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Lockheed Delivers Four Aircraft for DoD’s F-35 Program; Orlando Carvalho Comments

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Lockheed Martin has delivered four F-35 Lightning II aircraft to the U.S. Air Force and Marine Corps, the company announced today.

Orlando Carvalho, Lockheed’s executive vice president and general manager for the F-35 Program, said the delivery is a significant development  in the program.

The operational aircraft now outnumber the test planes 16 to 14, marking the program’s transition from development and flight testing to low-rate initial production, he added.

Three F-35A conventional takeoff and landing jets will be assigned to the USAF’s 33d Fighter Wing and one F-35B short takeoff and vertical landing aircraft will be assigned to the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing’s Marine Fighter/Attack Training Squadron 501.

According to Lockheed, the four fifth-generation fighter planes are the first jets manufactured for the LRIP Lot 3.

These aircraft are built with advanced stealth with fighter speed and agility, fully fused sensor information, network-enabled operations and advanced sustainment.

The F-35s have been formally accepted by the Defense Contract Management Agency and will be based in Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.

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