DTN News - LOCKHEED MARTIN DEFENSE NEWS: Lightning Strikes Twice - Two F-35s Arrive at Eglin Air Force Base

DTN News - LOCKHEED MARTIN DEFENSE NEWS: Lightning Strikes Twice - Two F-35s Arrive at Eglin Air Force Base

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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - September 1, 2011: Two Lockheed Martin F-35As, AF-10 and AF-11, along with two F-16 chase aircraft, are poised for takeoff to Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Wednesday morning. They officially arrived at the base at 1:19 p.m. CDT today.

On Friday, the F-35 Joint Program Office authorized a return to flight operations for F-35 production aircraft. AF-10 and AF-11 completed the 90-minute flight marking the ninth and tenth F-35 contractual deliveries of 2011.

The pair of conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) jets will be used for training pilots and maintainers at the new F-35 Integrated Training Center there.

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