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US Navy Secretary visits the F-35 line

Fort Worth, USA - The American naval forces will order 680 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft

US Navy Secretary Ray Mabus toured Lockheed Martin's F-35 facility for a preview of the Department of the Navy's first-ever stealth strike fighter. Secretary Mabus got a firsthand look at BF-2, the second short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) F-35B test aircraft, as it conducted its 15th flight in final preparation for its ferry flight to Naval Air Station Patuxent River. BF-2 will join the first...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1112856
Rome, Italy, 12/22/2009 12:38
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