200th aircraft of the type, to a development milestone for a over-enthusiastic program that has faced a lot of problems and delays, as well as political obstacles in the last period.
The aircraft will be the second delivery of aircraft to the japanese air Force, departed from the production line at Fort Worth in Texas and landed two hours later at the air force base “Luke” in Arizona, where it will be used for the education of Japanese -and not only pilots.
So probably going for a aircraft which has been produced in the “basic configuration”, not equipped with a system that would allow him to participate in combat operations.
As announced by the company, the program of the F-35 Lightning II continues to grow and is accelerating, as it is now evolving into 12 points around the globe, including Italy and Israel.
The fighter type have a complement of 75,000 flight hours, in the framework of which trained 380 pilots, while they have been trained and the 3,700 people as maintenance staff on the ground.
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Important milestone for the program of the a/f F-35 Lightning II
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