F-35 Climatic Testing
3 April 2015
The F-35 recently completed climatic testing, just like many other aircraft before it.
F-35 Lightning II Flight Test Update 14
20 January 2015
The F-35 System Development and Demonstration Program set flight duration records and surpassed 4,000 total test flights during the period covered.
F-35 Lightning Drag Chute
13 August 2014
The drag chute system represents the first modification to the F-35 design to come after the System Development and Demonstration Phase.
F-35B Lightning II Three-Bearing Swivel Nozzle
12 August 2014
A critical component of the F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing, STOVL, variant of the Lightning II is the three-bearing swivel duct nozzle, or 3BSD.
F-35 Lightning II Flight Test Update 13
12 May 2014
The F-35 System Development and Demonstration Program set flight duration records and surpassed 4,000 total test flights during the period covered.
F-35 Lightning II Operations At Yuma, Arizona
19 April 2014
The F-35 population at Yuma has expanded since the first airframe was delivered in late 2012.
F-35 Lightning II Flight Test Update 12
25 November 2013
This update covers the first live missile launch, the second phase of shipboard testing for the F-35B, and the beginning of high AOA testing for the F-35C.
F-35 Lightning II Shipboard Testing: Phase 2
18 October 2013
Second phase of developmental test sea trials for the STOVL variant of the F-35.
F-35 Lightning II Flight Test Update 11
27 August 2013
The F-35 team set new records of SDD flights, SDD flight hours, and test points.
Ten Questions For Turbo Tomassetti
22 August 2013
Tomassetti's early experience with the X-35 set him on a path to Eglin as part of the team that is ushering the F-35 into fleet operations.