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Two fighter aircraft F-35s Arrive at Eglin U.S. Air Force Base 0109112.
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| Two fighter aircraft F-35s Arrive at Eglin U.S. Air Force Base | |||
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WORTH, Texas, Aug. 31, 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. |
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 F-35A production aircraft AF-11 takes off from Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas, for delivery to Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., on Aug. 31, 2011. |
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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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