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Fifth F-35 airplane Marine Corps variant delivered

Fort Worth, Usa - For flight test

The fifth Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II Short Take Off/Vertical Landing (STOVL) flight test aircraft delivered to the Marine Corps arrives at Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River, Md., Saturday, July 16. Lockheed Martin test pilot Bill Gigliotti flew the short takeoff/vertical landing aircraft, designated BF-5, for the 3.5-hour flight from NAS Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base. BF-5 is the...

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Rome, Italy, 07/19/2011 17:16
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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