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 Antenna Testing
8 October 2012
Measuring antenna performance for the F-35 began at Rome Research Lab eight years ago. Computer simulation cannot adequately test the range, isolation, and overall performance of the aircraft's antennas.
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.
Through The Canopy Glass
22 June 2011
The Advanced Canopy Mapper is a required stop for every canopy before it is installed on an F-35 Lightning II.
