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500 And Counting

Posted 18 November 2010
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On 18 November 2010, the F-35 Lightning II program logged its 500th flight when BF-4 took off from NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, on a three-hour test mission to evaluate avionics software. For calendar year 2010, the program has logged 366 flights as of 18 November.

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