Saturday, July 27, 2013

Dutch receive F-35 test aircraft

F-35A Lightning IIThe Ministry of Defense of the Netherlands reports it has officially been transferred the first of two F-35s ordered in 2009 and 2011.

The aircraft is for test purposes and is in the conventional takeoff and landing variant.

The next-generation fighter, designed and built by a Lockheed Martin-led industry team, was officially handed over earlier this month at Fort Worth, Texas, and is being stored at a U.S. Air Force base in Florida.

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