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LM: fifth F-35 to enter flight testing
Fort Worth, Usa - It joins two other F-35Bs and one F-35A aircraft
A Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) stealth fighter became the fifth F-35 to begin flight operations. The jet, known as BF-3, departed the runway near Lockheed Martin’s Fort Worth plant at 4:02 p.m. CST for its first flight. During the one-hour sortie, F-35 Chief Test Pilot Jon Beesley tested the aircraft’s handling qualities, engine functionality, landing gea...
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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency