DTN News -LOCKHEED MARTIN DEFENSE NEWS: Lockheed Martin Delivers First F-35 Production Jet For Training To Eglin AFB....NSI News Source Info # 2228

DTN News -LOCKHEED MARTIN DEFENSE NEWS: Lockheed Martin Delivers First F-35 Production Jet For Training To Eglin AFB....NSI News Source Info # 2228

(NSI News Source Info)

TORONTO, Canada /

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla, - July 16, 2011: The first Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] production model F-35 Lightning II to be assigned to the 33rd Fighter Wing arrived here today (July 14) at 1:18 p.m. CDT after its more than 90-minute ferry flight from Fort Worth, Texas. The aircraft, known as AF-9, will be used for activities in concert with training F-35 pilots and maintainers who begin coursework at the base’s new F-35 Integrated Training Center this fall.

AF-9 is a conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) version of the 5th generation stealth fighter. Overall, the jet is the third production-model F-35 delivered to the U.S. Air Force, with the first two assigned to Edwards AFB, Calif.

“We’re incredibly proud of our government/industry team whose steadfast dedication to this program led to the successful delivery of AF-9 today,” said Larry Lawson, Lockheed Martin executive vice president and F-35 program general manager. “The exceptional capabilities of this 5th generation fighter are now in the very capable hands of the men and women of the 33rd Fighter Wing who are ushering in a new era of F-35 training. We look forward to delivering our full complement of F-35s to the Emerald Coast in the months and years ahead.”

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