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The US Air Force announced four initial operational locations for the F-35 Lightning II on 4 October: Hill AFB, Utah; Kadena AB, Japan; Shaw AFB, South Carolina; and McEntire ANGS, South Carolina. The Air Force will now begin the environmental study analysis process, which could take up to two years. These bases join the previously announced locations for the F-35 at Edwards AFB, California, and NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, for flight test; Nellis AFB, Nevada, for tactics development; and Eglin AFB, Florida, for maintenance and flight training. The Air Force is expected to start taking delivery of the F-35A in 2009.
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