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Thursday, February 23, 2012

British test pilot marks milestone in the Joint Combat Aircraft


People on this side of the Atlantic Ocean tend to look twice when they see the “c” replacing the “s” in the British version of the word “defense.”

Now, those on the other side of the Atlantic might look twice when they see the “c” entered into the Royal Air Force’s flight log.

On Feb. 21, Royal Air Force (RAF) Squadron Leader Jim Schofield became the United Kingdom’s first military test pilot to fly the F-35C, the carrier variant of the Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft.

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