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Lockheed Martin delivers its first F-35 Lightning II

Texas, USA - The fighter was accepted by the US Air Force

The US Air Force has accepted in its fleet the first stealth fighter Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II of a 1,763 planned production-models. The signing of the documents of formal acceptance for the jet, known as AF-7, took place in the final assembly plant of the Lockheed Martin F-35 in Fort Worth, Texas. The jet flew to the Edwards Air Force Base, California, on Friday to start its program of...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1129371
Rome, Italy, 05/10/2011 18:10
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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