Smith Flies
27 June 2011: First Eglin Training Pilot Flies
Photo by Angel DelCueto
1,000th SDD Flight
6 July 2011: 1,000th System Development and Demonstration, or SDD, Test Flight
Photo by Paul Weatherman
Edwards Adds A Pilot
6 July 2011: Lt. Col. Dwayne Opella Becomes Twenty-Sixth Pilot To Fly The F-35
Photo by David Henry
First Flight With No Control Room Support
7 July 2011: First F-35 Maturity Flight
Photo by Darin Russell
F-35C Returns To Pax
9 July 2011: CF-2 Returns To Pax From Lakehurst, New Jersey
Photo by Michael Jackson
First Formation Flight With No Control Room Support
13 July 2011: First Maturity Formation Flights
Photo by Tom Reynolds
F-35C Goes To Pax
16 July 2011: BF-5 Ferries To Pax
Photo by Liz Kaszynski
AF-2 Lands On Wet Runway
19 July 2011: First Wet Runway Landing
Photo by Tom Reynolds
500th For 2011
21 July 2011: F-35 Test Force Completes 500th Flight In 2011
Photo by Darin Russell
100th VL For BF-1
25 July 2011: 100th Vertical Landing For BF-1
Photo by Michael Jackson
CF-3 To Lakehurst
26 July 2011: CF-3 Goes To Lakehurst For Catapult Testing
Photo by Phaedra Loftis
First F-35 Catapult Launch
27 July 2011: First F-35 Catapult Launch
Photo by Andy Wolfe