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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

United Kingdom’s First Lockheed Martin F-35 Makes Inaugural Flight

[F-35 BK-1]
BK-1, the United Kingdom’s first Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II production aircraft, flew its inaugural flight Friday.

Lockheed Martin test pilot Bill Gigliotti took the short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) jet through a series of functional flight checks during a sortie that lasted 45 minutes.

The jet will complete a series of company and government checkout flights prior to its acceptance by the U.K. Ministry of Defence.

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