First F-35 Lightning lands in Portugal

[Jorge Ruivo]

Hello

And today it happened, the F-35 Lightning II first landed in Portugal at Lajes Field in the Azores.
Belonging to the Italian Air Force, the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II with the MM7332 registration, landed today in LPLA Lajes / Azores.

First F-35 lands in Portugal

Best Regards

Jorge Ruivo

[SquAdmin]

Heading for the US?

[ehusmann]

Fully covered here, linking to the source here.
(so yes, heading for the US)

Erwin

[SquAdmin]

Interesting... So, apart from the very first visit to Portugal this will also be the first Atlantic crossing for the F-35.