01 23 - F-35C Completes First In-Flight Dual Refueling
For the first time, two F-35C Lightning II carrier variant test aircraft refueled together with a KC-130J Hercules in the sky above Patuxent River, Md. last...
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