First Night Flight for Joint Strike Fighter

Credit: Lockheed Martin
More than five years after its first flight, Lockheed Martin's Joint Strike Fighter has been flown at night for the first time. The F-35A conventional-takeoff-and-landing development aircraft AF-6 on Jan. 18 conducted a series of approaches to Edwards AFB, Calif., in twilight and darkness. Night...

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