F-35 Lightning II Shipboard Testing: Phase 2
18 October 2013
Second phase of developmental test sea trials for the STOVL variant of the F-35.
F-35 Lightning II Flight Test Update 11
27 August 2013
The F-35 team set new records of SDD flights, SDD flight hours, and test points.
F-35 Lightning II Flight Testing At Edwards AFB
17 May 2013
Since receiving their first F-35As in May 2010, the Edwards F-35 Inegrated Test Force has been busy expanding the flight envelope and testing mission systems.
F-35 Lightning II Flight Test Update 10
11 May 2013
The F-35 team set new records of SDD flights, SDD flight hours, and test points.
F-35 Lightning II Flight Testing At NAS Patuxent River
1 December 2012
The F-35 Integrated Test Force at Pax is responsible for flight testing the seagoing variants of the F-35.
F-35 Lightning II Flight Test Update 9
19 October 2012
The F-35 team set new records of SDD flights, SDD flight hours, and test points.
F-35 Lightning II Flight Test Update 8
30 June 2012
F-35 test pilots set new records for most flights in a month – 123 flights in March 2012 – and most test points in a month – 1,118 in June 2012. Through June, the F-35 test program conducted 595 test flights in 2012 and accrued 4,830 test points.
F-35 Lightning II Flight Test Update 7
10 March 2012
Through 3 March 2012, the F-35 test program had completed 161 flights totaling more than 250 flight hours and had accrued more than 1,100 test points.
F-35 Lightning II Flight Test Update 6
1 November 2011
BF-2’s flight to the USS Wasp brought the 2011 flight total to more than 700. Flight hours exceed 1,100. Vertical landings surpassed 180.
F-35 Lightning II Flight Test Update 5
14 July 2011
Since early March 2011, the program has completed more than 200 additional flights and, as of late June, had surpassed 1,400 flight hours and 1,000 total flights.
