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External equipment tests for the STOVL version of the Joint Strike Fighter (VIDEO)

Fort Worth, USA - 25mm gun for any eventuality

Lockheed Martin doesn't waste time and continues flight tests for its new and super-expensive little treat, already tested with external equipment before, above the Mojave desert in its standard version (the one with traditional take-off). The notice has been already published by AVIONEWS few days ago and the test, in particular, was about the external carrying of two air-to-air AIM-9X "Sidewinder"...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1138083
Rome, Italy, 02/25/2012 00:28
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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