Wednesday, March 9, 2011

F-35 LIGHTNING-II second production takes FIRST FLIGHT

the second F-35 Lightning II production jet, takes off on its first flight on Friday, March 4, from Naval Air Station,Fort Worth.
JointAF-7, the second F-35 Lightning II production jet, takes off on its first flight Friday, March 4, from Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base.

The F-35A conventional takeoff and landing variant flew for 1.3 hours. AF-7 is the second and final aircraft from Low Rate Initial Production lot 1. The first, AF-6, flew for the first time a week earlier. The two production jets and eleven preproduction F-35 test aircraft have completed 683 flights since testing began in December 2006.


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