Lockheed Delivers First Australian F-35s; Aircraft Bound For Luke AFB

By James Drew / July 25, 2014 at 4:34 PM
Australia has become the fourth nation in the Joint Strike Fighter program to receive production F-35 fighter jets following a rollout ceremony for the first two aircraft at the JSF final assembly facility in Fort Worth, TX, July 24. Over the coming months the two conventional-variant F-35s will undergo fuel system checks ahead of flight testing and their formal transfer to the Royal Australia Air Force later this year, according to a July 24 statement from JSF prime contractor Lockheed...

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