BF-2 Completes Twenty Flights
4 February 2010
2.5-Hour Mission Includes Aerial Refueling
BF-3 First Flight
2 February 2010
BF-3 Will Be Primary Weapons Release Test Aircraft
First RAF Pilot Flies F-35
26 January 2010
Squadron Leader Steve Long Is First UK Active Duty Service Pilot To Fly Lightning II
Two F-35s Flown On Same Day At Pax River
23 January 2010
Two STOVL F-35Bs Take To The Air On Same Day
Inflight STOVL Operations Begin
7 January 2010
Short Takeoff/Vertical Landing Propulsion System Of F-35B Engaged In Flight For First Time
F-35C Update
1 January 2010
F-35C Handed Over To Flight Testing In Fort Worth Ceremony
BF-2 Arrives At Pax River
20 December 2009
Second F-35B Flown To NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, Nonstop
USMC Pilot Completes Longest Duration F-35 Flight To Date
18 December 2009
3.7-hour Mission Is In Preparation For Ferry Flight To Pax
AA-1 Last Flight Lands At China Lake
17 December 2009
Mission Takes AA-1 From Edwards AFB to NAS China Lake, California
AF-1 Hot Pit Refuels
19 November 2009
First Time Hot Pit Refueling Used For Back-To-Back Test Missions