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Lockheed Martin’s preproduction F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, AA1, achieved supersonic flight for the first time Nov. 13, according to Dan Crowley, the company’s JSF vice president. The aircraft reached Mach 1.05 during its 69th flight, which lasted 58 min. This brings the airctraft’s flight-hour tally...

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