Fifth F-35 flies

The fifth Lockheed Martin F-35 has flown.

Gary Parsons - 3-Feb-2010

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February 2: BF-03, the third Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) aircraft and the fifth F-35 to fly took to the air at the company’s Fort Worth facility for its first flight.

BF-03 will be used to evaluate vehicle systems and expand the aircraft's aerodynamic and structural-loads envelope. It will join the other test aircraft at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland where it will carry and release most of the weapons designated for the F-35B.

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