Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
Two Lockheed Martin F-35As, AF-10 and AF-11, along with two F-16 chase aircraft, are poised for takeoff to Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Wednesday morning. They officially arrived at the base at 1:19 p.m. CDT today. On Friday, the F-35 Joint Program Office authorized a return to flight operations for F-35 production aircraft. AF-10 and AF-11 completed the 90-minute flight marking the ninth and tenth F-35 deliveries of 2011. The pair of conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) jets will be ... Read more
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Monday, August 1st, 2011
The F-35C completed its first steam catapult launch July 27 marking another milestone toward initial ship trials in 2013.
Video available here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkNZfu3EdvA
Chief Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Launch and Recovery Equipment) Brandon Barr used a TC-13 Mod 2 test steam catapult, representative of current fleet technology, launching F-35C test aircraft CF-3 into the sky.
“It was great to be able to be a part of this milestone in the F-35C test program,” said Navy test pilot Lt. Chris Tabert. “Due to the hard ... Read more
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Monday, August 1st, 2011
Lockheed Martin’s [NYSE: LMT] F-35 flight test program moves closer to achieving year-end milestones since the last update issued June 13. The F-35 Lightning II 5th Generation multirole fighter conducted 107 test flights, bringing the total number of flights for the year to 518.
Overall, the F-35 program remains ahead of goals for test flights. Through July 25, the program accomplished 518 flights versus a plan of 476.
Several flight test and production key milestones were accomplished since the last report:
The fifth Lockheed ... Read more
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