UPCOMING F-35 FLIGHTS TO TEST LOADS, VERTICAL LANDING, SOFTWARE

/ February 27, 2009 at 5:00 AM
With the first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter test aircraft reaching the end of its scheduled performance life later this year, the fifth-generation jet's program office is readying for a number of firsts this year, including the start of flight tests for the first fully low-observable asset with a complete complement of mission system sensors, according to the Air Force general in charge of the program. The program office will not push the aircraft in the near future to what it...

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