FORT WORTH, Texas - The Air Force version of the F-35A flew for an hour Tuesday from Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas, becoming the seventh F-35 Lightning II to fly. AF-2, the conventional takeoff and landing aircraft, is the Air Force's version of the Joint Strike Fighter. This fifth-generation fighter is the first one to carry an internal GAU-22/A 25-millimeter Gatling gun weapon system. (Source: AFNS, 04/22/10) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is scheduled to become home to the Joint Strike Fighter training center.
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Thursday, April 22, 2010
AF F-35 completes flight test
FORT WORTH, Texas - The Air Force version of the F-35A flew for an hour Tuesday from Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas, becoming the seventh F-35 Lightning II to fly. AF-2, the conventional takeoff and landing aircraft, is the Air Force's version of the Joint Strike Fighter. This fifth-generation fighter is the first one to carry an internal GAU-22/A 25-millimeter Gatling gun weapon system. (Source: AFNS, 04/22/10) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is scheduled to become home to the Joint Strike Fighter training center.
