F-35 Lightning II developments

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Nellis news
65th AS will be reformed with 9 F-35A non-combat capable aircrafts reassigned from Eglin

24TASS will have two F-35A ex Edwards
candidate 17-5240 & 17-5242

Eglin news
new F-35A Trainer squadron will be formed under 33FW

Luke news
F-35A squadron nr 5
The Pentagon is delaying by 18 months the expected delivery of another F-35A fighter jet squadron to Luke Air Force Base, pushing its delivery into late 2023
F-35A will be diverted to Eglin

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F-008 (AN-08/17-5307) delivery to Edwards (323TES) on 10 may 2019.

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First flight: AF-199, 17-5257/HL 388 FW, 421 FS, May 13, 2019.

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USAF has more F-35s in its inventory than F-22s.
LM delivered the 196th Joint Strike Fighter (pictured) this week
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D7Rv6mOWsAEW-bs.jpg

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First flight May 24, 2019:
AS-17, 926, FMS 17-5325.
BF-76, 169612.

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30-05-2019 (not sure 100%)
RAAF A35-013 & A35-014 delivered to Luke

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22 May the F-35 Enterprise took delivery of its 400th aircraft
24 May we reached 200,000 flight hours (inc test, ops & all nations).

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VMFA-314 picked up their first F-35C (CF-35/169601) at Lockheed in Fort Worth, TX (Not sure of date).

It was at the Tinker Air Show June 1, 2019 and wore the VW-434 modex. Crew informed me it only had 20 hours on the frame to date.

[Hans van Herk]

VMFA-314 picked up their first F-35C (CF-35/169601) at Lockheed in Fort Worth, TX (Not sure of date).

It was at the Tinker Air Show June 1, 2019 and wore the VM-434 modex. Crew informed me it only had 20 hours on the frame to date.

Thanks,
I presume modex VW-434

Regards,
Hans

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VMFA-314 picked up their first F-35C (CF-35/169601) at Lockheed in Fort Worth, TX (Not sure of date).

It was at the Tinker Air Show June 1, 2019 and wore the VM-434 modex. Crew informed me it only had 20 hours on the frame to date.

Thanks,
I presume modex VW-434

Regards,
Hans

VW indeed. Corrected. Thx.

[felixVFA31]

VMFA-314 picked up their first F-35C (CF-35/169601) at Lockheed in Fort Worth, TX (Not sure of date).

It was at the Tinker Air Show June 1, 2019 and wore the VM-434 modex. Crew informed me it only had 20 hours on the frame to date.

Thanks,
I presume modex VW-434

Regards,
Hans

VW indeed. Corrected. Thx.

foto F-35C 169601 VW-434 VMFA-314 https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... =3&theater

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22-05-2019 nr 400 f-35s delivered
283 F-35A
87 F-35B
30 F-35C

By flight hours -- for all world aircraft, test + operational: As: 125,850, Bs: 52,410 and Cs: 22,630

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https://www.ad.nl/buitenland/turkse-f-3 ... ~a826c78e/

Turkisch pilots no longer welcome for training, (flying the F-35....)

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DOD finalizes $34B 'handshake agreement' on F-35 Lot 12, with options for 13, 14

June 10, 2019 at 3:06 PM
The Pentagon has made a $34 billion "handshake agreement" with Lockheed Martin for Lot 12 of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, with options for Lots 13 and 14, according to a statement from Defense Department acquisition chief Ellen Lord. "The U.S. Department of Defense and Lockheed Martin have made great progress and now have a handshake agreement on the Lot 12 production contract, with options for Lots 13 and 14,"

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TUAF pilots grounded at Luke from last week

Last week, Brig. Gen. Todd Canterbury, the wing commander, made the decision to immediately ground the pilots and restrict their access to the “vault,” which holds state secrets and classified materials, according to two U.S. defense officials.