FORT WORTH, Texas - Lockheed Martin's second short takeoff/vertical landing F-35B Lightning II accomplished its first flight on Wednesday. The aircraft, known as BF-2, joins a conventional takeoff and landing F-35A and another F-35B that already have logged a combined total of 84 flights. (Source: PRNewswire, 02/25/09) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., will become home to the Joint Strike Fighter training center
