100 let za F-35C
Citat:The F-35C fleet reached 100 total flights when F-35C CF-2 flew back to NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, after completing jet blast deflector training at the Naval Air Engineering Center at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey
Citat:Jet blast deflector testing with the F-35C, the carrier-based variant of the Lightning II, began at the Naval Air Engineering Center at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. The blast deflector, located behind the catapults aboard aircraft carriers, deflects aircraft engine exhaust to prevent damage to other aircraft or injury to deck personnel. The testing, which is one portion of the tests required to ensure the F-35C is compatible aboard an aircraft carrier, consists of varying distances between the aircraft and the deflector as well as engine power settings up to maximum afterburner.
TOP GUN ::Lockheed adds $771 million to early F-35 production bills
Citat:Lockheed Martin has added $771 million to the final bill for the first 31 early production models of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, prompting a key lawmaker to describe the latest cost overrun as "disgraceful".
Citat:Lockheed Martin test pilot Dan Canin flew the eighth production model of the F-35 Lightning II, F-35A AF-13, on its inaugural flight on 14 July 2011 from NAS Fort Worth JRB.
AF-13
Dopuna: 16 Jul 2011 19:32
First Production F-35 Arrival at Eglin AFB
Dopuna: 18 Jul 2011 0:35
Citat:F-35B BF-5 was ferried to NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, on 16 July 2011. The aircraft joins seven other F-35B/C models now being operated at the US Navy’s flight test center. BF-5 is the final test flight aircraft delivered for the F-35 program
Citat:The first production model F-35 Lightning II to be assigned to the 33rd Fighter Wing, the Lightning II training unit, arrived at Eglin AFB, Florida, on 14 July 2011 after a ninety-minute ferry flight from Fort Worth, Texas. The aircraft, Air Force serial number 08-0747, will be used for training F-35 pilots and maintainers who begin coursework at the base’s new F-35 Integrated Training Center this fall. The aircraft was flown to Florida by Lt. Col. Eric Smith of the 58th Fighter Squadron, the first Air Force qualified F-35 line pilot.
Citat:The US Air Force announced on 19 July 2011 that it had issued a Record of Decision to base thirty-six F-35A Lightning II fighters at Nellis AFB, Nevada. The aircraft will be delivered between 2012 and 2020 for the Force Development Evaluation and Weapons School programs. The beddown of the F-35 at Nellis will result in an increase of 412 personnel. Construction of new facilities, as well as alteration and demolition of existing facilities, will be required at the base. Flight activities will occur at Nellis AFB and over the Nevada Test and Training Range.
AF.MIL
Mislim da sam ja na nekoj od prethodnih strana postavio link oko narudzbine JSF za US.
Isporucen drugi primerak F-35A u vazduhoplovnu bazu Eglin na Floridi
Citat:Maintainers from the 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Eglin AFB, Florida, bring out chocks to secure the base’s newly arrived second F-35A Lightning II, Air Force serial number 08-0746, after its delivery flight on 20 July 2011. The pilot, Marine Maj. Joseph Bachmann, is assigned to the 33rd Operations Group at Eglin. As the first of its kind in the Department of Defense, the joint wing is responsible for F-35 A/B/C pilot and maintainer training for the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, and, in the future, at least eight coalition partners. Initially, fifty-nine aircraft and three flying squadrons, one for each service/aircraft variant, will be established at Eglin.
Recite mi, zasad se proizvodi samo F-35A ? i dali se proizvodi serijski odnosno dali odma ulazi u sastav americkog RV, ili? sto je sa drugim verzijama?
