F-35 testers complete weapons delivery accuracy tests

By Courtney Albon / December 1, 2017 at 3:11 PM
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, CA -- The F-35 developmental test team here completed weapons delivery accuracy testing last week -- a key milestone toward closing out its portion of the program's system development and demonstration phase in December. Lt. Col. Tucker Hamilton, commander of the 461st Flight Test Squadron, said the testing completed on Nov. 30 is awaiting data analysis before it's validated. Hamilton told Inside Defense in a Nov. 30 interview here the milestone is significant, particularly considering a...

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