Posted on 11/19/2010 4:39:09 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
The F-35 test program is maintaining pace and has completed its 500th flight. The notable flight was achieved by the BF-04 STOVL variant on Thursday November 18 at NAS Patuxent River. The three-hour sortie was mainly to evaluate avionics software.
Still only half way through November the program has reached its planned number of about 50 flights for the month. A total of 366 flights have been flown this year, well within reach of the 394 due by year's end.
Over 5,000 flights are planned by 2015 for all the three F-35 variants.
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Now that the grown-ups are in charge of the House, does that mean they might be reviving the F-3 program?
>>Now that the grown-ups are in charge of the House, does that mean they might be reviving the F-3 program?<<
I have no idea where the “3” came from — I meant the F-22 program.
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