F-35A AF-39 First Flight

Posted 19 October 2013

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Photo by Carl Richards

Lockheed Martin test pilot Al Norman was at the controls for the first flight of F-35A AF-39 (US Air Force serial number 11-5028). The flight occurred on 19 October 2013 with takeoff and landing at NAS Fort Worth JRB, Texas. (Photo is from subsequent flight on 18 December 2013.)

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