Tag: F35B

F-35B External Stores Flight Test

On Feb. 22, 2012, Lockheed Martin test pilot Dan Levin flew the first F-35B test flight with external weapons pylons. The test measured flying qualities with external pylons, inert AIM-9X …
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F-35B Airborne Gunfire Testing

The US Marine Corps’ F-35B just made history by firing its gun pod for the first time while flying. The Salty Dogs of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23’s …
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F-35B BF-2 Vertical Landing

The second F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing jet, BF-2, descends to its first vertical landing on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011, at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. U.S. Marine Corps Lt. …

F-35B Ski Jump Testing

An F-35B flies test sorties during the second phase of ski jump testing at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland. The U.K. Royal Navy’s F-35B fleet will use this method …
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