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
Milestone Engine For F-35
20 January 2010
Pratt & Whitney Delivers First F135 Production Engine For F-35
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
First F-35 Arrives At Pax River
15 November 2009
First F-35B Ferred From Fort Worth, Texas, via Dobbins ARB, Georgia, To NAS Patuxent River, Maryland