Sunday, February 17, 2013

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Nellis AFB Prepares For F-35 Arrival

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Nellis AFB Prepares For F-35 Arrival 

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - February 17, 2013: NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev.  -- The 57th Wing is preparing for the arrival of four F-35 Lighting IIs Feb. 28.

Arrival of the F-35s to Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., will mark the first time in the aircraft's history operational tests will be performed on the aircraft.

"It's the largest [Department of Defense] acquisition project in history," said Lt. Col. Kevin Wilson, 53rd Wing chief of joint strike fighter integration. "The Air Force's piece of that is the F-35 A model. It's the conventional takeoff and landing model often referred to as the CTOL model. That is what we'll be getting here at Nellis very shortly." 

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http://defense-technologynews.blogspot.ca/2013/02/dtn-news-defense-news-nellis-afb.html

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