NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md. – A Lockheed Martin F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) fighter arrived here Sunday, where it will conduct its first hovers and vertical landings. The ferry flight initiates a sequence of F-35 arrivals at Patuxent River this year and next. The F-35 flew from Fort Worth, Texas, with one stop in Georgia. Lockheed Martin is developing the F-35 with its principal industrial partners Northrop Grumman and BAE Systems. (Source: Lockheed Martin, 11/16/09) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., will become home of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter training center.
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009
F-35 STOVL in Maryland for testing
NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md. – A Lockheed Martin F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) fighter arrived here Sunday, where it will conduct its first hovers and vertical landings. The ferry flight initiates a sequence of F-35 arrivals at Patuxent River this year and next. The F-35 flew from Fort Worth, Texas, with one stop in Georgia. Lockheed Martin is developing the F-35 with its principal industrial partners Northrop Grumman and BAE Systems. (Source: Lockheed Martin, 11/16/09) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., will become home of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter training center.
