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Second UK F-35 airplane and Marine Corps F-35B delivered to Eglin

Fort Worth, Usa - Known as ZM136 and BK-16

The second British Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II takes off from Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base last October 19 for delivery to Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Eglin’s eleventh US Marine Corps F-35B ferried to the Emerald Coast with the UK jet. The aircraft, known as ZM136 and BK-16, departed at approximately 8:06 am on October 19. CDT with UK Royal Air Force Sqn. Ldr. Jim Schofield a...

fra/pec - 1146596
Rome, Italy, 10/22/2012 13:44
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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